Diffraction of sound on a spherical shell with a ring-shaped rib

We obtain a closed-form solution of the axisymmetric problem of the echo-signal from a thin spherical shell containing an elastic ring. We analyze the influence of the reinforcing rib on the frequency dependence of the scattering amplitude in the axial direction and also on the directional characteristics in regimes of potential and resonance scattering.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 35, 1992, pp. 143–146.     

On diffraction of high-frequency waves by a cone of arbitrary shape. Neumann case

In this paper, we consider the problem of diffraction of an acoustic wave by a cone of arbitrary shape. The problem is to calculate in a high frequency approximation the wave scattered by the cone vertex. The calculation is based on a formula of Smyshlyaev. The acoustic wave satisfies the Newmann boundary conditions. The same problem for the Dirichlet boundary conditions was considered by Babich, Dement'ev, and Samokish. In this paper, we apply a similar method. We calculate the direction diagram for the wave scattered by the cone vertex, in the so-called Smyshlyaev oasis. Calculations show that for the case when the exact solution can be written explicitly (axisymmetric wave on a circular cone), the approximate solution is very close to the exact one. Bibliography: 8 titles. Dedicated to N. N. Uraltseva on her jubilee Published inZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 221, 1995, pp. 75–82. Translated by D. B. Dement'ev.     

Optimization over the polyhedron determined by a submodular function on a co-intersecting family

A greedy algorithm solves the problem of maximizing a linear objective function over the polyhedron (called the submodular polyhedron) determined by a submodular function on a distributive lattice or a ring family. We generalize the problem by considering a submodular function on a co-intersecting family and give an algorithm for solving it. Here, simple-minded greedy augmentations do not work any more and some complicated augmentations with multiple exchanges are required. We can find an optimal solution by at most 1/2n(n – 1) augmentations, wheren is the number of the variables and we assume a certain oracle for computing multiple exchange capacities.     

Diffraction of an acoustic pulse on a soft sphere with a hole

We study the axisymmetric problem of scattering of an acoustic pulse on a soft spherical shell with a hole. We analyze the structures of the echo-signals in the distant field for resonators with various openings.Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 40, No. 3, 1997, pp. 78–81.     

Numerical solution of integral equations of first and second kind in scalar and vector problems of diffraction on a cube

We consider the problem of numerical simulation of the scattering of acoustic and electromagnetic waves on a cube whose edge ha s length up to 8 wave lengths of the incident wave. We describe a scheme using a representation of the boundary integral equation in the form of an operator convolution equation on the symmetry group of the cube. We compare the results of numerical solution of integral equations of first and second kind for scalar and vector problems of diffraction of a plane wave on a cube. Translated fromProblemy Matematicheskoi Fiziki, 1998, pp. 36–45.     

The current state of the problem of interaction of acoustic beams with obstacles in a deformable medium

We analyze the state of the problem of the formation of radiated and scattered acoustic beams in application to the development of a methodology for studying the information aspects of hydroacoustics and nondestructive control. We discuss the problems of the selective generation of characteristic vibrations of elastic objects in a deformable medium using sharply directed acoustic impulses. We study the problem of posing and methods of solving a certain class of inverse problems of scattering theory.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 27, 1988, pp. 56–64.In conclusion we note the papers [7, 74, 100] connected with the traditional method of solving inverse problems-the selection method.     

Scattering of a plane acoustic wave on a periodic array of piston radiators embedded into a rigid screen

The stationary scattering of a plane acoustic wave on a periodic or a doubly periodic set of piston radiators elastically connected with a rigid screen is considered. The screen separates two half-spaces filled with media possessing different acoustic properties. The model considered takes into account energy losses in the elastic ties between the piston radiators and rigid screen. The problem solution in the case where only one half-space is filled with an acoustic medium is found as a special case. The results of numerically analyzing the reflection coefficients of a plane wave as functions either of the frequency of the incident wave or of the angle of incidence of the plane acoustic wave for different values of the parameters involved are presented. Bibliography: 4 titles. Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 230, 1995, pp. 125–137. Translated by G. L. Nikitin.     

Finite difference method in the problem of diffraction of a plane acoustic wave in a half-plane with a cut

In the numerical solution of the diffraction problem for an acoustic plane wave in a half-plane with a cut, boundary conditions that are equivalent to the radiation conditions at infinity are set in a neighborhood of the points of the cut. Joining the physical boundary conditions on the cut, a closing set of equations of order 4N, where N is the number of grid points on the cut, is obtained. The so-called Green’s grid function for the half-plane is used, which makes it possible to pass from one grid layer to another one for the solution satisfying certain conditions at infinity.     

The coupled thermoelastic problem for a plane with a rectilinear crack

We solve the thermoelastic problem for a plane with a rectilinear heat-conducting crack whose conductivity depends on its opening. By modeling the crack as a thin inclusion of variable thickness we reduce the problem to a system of singular integrodifferential equations for the potential densities of the temperature field. We study the behavior of the unknown functions at the ends of the contour of integration and, using a numerical-iteration method, we also determine the solution of the problem. We find an approximate asymptotic solution in the case of a weakly conducting crack.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 31, 1990, pp. 54–58.     

