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Area of Science:

  • Underwater acoustics
  • Waveguide propagation modeling
  • Computational physics

Background:

  • Energy flux formulation simplifies waveguide propagation but omits convergence and modal interference.
  • Incoherent mode sum is related to energy flux, enabling efficient algorithms for reverberation and target echo strength.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a hybrid formulation for waveguide propagation that includes convergence effects with minimal computational overhead.
  • To offer efficient computational solutions for acoustic propagation by evaluating modal intensity cross terms.

Main Methods:

  • Starting with a coherent mode sum, rapid interference is rejected while retaining beats on a ray cycle distance scale.
  • Modal intensity cross terms are evaluated using Taylor expansions, reducing a double summation to a single numerical sum via analytical solutions.
  • Three solutions are derived: an efficient analytical-numerical hybrid, a local range average, and a local depth average.

Main Results:

  • The hybrid formulation successfully incorporates convergence into waveguide propagation models.
  • Favorable comparisons are made between the three proposed solutions and the Orca wave model in an upward refracting duct.
  • A relationship between averaging window size, effective modes, and the waveguide invariant is established.

Conclusions:

  • The hybrid model provides a computationally efficient method to include convergence in waveguide propagation.
  • The derived solutions offer practical alternatives for modeling acoustic phenomena in complex environments.
  • The study highlights the connection between spatial averaging, modal solutions, and waveguide invariants.