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Transmitted velocity potential from a piston through an acoustic interface
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2024
/
ii
/
Paper 1
/
40D
/
b
/
i
/
Solution
Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-25
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Use complex
fields
with
time
factor
e
iω
t
and put
k
±
=
ω
/
c
±
. The outgoing potential in
x
>
0
is
Φ
+
(
x
)
=
T
e
−
i
k
+
x
.
(1)
Continuity of
pressure
and
velocity
at
x
=
0
gives
Φ
−
(
0
)
=
ρ
−
ρ
+
T
,
Φ
−
′
(
0
)
=
−
i
k
+
T
.
(2)
Hence
Φ
−
(
x
)
=
T
[
ρ
−
ρ
+
cos
(
k
−
x
)
−
i
c
+
c
−
sin
(
k
−
x
)
]
.
(3)
The piston condition
Φ
−
′
(
−
L
)
=
iω
ϵ
, with
λ
=
k
−
L
, gives
T
=
ϵ
c
−
(
ρ
+
/
ρ
−
)
2
sin
2
λ
+
(
c
−
/
c
+
)
2
cos
2
λ
i
(
ρ
+
/
ρ
−
)
sin
λ
−
(
c
−
/
c
+
)
cos
λ
.
(4)
This is the
transmitted velocity potential from a piston through an acoustic interface
.
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