Scattering of sound by two parallel semi-infinite screens (Q1088446)

A plane sound wave is incident upon two semi-infinite rigid plates, lying along \(y=0\), \(x>0\) and \(y=-h\), \(x<0\), respectively, where (x,y) are two- dimensional Cartesian coordinates. The problem is formulated into a matrix Wiener-Hopf equation which is uncoupled by the introduction of an infinite sum of poles. The exact solution is then easily obtained in terms of the coefficients of the poles, where these coefficients are shown to satisfy a linear system of algebraic equations. The far-field solution is obtained and an asymptotic approximation to the total potential is determined in the limit as h, the plate spacing, becomes small compared to the wavelength of the incident wave. The algebraic system is solved numerically in this limit and the results are shown to agree with those obtained by the method of matched asymptotic expansions.