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Waves | Part II, 2007

Show that, for a plane acoustic wave, the acoustic intensity p~u\tilde{p} \mathbf{u} may be written as ρ0c0u2k^\rho_{0} c_{0}|\mathbf{u}|^{2} \hat{\mathbf{k}} in the standard notation.

Derive the general spherically-symmetric solution of the wave equation. Use it to find the velocity potential ϕ(r,t)\phi(r, t) for waves radiated into an unbounded fluid by a pulsating sphere of radius

a(1+εeiωt)(ε1)a\left(1+\varepsilon e^{i \omega t}\right) \quad(\varepsilon \ll 1)

By considering the far field, or otherwise, find the time-average rate at which energy is radiated by the sphere.

[\left[\right. You may assume that 2ϕ=1r2r(r2ϕr)\nabla^{2} \phi=\frac{1}{r^{2}} \frac{\partial}{\partial r}\left(r^{2} \frac{\partial \phi}{\partial r}\right).]

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