The Acoustic Scattering of a Layered Elastic Shell Medium

The Acoustic Scattering of a Layered Elastic Shell Medium

Year:    2023

Author:    Gang Bao, Lei Zhang

Annals of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 39 (2023), Iss. 4 : pp. 462–492

Abstract

This paper investigates the scattering of a three-dimensional elastic shell scatterer embedded in a layered unbounded structure. The background structure comprises a two-layer lossy media separated by an unbounded rough surface. The shell body is filled with an elastic material, the interior of which is vacuum. Given an incident acoustic point source, our aim is to determine the acoustic and elastic wave fields in the space. This problem is known as a fluid-solid interaction problem (FSIP). In this work, the uniqueness of the FSIP solution is proved by using the integral equation method. Based on the decay properties of Green’s function, the equivalence of boundary integral equation systems and the FSIP is established. Since the system of integral equations containing several integral operators on infinite intervals, we introduce the index theorem of integral operators and analyze the integral operators on infinite intervals to prove the system of integral equations is Fredholm. We then obtain the uniqueness of the system of integral equations and the corresponding existence and uniqueness result of the FSIP.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/aam.OA-2023-0019

Annals of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 39 (2023), Iss. 4 : pp. 462–492

Published online:    2023-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    31

Keywords:    Fluid-solid interaction problem Helmholtz equation Navier equation integral operator index theorem existence and uniqueness.

Author Details

Gang Bao

Lei Zhang