Modal impedances for a spherical source in a fluid-filled spherical cavity embedded within a fluid-infiltrated elastic porous medium (Q1282615)

We compute modal acoustic radiation impedance load on a spherical source vibrating with an arbitrary, axisymmetric, time-harmonic velocity distribution, positioned concentrically within a fluid sphere which is embedded in an infinite fluid-saturated poroelastic medium. This configuration, which is a realistic idealization of sound projector (transducer) freely suspended in a fluid-filled spherical cavity within a permeable surrounding formation, is of practical importance with a multitude of possible applications in seismo-acoustics and noise control engineering. The formulation utilizes Biot theory of sound propagation in elastic porous media along with the appropriate wave field expansions and the pertinent boundary conditions to determine the resistive and reactive components of model radiation impedances. We give numerical examples for spherical surface excited in vibrational modes of various order (i.e., monopole, dipole, quadrupole, and multipole like radiators) immersed in a water-filled cavity which is embedded within a water-saturated sandstone surrounding formation. Several limiting cases are discussed.