Backscattering enhancements due to reflection of meridional leaky Rayleighwaves at the blunt truncation of a tilted solid cylinder in water: Observations and theory
K. Gipson et Pl. Marston, Backscattering enhancements due to reflection of meridional leaky Rayleighwaves at the blunt truncation of a tilted solid cylinder in water: Observations and theory, J ACOUST SO, 106(4), 1999, pp. 1673-1680
Leaky surface waves once launched on an elastic object in water will underg
o partial reflection at the truncations of the object. Under certain condit
ions, such reflections can radiate locally flat acoustic wavefronts with a
reversal of the acoustic wave vector, and thus a large backscattered signal
is produced. A stainless-steel circular rod with flat ends was ensonified
through an angular region appropriate for launching meridional Rayleigh wav
es, and the resulting backscattering enhancement is consistent with the hyp
othesized end-reflection process. The observed backscattering peak is in ge
neral agreement with predictions from a convolution formulation [P. L. Mars
ton, J. Acoust. Sec. Am. 102, 358-369 (1997)]. The tilt of the cylinder was
varied to explore the peak's width, and the results are consistent with an
extension of the theory for the dephasing of the Rayleigh wave given here.
The amplitude measurements used ultrasonic tone bursts having ka of 50 and
83, and the enhancement is predicted to be significant over a wide range o
f ka. (C) 1999 Acoustical Society of America. [S0001-4966(99)02910-0].