 Acoustic energy flux (source code)

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= Acoustic energy flux

= Acoustic intensity
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For harmonic acoustic amplitudes, $\langle\mathbf I\rangle=\frac12\operatorname{Re}(p\mathbf u^*)$.

The instantaneous acoustic energy flux is $p\mathbf u$ for linear acoustics. Its time average is the <sound intensity>.

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