Far-field analytical solutions of the non-homogeneous Helmholtz and wave equations for spatially non-localized sources

JASA Express Lett. 2023 Feb;3(2):022401. doi: 10.1121/10.0017067.

Abstract

Non-localized impulsive sources are ubiquitous in underwater acoustic applications. However, analytical expressions of their acoustic field are usually not available. In this work, far-field analytical solutions of the non-homogeneous scalar Helmholtz and wave equations are developed for a class of spatially extended impulsive sources. The derived expressions can serve as benchmarks to verify the accuracy of numerical solvers.