On the solvability of a nonlocal boundary value problem with the equality of fluxes at a part of the boundary and of the adjoint problem

In the present paper, we consider a nonlocal boundary value problem for the Laplace operator in a circular sector with the equality of fluxes on the radii and with zero value of the solution on one of the radii. We also consider the adjoint problem. We prove the uniqueness of the solution of these problems and obtain an explicit form for the solution by the spectral method. When proving the solvability of the problems, we study the completeness and the basis property of systems of root functions for problems of the type of the Samarskii-Ionkin problem in L _p , which can be of interest in itself.     

Scattering of an acoustic pulse by a rigid sphere on a sedimentary (fluid) bottom

We study the problem of scattering of acoustic pulses on a rigid sphere located near the interface of two media in one of which (the bottom) sound absorption is taken into account. To find the amplitudes of the echo-signal in the distal field we apply the Fourier transform with respect to time and the method of T-matrices. Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 40, No. 2, 1997, pp. 137–141.     

Note on Sus̆kevic̆’s problem on zero divisors

We solve an old Sus?kevic?’s problem on right zero divisors in the ring T(∞,K) of infinite ?×? upper triangular matrices over a field K. In the solution we use a notion of strong linear independence.     

On a grid-method solution of the Laplace equation in an infinite rectangular cylinder under periodic boundary conditions

We study the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation in an infinite rectangular cylinder. Under the assumption that the boundary values are continuous and bounded, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the Dirichlet problem in the class of bounded functions that are continuous on the closed infinite cylinder. Under an additional assumption that the boundary values are twice continuously differentiable on the faces of the infinite cylinder and are periodic in the direction of its edges, we establish that a periodic solution of the Dirichlet problem has continuous and bounded pure second-order derivatives on the closed infinite cylinder except its edges. We apply the grid method in order to find an approximate periodic solution of this Dirichlet problem. Under the same conditions providing a low smoothness of the exact solution, the convergence rate of the grid solution of the Dirichlet problem in the uniform metric is shown to be on the order of O(h ² ln h ⁻¹), where h is the step of a cubic grid.     

Analysis of a finite element PML approximation for the three dimensional time-harmonic Maxwell problem

In our paper [Math. Comp. 76, 2007, 597-614] we considered the acoustic and electromagnetic scattering problems in three spatial dimensions. In particular, we studied a perfectly matched layer (PML) approximation to an electromagnetic scattering problem. We demonstrated both the solvability of the continuous PML approximations and the exponential convergence of the resulting solution to the solution of the original acoustic or electromagnetic problem as the layer increased.

In this paper, we consider finite element approximation of the truncated PML electromagnetic scattering problem. Specifically, we consider approximations which result from the use of Nédélec (edge) finite elements. We show that the resulting finite element problem is stable and gives rise to quasi-optimal convergence when the mesh size is sufficiently small.

     

Approximation of a function of two variables by a product of functions of one variable on a given domain

We are concerned with the problem of uniform approximation of a continuous function of two variables by a product of continuous functions of one variable on some domain D. This problem have been examined so far only on a rectangular domain D = U × V, where U and V are compact sets. An algorithm to give a solution of this problem in the discrete case is available. We put forward an algorithm which in certain cases allows one to construct an approximate solution of the problem on a given domain (not necessarily rectangular). This approximate solution is built in the form of interpolating natural splines, which in turn are constructed by means of discrete approximation. Depending on the degree of the splines, the problem can be solved in classes of functions with appropriate degree of smoothness.     

Diffraction on a semi-infinite screen of a plane nonstationary wave the amplitude of which increases linearly along the front set

An exact analytic solution of the two-variables nonstationary problem of diffraction on an ideal half-infinite screen is obtained by the Smirnov-Sobolev method. The source of the field is an incident plane acoustic wave with a δ-function profile. The wave amplitude is a linear function increasing along the front set. Bibliography: 6 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 342, 2007, pp. 138–152.     

Stable methods for an inverse problem in acoustic scattering by an obstacle and an inhomogeneous medium

We consider (in two-dimensional Euclidean space) the scattering of a plane, time-harmonic acoustic wave by an inhomogeneous medium Ω with compact support and a bounded obstacle D lying completely outside of the inhomogeneous medium. We show that one may determine the shape of D and the local speed of sound in Ω from a knowledge of the asymptotic behavior of the scattered wave (i.e. the far field). This is done by considering a constrained optimization problem and employing integral equation and conformal mapping techniques. By assuming a priori that the functions which determine the shape of D and the local speed of sound in Ω lie in given compact sets, we show that the problem is stable, in the sense that the solution of the inverse scattering problem depends continuously on the far field data.     

Conditions for stable range of an elementary divisor rings

Using the concept of ring of Gelfand range 1 we proved that a commutative Bezout domain is an elementary divisor ring iff it is a ring of Gelfand range 1. Obtained results give a solution of problem of elementary divisor rings for different classes of commutative Bezout domains, in particular, PM*, local Gelfand domains and so on.     

The acoustic field of an elastic band in contact with a liquid

We propose a method of computation and analyze the acoustic field of an elastic plate under forced vibrations over the shapes of a cylindrical bend on an infinite rigid screen at the interface of liquid media. The problem is reduced to solving a system of algebraic equations with respect to the real and imaginary components of the acoustic pressure at a series of fixed points of the plate.Translated fromMatematicheskie Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanicheskie Polya, Issue 33, 1991, pp. 102–105.