The problem of propagation of low‐frequency sound in shallow water over several layers and a basement is approached through an image theory in which the first thin layers are lumped together with the water layer. This effective structure is assumed on the basis of expected good transmission through a thin layer (less than one wavelength thick having acoustic properties not very different from those of its bounding media. The required reflection coefficient at the lower boundary of the lumped layer, expressed as a function of range and the order of the image source of a ray, is taken in the form given by Abelés for reflection of plane waves from a layered system. The theory yields calculated transmission loss functions which show reasonable agreement with experimental results. Comparisons of theoretical loss and data obtained at Panama City, Florida, are made over the frequency range 6–244 cps.
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E. G. McLeroy
E. G. McLeroy
U. S. Navy Mine Defense Laboratory, Panama City, Florida
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E. G. McLeroy
U. S. Navy Mine Defense Laboratory, Panama City, Florida
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 33, 1120–1126 (1961)
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November 28 1960
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E. G. McLeroy; Complex Image Theory of Low‐Frequency Sound Propagation in Shallow Water. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 August 1961; 33 (8): 1120–1126. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1908915
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