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Diffraction of sound by a surface scratch on an elastic solid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2009

M. S. Howe
M. S. Howe
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BBN Laboratories, 10 Moulton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Abstract

An analysis is made of the diffraction of sound by a scratch (or groove) in the nominally plane surface of a fluid-loaded elastic solid. The solid is modelled as an isotropic half-space, and an exact representation of the diffracted sound is obtained as an integral over the surface of the scratch involving a Green's function and the acoustic field for the homogeneous solid. The restriction of the range of integration to the surface of the scratch permits the use of an approximate form of Green's function which is valid for source positions confined to a limited region of space. Details are worked out for the case in which the acoustic wavelength is much larger than the diameter of the scratch cross-section (Rayleigh approximation). The results are illustrated by application to sound waves in water inicident on a rectilinear scratch of circular cross-section in steel or rubber. In the former case an important rôle in diffraction is played by leaky Rayleigh waves on the fluid-solid interface.

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Research Article
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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 1990 , pp. 353 - 369
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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