Diffraction of sound waves by a rigid cylindrical cavity of finite length with an internal impedance surface (Q2487147)

The authors describe an analytic solution for the diffraction of acoustic plane-waves by a finite length cylindrical cavity, whose inside has been covered with an acoustical absorbent material. Such problems are of extreme practical importance and arise in noise reduction and radar target scattering studies. The solution presented in this paper is obtained using a modified Wiener-Hopf equation and it is given in terms of an infinite series with an infinite number of unknown coefficients. These coefficients can be found from boundary and continuity conditions associated with this problem. The last section of the paper contains several computational and numerical results showing the effect of varying a few parameters (e.g. cavity dimensions, acoustic admittance etc.) for the obtained solution. Among the results, it is shown that, in such a problem, the resonance effects could be eliminated and the noise could be reduced by choosing a proper admittance of the material which covers the internal lateral surface of the cavity.