Transition surfaces for short-wave vibrations of an ellipsoidal shell in a fluid (Q1819999)

The problem of resonance short-wave vibrations of a closed ellipsoidal elastic shell of revolution in a fluid is examined. An asymptotic solution (with respect to a large frequency parameter) is constructed for the Helmholtz equation for the acoustic pressure mode matched to the solutions of the system of equations of relative shell displacement. It is shown that the radiation of a vibrating shell is governed by the location of the transition surfaces (TS) in the fluid and the transition lines on the shell that separate the non-wave zone with intensive pressure damping in the neighbourhood of the shell from the remote slowly damping radiation field. Regularities are investigated for the motion of the TS as the vibration frequency, circumferential wave number, and degree of curvature (prolateness) of the shell change. Estimates are given of the applicability of the asymptotic approach.