494 12 Integral Transform Methods with Applications
Example 12.13.2. Obtain the steady-state solution of the axisymmetric
acoustic radiation problem governed by the wave equation in cylindrical
polar coordinates (r, θ, z):
c
2
∇
2
u = u
tt
, 0 <r<∞,z>0,t>0 (12.13.8)
u
z
= f (r, t)onz =0, (12.13.9)
where f (r, t) is a given function and c is a constant. We also assume that
the solution is bounded and behaves as outgoing spherical waves. This is
referred to as the Sommerfeld radiation condition.
We seek a solution of the acoustic radiation potential u = e
iω t
φ (r, z)so
that φ satisfies the Helmholtz equation
φ
rr
+
1
r
φ
r
+ φ
zz
+
ω
2
c
2
φ =0, 0 <r<∞,z>0 (12.13.10)
with the boundary condition representing the normal velocity prescrib ed
on the z = 0 plane
φ
z
= f (r)onz =0, (12.13.11)
where f (r) is a known function of r.
We solve the problem by means of the zero-order Hankel transformation
˜
φ (k, z )=
∞
0
rJ
0
(kr) φ (r, z) dr
so that the given differenti al system becomes
˜
φ
zz
= κ
2
˜
φ, z > 0,
˜
φ
z
=
˜
f (k)onz =0
where κ =
k
2
−
ω
2
/c
2
!
1
2
.
The solution of this system is
˜
φ (k, z )=−κ
−1
˜
f (k) e
−κz
, (12.13.12)
where κ is real and positive for k>ω/c, and purely imaginary for k<ω/c.
The inverse transformation yields the solution
φ (r, z)=−
∞
0
κ
−1
˜
f (k) kJ
0
(kr) e
−κz
dk. (12.13.13)
Since the exact evaluation of this integral is difficult, we choose a simple
form of f (r)as
f (r)=AH(a − r) , (12.13.14)