Scattering of an obliquely incident acoustic wave by an infinite cylinder

Abstract

Expressions are derived for the scattered farfield pressure which results from the illumination of an infinite aluminum cylinder by a plane acoustic wave, whose propagation direction makes an arbitrary angle, α, with the normal to the cylinder axis. Computations are made at angles between α=0 ° and the Rayleigh critical angle, α=31.3 °. Changes in the scattered field are related to shifts in the paths of geometric and elastic surface waves from circumferential at α=0 °, to helical, to axial Rayleigh surface waves generated at the Rayleigh critical angle.