Acoustic propagation in shallow water

Numerical Studies of Acoustic Propagation in Shallow Water

We have focused our attention on the development and use of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. This time-domain technique, which is flexible, robust, and simple to implement, has previously been used by the electromagnetics community to solve a wide range of problems. However, the FDTD method has not been widely used by the acoustics community and its ability to accurately solve m...

Low Frequency Acoustic Intensity Propagation Modeling in Shallow Water Waveguides

Modified Green’s Functions for Shallow Water Acoustic Wave Propagation

This article presents an assessment of alternative forms of the Green’s function for boundary element simulations of acoustic wave propagation in shallow water. It is assumed that the problem is two-dimensional, the source of acoustic disturbance is time-harmonic, the velocity of sound is constant and the medium in the absence of perturbations is quiescent. Efficient implementations of the boun...

12: Shallow Water Propagation

Shallow-Water Propagation

(A) For elastic sediments we derived a new PE formulation [1] that unlike any predecessor handles layered environments accurately and efficiently while remaining numerically stable. This formulation, based on different computational variables, can treat range dependent sediments and properly account for energy conservation [2]. We demonstrated additional properties and advantages of the new met...