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Generation of an acoustic pulse by a baffled circular piston

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

P. Chadwick  and
G. E. Tupholme
P. Chadwick
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of East Anglia, Norwich
G. E. Tupholme
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of East Anglia, Norwich
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The generation of acoustic disturbances in a fluid of semi-infinite extent by the motion of a circular piston surrounded by a plane rigid baffle has been studied quite extensively (see (1), (2), (3), (4) and further references given in these papers). Attention has been devoted mainly to the case in which the piston executes a harmonic oscillation of small amplitude, and only comparatively recently has Oberhettinger (2) demonstrated how the time-harmonic solution can be used to solve the more general problem in which the normal velocity of the piston is an arbitrary function of time. The purpose of the present paper is two-fold. Firstly, we point out that for arbitrary normal motion of the piston the " baffled piston problem " can be solved directly, and in a particularly simple manner, by means of a technique involving integral transforms which has been applied by Mitra (5) and Eason (6) to the study of shear wave propagation in an elastic half-space. Secondly, we give a more detailed account than appears to be available in the literature of the structure of the sound pulse generated by the arbitrary normal motion of a baffled piston.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , December 1967 , pp. 263 - 277
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1967

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