On the sound field generated by membrane surface waves on a wedge-shaped boundary

A semi-infinite membrane, joined to a rigid surface at an arbitrary angle, supports incident unattenuated surface waves. A compressible fluid is contained within the two semi-infinite boundaries and the resultant reflected surface-wave amplitude and the scattered acoustic field is sought. A method of solution is presented for wedge angles(2 p + 1) π/2 q , p and q integers, and the exact solution is obtained for an acute angle of ¼π.

1971 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 899-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. B. Freund

Three-dimensional wave propagation in an elastic half space is considered. The half space is traction free on half its boundary, while the remaining part of the boundary is free of shear traction and is constrained against normal displacement by a smooth, rigid barrier. A time-harmonic surface wave, traveling on the traction free part of the surface, is obliquely incident on the edge of the barrier. The amplitude and the phase of the resulting reflected surface wave are determined by means of Laplace transform methods and the Wiener-Hopf technique. Wave propagation in an elastic half space in contact with two rigid, smooth barriers is then considered. The barriers are arranged so that a strip on the surface of uniform width is traction free, which forms a wave guide for surface waves. Results of the surface wave reflection problem are then used to geometrically construct dispersion relations for the propagation of unattenuated guided surface waves in the guiding structure. The rate of decay of body wave disturbances, localized near the edges of the guide, is discussed.


Geophysics ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. V115-V128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Wu ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Baojun Yang

To remove surface waves from seismic records while preserving other seismic events of interest, we introduced a transform and a filter based on recent developments in image processing. The transform can be seen as a weighted Radon transform, in particular along linear trajectories. The weights in the transform are data dependent and designed to introduce large amplitude differences between surface waves and other events such that surface waves could be separated by a simple amplitude threshold. This is a key property of the filter and distinguishes this approach from others, such as conventional ones that use information on moveout ranges to apply a mask in the transform domain. Initial experiments with synthetic records and field data have demonstrated that, with the appropriate parameters, the proposed trace transform filter performs better both in terms of surface wave attenuation and reflected signal preservation than the conventional methods. Further experiments on larger data sets are needed to fully assess the method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 1053-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Je-Yuan Hsu ◽  
Ren-Chieh Lien ◽  
Eric A. D’Asaro ◽  
Thomas B. Sanford

AbstractSeven subsurface Electromagnetic Autonomous Profiling Explorer (EM-APEX) floats measured the voltage induced by the motional induction of seawater under Typhoon Fanapi in 2010. Measurements were processed to estimate high-frequency oceanic velocity variance associated with surface waves. Surface wave peak frequency fp and significant wave height Hs are estimated by a nonlinear least squares fitting to , assuming a broadband JONSWAP surface wave spectrum. The Hs is further corrected for the effects of float rotation, Earth’s geomagnetic field inclination, and surface wave propagation direction. The fp is 0.08–0.10 Hz, with the maximum fp of 0.10 Hz in the rear-left quadrant of Fanapi, which is ~0.02 Hz higher than in the rear-right quadrant. The Hs is 6–12 m, with the maximum in the rear sector of Fanapi. Comparing the estimated fp and Hs with those assuming a single dominant surface wave yields differences of more than 0.02 Hz and 4 m, respectively. The surface waves under Fanapi simulated in the WAVEWATCH III (ww3) model are used to assess and compare to float estimates. Differences in the surface wave spectra of JONSWAP and ww3 yield uncertainties of <5% outside Fanapi’s eyewall and >10% within the eyewall. The estimated fp is 10% less than the simulated before the passage of Fanapi’s eye and 20% less after eye passage. Most differences between Hs and simulated are <2 m except those in the rear-left quadrant of Fanapi, which are ~5 m. Surface wave estimates are important for guiding future model studies of tropical cyclone wave–ocean interactions.


