This conference provided a forum for active researchers to discuss the state of the art in theoretical and computational acoustics. Topics covered structural acoustics, scattering, 3-dimensional propagational problems, fluid/elastic interfaces, wavelets and their impact on acoustics, computational methods and supercomputing.
Contents:
- Volume 1: Structural Acoustics, Scattering and Propagation:
- Gateway Solutions: Advanced Computational Capability for the Future in Acoustics (E L Messere)
- Computational Aeroacoustics (J E Ffowcs Williams)
- Line Source Singularity in the Wave Equation and Its Removal by Quadrupole Sources — A Supersonic Propeller Noise Problem (F Farassat & M K Myers)
- Sound Field in a Tunnel Generated by Traveling of a High-Speed Train (N Sugimoto)
- A Numerical Evaluation of the Sound Field Scattered by a Finite Fluid-Loaded Cylindrical Elastic Shell (B Zhang & I D Abrahams)
- Acoustic Coupling to Curved Shells: An Asymptotic Theory (D A Rebinsky & A N Norris)
- The Reconstruction of Solid Grain Structure Using Invariant Imbedding and the Green Function Method (Z M Sun & G Wickham)
- Quasi-Newton Method for Multi-Dimensional Inverse Scattering Problem (S Gutman & M Klibanov)
- Acoustic Holography Using Wavelet Transform (Z El-Khoury & C Nouals)
- Volume 2: Environmental Acoustics:
- Coupled-Mode Computations with the Direct Use of the Continuous Spectrum (J A Fawcett & G H Brooke)
- A Variable Grid Implicit Finite Difference Scheme for Solving Parabolic Wave Equations (T J Wentford et al.)
- A Parallel 3D Parabolic Wave Equation Solver (D Lee et al.)
- Boundary Conditions and the Simulation of Low Mach Number Flows (T Hagstrom & J Lorenz)
- Seismic Attenuation Associated with the Porous Sea Floor (Y-F Sun et al.)
- Effects of Shallow Water Internal Waves on Broadband Acoustic Wave Propagation (D B King et al.)
- 3D Wave Solutions for Benchmarking (C H Harrison)
- Ocean Acoustic Thermometry and Vertical Slice Tomography (E C Shang & Y Y Wang)
- Inverse Techniques for Coastal Acoustic Tomography (C-S Chiu et al.)
- The Vertical Projection of Sound Speed Profiles and Its Effect on Ocean-Acoustic Models (M Pourkaviani & A R Robinson)
- Finite-Element Ray Tracing (M B Porter & Y-C Liu)
- and other papers
Readership: Ocean scientists, engineers, acousticians, physicists and geophysicists.