Acoustic Reflections off a Water-Sediment Interface

Application ID: 14579


This model determines the reflection coefficient of plane acoustic waves, at different frequencies and at different angles of incidence, off a water-sediment interface. The ability of the Poroelasitc Waves interface to model the coupled acoustic and elastic wave in any porous substance (Biot's theory) is used to describe the water-sediment system. The model results are in good agreement with those obtained in a peer-reviewed research paper.

Reference: R. D. Stoll and T.-K. Kan, "Reflection of acoustic waves at a water-sediment interface", JASA 70, 149 (1981).

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