• DocumentCode
    3330749
  • Title

    Pulse diffraction by a step discontinuity

  • Author

    Zhang, Q. ; Jull, E.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., British Colombia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    6-10 June 1988
  • Firstpage
    146
  • Abstract
    The uniform geometrical theory of diffraction (GTD) is used to obtained a frequency-domain solution for acoustic point-source diffraction by a 90 degrees C step in a plane-surface with a hard boundary condition. The time-domain solution is then construction for an appropriate seismic pulse in which the low-frequency components are suppressed and the results presented in a form for geophysical interpretation. It is noted that results generated using the solutions thus obtained are in better agreement with experiment than numerical values based on the Kirchhoff method.<>
  • Keywords
    acoustic wave diffraction; boundary-value problems; seismic waves; seismology; acoustic point-source diffraction; geometrical theory of diffraction; geophysical interpretation; hard boundary condition; seismic pulse; step discontinuity; time-domain solution; Acoustic applications; Acoustic diffraction; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic reflection; Acoustic waves; Electromagnetic diffraction; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic reflection; Frequency domain analysis; Physical theory of diffraction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1988. AP-S. Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Syracuse, NY, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1988.94013
  • Filename
    94013