In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 72, No. S1 ( 1982-11-01), p. S98-S98
Abstract:
Surface waves on impenetrable or on elastic objects, produced by acoustic scattering or by other mechanisms, show pronounced dispersion effects. Their dispersion curves may be obtained from the resonances exhibited by their amplitude function either in the complex frequency plane (“SEM” or singularity expansion method poles) or in the complex mode number plane (“Watson poles” or “Regge poles”) [such acoustic resonances have recently been observed and analyzed by Maze, Taconet, and Ripoche, Phys. Lett. A 84, 309 (1981)]. Accordingly, the propagation of surface-wave pulses, and their arrival times, are determined by their group velocity. This is demonstrated by summing the normal-mode series of the surface wave portion of scattering amplitudes on spherical and cylindrical surfaces, using a stationary-phase approach. At the stationary points, which determine the pulse arrival times, there occurs a coherent summation (constructive interference) of the normal modes, and the stationary condition is recognized to lead to the correct propagation of the pulses with group velocity. [H. Überall is also at Catholic University, Washington, DC and is additionally supported by ONR.]
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
1982
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1461063-2
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