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    Comparing Kirchhoff-approximation and boundary-element models for computing gadoid target strengths

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    2002-04
    Author
    Foote, Kenneth G.  Concept link
    Francis, David T. I.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2475
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    https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1458939
    DOI
    10.1121/1.1458939
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     Underwater sound; Ultrasonic scattering; Backscatter; Bioacoustics; Boundary-elements methods; Acoustic intensity measurement; Acoustic field; Seawater 
    Abstract
    To establish the validity of the boundary-element method (BEM) for modeling scattering by swimbladder-bearing fish, the BEM is exercised in several ways. In a computation of backscattering by a 50-mm-diam spherical void in sea water at the four frequencies 38.1, 49.6, 68.4, and 120.4 kHz, agreement with the analytical solution is excellent. In computations of target strength as a function of tilt angle for each of 15 surface-adapted gadoids for which the swimbladders were earlier mapped, BEM results are in close agreement with Kirchhoff-approximation-model results at each of the same four frequencies. When averaged with respect to various tilt angle distributions and combined by regression analysis, the two models yield similar results. Comparisons with corresponding values derived from measured target strength functions of the same 15 gadoid specimens are fair, especially for the tilt angle distribution with the greatest standard deviation, namely 16°.
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    Author Posting. © Acoustical Society of America , 2008. This article is posted here by permission of Acoustical Society of America for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 111 (2002): 1644-1654, doi:10.1121/1.1458939.
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    Article: Foote, Kenneth G., Francis, David T. I., "Comparing Kirchhoff-approximation and boundary-element models for computing gadoid target strengths", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 111 (2002): 1644-1654, DOI:10.1121/1.1458939, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2475
     

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