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Scalar diffraction by prolate spheroids whose eccentricities are almost one†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. F. Goodrich  and
N. D. Kazarinoff
R. F. Goodrich
Affiliation:
Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Michigan and Department of Mathematics, The University of Michigan
N. D. Kazarinoff
Affiliation:
Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Michigan and Department of Mathematics, The University of Michigan
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Abstract

The pressure distribution on the surface of a long, thin prolate spheroid is found under the conditions:

(1) The spheroid is illuminated by a harmonic point source of wavelength λ located on the axis of the spheroid.

(2) If a and b are the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the spheroid, then

(3) The boundary conditions on the spheroid are either the Neumann or the Dirichlet conditions.

The distribution is found from the asymptotic solutions of the Helmholtz equation using the inequalities in (2). The distribution is interpreted on certain regions of the surface in terms of travelling waves.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , January 1963 , pp. 167 - 183
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1963

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