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Numerical investigation of transmission of low frequency sound through a smooth air-water interface

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It is the traditional belief that sound transmission from water to the air is very weak due to a large contrast between air and water impedances. Recently, the enhanced sound transmission and anomalous transparency of air-water interface have been introduced. Anomalous transparency of air-water interface states that the sound generated by a submerged shallow depth monopole point source localized at depths less than 1/10 sound wavelength, can be transmitted into the air with omni-directional pattern. The generated sound has 35 times higher power compared to the classical ray theory prediction. In this paper, sound transmission through air-water interface for a localized underwater shallow depth source is examined. To accomplish this, two-phase coupled Helmholtz wave equations in two-phase media of air-water are solved by the commercial finite element based COMSOL Multiphysics software. Ratios of pressure amplitudes of different sound sources in two different underwater and air coordinates are computed and analyzed against non-dimensional ratio of the source depth (D) to the sound wavelength (λ). The obtained results are compared with the experimental data and good agreement is displayed.

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  1. Department of Marine Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, 15875-4413, Iran

    Parviz Ghadimi, Alireza Bolghasi & Mohammad A. Feizi Chekab

  2. International Campus-Mechanical Engineering Group, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, 15875-4413, Iran

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Ghadimi, P., Bolghasi, A., Feizi Chekab, M.A. et al. Numerical investigation of transmission of low frequency sound through a smooth air-water interface. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. 14, 334–342 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11804-015-1315-9

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