Acoustics and Vibration Animations

Daniel A. Russell, Graduate Program in Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University

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Acoustic Scattering from Spheres and Cylinders

Scattering of a Plane Wave from a Rigid Sphere and an Infinite Rigid Cylinder

Plane wave is incident from the left.

Scattering of a Plane Wave from a Rigid Sphere and a Pressure Release Sphere

Plane wave is incident from the left.

References

  1. William J. Thompson, "Visualizing Plane Wave Partial Wave Expansions," Mathematica in Education, 2(1), 3-6 (1992).
  2. William J. Thompson, "A concise derivation of the plane-wave partial-wave expansion," Am. J. Phys., 60(4), 378-379 (1992).
  3. Earl G. Williams, Fourier Acoustics: Sound Radiation and Nearfield Acoustical Holography, (Academic Press, 1999), pp. 224-230.