A backscattering formula for acoustic transducers
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Date
1980-06Source Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Print ISSN
0021-8979
Electronic ISSN
1089-7550
Publisher
A I P Publishing
Volume
51
Issue
6
Pages
3093 - 3098
Language
English
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Abstract
A backscattering formula for a single transducer geometry is derived. It expresses the output voltage of the transducer in terms of the angular spectra of scalar and vector acoustic potentials on a plane. The formulation is suitable for acoustic problems involving wide angular spectrum beams. The derived formula gives a simple expression for the problem of a circular transducer facing a plane reflector. The output voltage of a transducer receiving the backscattered waves from an arbitrary size spherical flaw is also presented.