Generalized space-time paraxial acoustic ray tracing |
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Authors: | D R Bergman |
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a Department of Physics, Saint Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ, USA |
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Abstract: | Paraxial ray tracing has gained popularity in seismology and underwater acoustics for modelling the propagation of sound when the medium is stationary and time independent. In this article differential geometry is used to derive a generalized paraxial ray-tracing procedure valid for any fluid media described by a local sound speed and velocity depending arbitrarily on position and time. Geodesic deviation is used to model acoustic beam deformation, and the sectional curvature along a ray to determine convergence and divergence zones in space. The resulting paraxial equations presented here are the most general that can be derived for the acoustic field and apply to any environment including those with time dependence and fluid motion. Applied to layered media the geodesic deviation equation is solved exactly. Some illustrative examples are included. |
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Keywords: | geometric acoustics paraxial ray tracing differential geometry |
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