Geophysics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-84
Author(s):  
Chunying Yang ◽  
Wenchuang Wang

Irregular acquisition geometry causes discontinuities in the appearance of surface wave events, and a large offset causes seismic records to appear as aliased surface waves. The conventional method of sampling data affects the accuracy of the dispersion spectrum and reduces the resolution of surface waves. At the same time, ”mode kissing” of the low-velocity layer and inhomogeneous scatterers requires a high-resolution method for calculating surface wave dispersion. This study tested the use of the multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm in 3D multichannel and aliased wavefield separation. Azimuthal MUSIC is a useful method to estimate the phase velocity spectrum of aliased surface wave data, and it represent the dispersion spectra of low-velocity and inhomogeneous models. The results of this study demonstrate that mode-kissing affects dispersion imaging, and inhomogeneous scatterers change the direction of surface-wave propagation. Surface waves generated from the new propagation directions are also dispersive. The scattered surface wave has a new dispersion pattern different to that of the entire record. Diagonal loading was introduced to improve the robustness of azimuthal MUSIC, and numerical experiments demonstrate the resultant effectiveness of imaging aliasing surface waves. A phase-matched filter was applied to the results of azimuthal MUSIC, and phase iterations were unwrapped in a fast and stable manner. Aliased surface waves and body waves were separated during this process. Overall, field data demonstrate that azimuthal MUSIC and phase-matched filters can successfully separate aliased surface waves.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akash Kharita ◽  
Sagarika Mukhopadhyay

&lt;p&gt;The surface wave phase and group velocities are estimated by dividing the epicentral distance by phase and group travel times respectively in all the available methods, this is based on the assumptions that (1) surface waves originate at the epicentre and (2) the travel time of the particular group or phase of the surface wave is equal to its arrival time to the station minus the origin time of the causative earthquake; However, both assumptions are wrong since surface waves generate at some horizontal distance away from the epicentre. We calculated the actual horizontal distance from the focus at which they generate and assessed the errors caused in the estimation of group and phase velocities by the aforementioned assumptions in a simple isotropic single layered homogeneous half space crustal model using the example of the fundamental mode Love wave. We took the receiver locations in the epicentral distance range of 100-1000 km, as used in the regional surface wave analysis, varied the source depth from 0 to 35 Km with a step size of 5 km and did the forward modelling to calculate the arrival time of Love wave phases at each receiver location. The phase and group velocities are then estimated using the above assumptions and are compared with the actual values of the velocities given by Love wave dispersion equation. We observed that the velocities are underestimated and the errors are found to be; decreasing linearly with focal depth, decreasing inversely with the epicentral distance and increasing parabolically with the time period. We also derived empirical formulas using MATLAB curve fitting toolbox that will give percentage errors for any realistic combination of epicentral distance, time period and depths of earthquake and thickness of layer in this model. The errors are found to be more than 5% for all epicentral distances lesser than 500 km, for all focal depths and time periods indicating that it is not safe to do regional surface wave analysis for epicentral distances lesser than 500 km without incurring significant errors. To the best of our knowledge, the study is first of its kind in assessing such errors.&lt;/p&gt;


1979 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Y. Holyer

This paper contains a study of large amplitude, progressive interfacial waves moving between two infinite fluids of different densities. The highest wave has been calculated using the criterion that it has zero horizontal fluid velocity at the interface in a frame moving at the phase speed of the waves. For free surface waves this criterion is identical to the criterion due to Stokes, namely that there is a stagnation point at the crest of each wave. I t is found that as the density of the upper fluid increases relative to the density of the lower fluid the maximum height of the wave, for fixed wavelength, increases. The maximum height of a Boussinesq wave, which has the density almost the same above and below the interface, is 2·5 times the maximum height of a surface wave of the same wavelength. A wave with air over the top of it can be about 2% higher than the highest free surface wave. The point at which the limiting criterion is first satisfied moves from the crest for free surface waves to the point half-way between the crest and the trough for Boussinesq waves. The phase speed, momentum, energy and other wave properties are calculated for waves up to the highest using Padé approximants. For free surface waves and waves with air above the interface the maximum value of these properties occurs for waves which are lower than the highest. For Boussinesq waves and waves with the density of the upper fluid onetenth of the density of the lower fluid these properties each increase monotonically with the wave height.


