Low-frequency scattering pattern of an arbitrary penetrable obstacle (Q2265849)

We consider the scattering of low-frequency sound waves by an arbitrary penetrable obstacle whose density and compressibility are different from those of the surrounding infinite medium. We present solutions both inside and outside the scatterer. The physical properties of the scatterer are implicit in the transition conditions of its surface and in the interior value of the wave length. This leads to a two-parameter boundary value problem which we convert into an integral equation valid both inside and outside the obstacle. This integral equation is then recast into an infinite system of algebraic equations which are judicially truncated to yield the required solutions.