The beam forming properties of a concave spherical reflector with an on-axis receiver

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Deane, GB [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, Marine Phys Lab, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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10.1121/1.427159
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O42 [声学];
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070206 ; 082403 ;
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A wave-theoretical formulation for the on-axis scattering of a concave, spherical reflector with a pressure release surface is presented. Expressions for the reflector gain and half-power beam width are derived using a stationary phase analysis of the radiation integral arising from the Kirchhoff; Helmholtz scalar diffraction theory. The gain is shown to scale with frequency and the beam width scales inversely with frequency. The results of the analysis compare well with data collected from a 3-m spherical dish in both air and underwater calibrations. (C) 1999 Acoustical Society of America. [S0001-4966(99)04809-2].
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