• DocumentCode
    494543
  • Title

    A full spectrum solution to wave propagation prediction

  • Author

    Clark, Cathy Ann ; Smith, Kevin B.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    15-18 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    An overview of a normal mode method of solving the Helmholtz wave equation to describe the underwater sound field for a fixed point source in a plane multilayered medium is presented. The mode functions are well-defined at all depths of the medium as they are continuous across turning points of the separated depth-dependent differential equation. Comparisons of model results to a limited number of benchmark propagation solutions are presented.
  • Keywords
    Helmholtz equations; differential equations; underwater acoustic propagation; Helmholtz wave equation; depth-dependent differential equation; fixed point source; normal mode method; plane multilayered medium; underwater sound field; wave propagation prediction; Acoustic propagation; Computational efficiency; Differential equations; Green´s function methods; Oceans; Partial differential equations; Sea surface; Surface waves; Turning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS 2008
  • Conference_Location
    Quebec City, QC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2619-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2620-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5151807
  • Filename
    5151807