摘要
The acoustic signal from an impulsive source near an ideal rigid wedge consists of the reflected waves from the inclined plane and the diffracted waves from the apex of the wedge. There are two theoretical solutions of the problem. The first was obtained by Biot-Tolstoy using normal coordinates. The second was Trorey's Helmholtz-Kirchhoff solution. So far the experimental measurements have concentrated on the diffracted wave from the wedge apex and ignored the rest of the solution. The Biot-Tolstoy exact wedge solution is used in this paper to study the sound transmission in wedges of angle 12 °and 52 °approximately. The theory and the experiments are consistent. Also studied is the behaviour of the reflected and diffracted waves from a 270 °wedge. Both theories predicted the existence a specular ' image ' reflection when a coincident source and receiver are over a half plane. The experimental results showed that the Biot-Tolstoy theory was accurate and the Trorey solution produced quite large errors.
The acoustic signal from an impulsive source near an ideal rigid wedge consists of the reflected waves from the inclined plane and the diffracted waves from the apex of the wedge. There are two theoretical solutions of the problem. The first was obtained by Biot-Tolstoy using normal coordinates. The second was Trorey's Helmholtz-Kirchhoff solution. So far the experimental measurements have concentrated on the diffracted wave from the wedge apex and ignored the rest of the solution. The Biot-Tolstoy exact wedge solution is used in this paper to study the sound transmission in wedges of angle 12 °and 52 °approximately. The theory and the experiments are consistent. Also studied is the behaviour of the reflected and diffracted waves from a 270 °wedge. Both theories predicted the existence a specular ' image ' reflection when a coincident source and receiver are over a half plane. The experimental results showed that the Biot-Tolstoy theory was accurate and the Trorey solution produced quite large errors.