1996 ◽  
Vol 321 ◽  
pp. 217-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Hill ◽  
M. A. Foda

Experimental evidence and a theoretical formulation describing the interaction between a progressive surface wave and a nearly standing subharmonic internal wave in a two-layer system are presented. Laboratory investigations into the dynamics of an interface between water and a fluidized sediment bed reveal that progressive surface waves can excite short standing waves at this interface. The corresponding theoretical analysis is second order and specifically considers the case where the internal wave, composed of two oppositely travelling harmonics, is much shorter than the surface wave. Furthermore, the analysis is limited to the case where the internal waves are small, so that only the initial growth is described. Approximate solution to the nonlinear boundary value problem is facilitated through a perturbation expansion in surface wave steepness. When certain resonance conditions are imposed, quadratic interactions between any two of the harmonics are in phase with the third, yielding a resonant triad. At the second order, evolution equations are derived for the internal wave amplitudes. Solution of these equations in the inviscid limit reveals that, at this order, the growth rates for the internal waves are purely imaginary. The introduction of viscosity into the analysis has the effect of modifying the evolution equations so that the growth rates are complex. As a result, the amplitudes of the internal waves are found to grow exponentially in time. Physically, the viscosity has the effect of adjusting the phase of the pressure so that there is net work done on the internal waves. The growth rates are, in addition, shown to be functions of the density ratio of the two fluids, the fluid layer depths, and the surface wave conditions.


Geophysics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. R1-R11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Borisov ◽  
Ryan Modrak ◽  
Fuchun Gao ◽  
Jeroen Tromp

Full-waveform inversion (FWI) is a powerful method for estimating the earth’s material properties. We demonstrate that surface-wave-driven FWI is well-suited to recovering near-surface structures and effective at providing S-wave speed starting models for use in conventional body-wave FWI. Using a synthetic example based on the SEG Advanced Modeling phase II foothills model, we started with an envelope-based objective function to invert for shallow large-scale heterogeneities. Then we used a waveform-difference objective function to obtain a higher-resolution model. To accurately model surface waves in the presence of complex tomography, we used a spectral-element wave-propagation solver. Envelope misfit functions are found to be effective at minimizing cycle-skipping issues in surface-wave inversions, and surface waves themselves are found to be useful for constraining complex near-surface features.


1967 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 959-981
Author(s):  
Victor Gregson

abstract Elastic waves produced by an impact were recorded at the surface of a solid 12.0 inch diameter steel sphere coated with a 0.3 inch copper layer. Conventional modeling techniques employing both compressional and shear piezoelectric transducers were used to record elastic waves for one millisecond at various points around the great circle of the sphere. Body, PL, and surface waves were observed. Density, layer thickness, compressional and shear-wave velocities were measured so that accurate surface-wave dispersion curves could be computed. Surface-wave dispersion was measured as well as computed. Measured PL mode dispersion compared favorably with theoretical computations. In addition, dispersion curves for Rayleigh, Stoneley, and Love modes were computed. Measured surface-wave dispersion showed Rayleigh and Love modes were observed but not Stoneley modes. Measured dispersion compared favorably with theoretical computations. The curvature correction applied to dispersion calculations in a flat space has been estimated to correct dispersion values at long-wave lengths to about one per cent of correct dispersion in a spherical model. Measured dispersion compared with such flat space dispersion corrected for curvature proved accurate within one per cent at long wave lengths. Two sets of surface waves were observed. One set was associated with body waves radiating outward from impact. The other set was associated with body waves reflecting at the pole opposite impact. For each set of surface waves, measured dispersion compared favorably with computed dispersion.


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