Title :
Numerical propagation of spatially distributed acoustic sources using the exterior Helmholtz integral equation
Author :
Clark, Joseph A. ; Sartori, Michael A.
Author_Institution :
David-Taylor-Carderock Div./Naval Surface Warfare Centre, Bethesda, MD, USA
Abstract :
A finite difference approximation of the Helmholtz equation numerically integrated over a measurement surface can determine the acoustic field throughout an entire volume of a homogeneous region outside. This approach has been developed and implemented to study acoustic fields radiating from large immersed structures from pressure data measured over a generalized cylindrical measurement surface. The numerical algorithm is described, and simulation examples are presented. The results show pressure, velocity, and intensity distributions both in the evanescent wave region of the geometric nearfield and in the acoustic farfield
Keywords :
acoustic field; acoustic intensity; finite difference methods; integral equations; underwater sound; acoustic farfield; acoustic field; evanescent wave region; exterior Helmholtz integral equation; finite difference approximation; geometric nearfield; intensity distributions; large immersed structures; measurement surface; numerical algorithm; pressure distributions; simulation; spatially distributed acoustic sources; velocity distributions; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic waves; Area measurement; Difference equations; Finite difference methods; Integral equations; Pressure measurement; Surface acoustic waves; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Statistical Signal and Array Processing, 1992. Conference Proceedings., IEEE Sixth SP Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0508-6
DOI :
10.1109/SSAP.1992.246781