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ME 7764: Acoustic Propagation
Offered Spring, Even Years
| Credit Hours: |
3-0-3 |
| Prerequisites: |
AE 6760 or ME 6760 |
| Catalog Description: |
Propagation of sound in inhomogeneous fluids: ray acoustics, ocean and atmospheric acoustics, nonlinear acoustics. Crosslisted with AE 7764. |
| Textbooks: |
Alan Pierce, Acoustics: Introduction to Physical Principles and Applications, 1st Edition, Springer Verlag, 1989. |
| Instructors: |
Anyone in the Acoustics group; Pete Rogers |
| Goals: |
The goal of this course is to expose students to the fundamental principles governing sound propagation in realistic fluids. |
| Topics: |
- Equations governing propagation in in-homogeneous media.
- Ray acoustics
- Refraction
- Ground effects
- Atmospheric acoustics
- Ocean acoustics
- Nonlinear acoustics
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