Coherent reflection of an acoustic plane wave from a random sediment layer over an elastic sea floor |
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| Authors: | Jin-Yuan Liu Chien-Ou Shen Hsin-Hung Chen |
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| Institution: | Institute of Undersea Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 804 Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | The problem of coherent reflection of an acoustic plane wave from a seabed consisting of a randomly inhomogeneous sediment layer overlying a uniform elastic sea floor is considered in this analysis. The random perturbation in the sediment layer is attributable to the sound-speed variations, resulting in volume scattering due to medium inhomogeneities. An approach based upon perturbation theory, combining with a derived Green's function for a slab bounded above and below, respectively, by a fluid and an elastic half-space, is employed to obtain an analytic solution for the coherent field in the sediment layer. A linear system is then constructed to facilitate the computation of the coherent reflection field. The results of the coherent reflection coefficient for various sediment randomness, frequency, sediment thickness, and sea floor elasticity have been numerically generated and analyzed. It is found that the higher/larger the randomness, frequency, thickness, and shear-wave speed, the lower is the coherent reflection. Physical interpretations for the characteristics of the various results are provided. |
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| Keywords: | Acoustic wave Coherent reflection Random sediment layer Elastic sea floor |
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