Theoretical Acoustics of Underwater Structures

This book provides an account of the linear acoustics of basic isotropic/anistropic structures excited by time-harmonic and transient mechanical forces and acoustic sources. The theoretical methods, developed originally for naval noise control problems, should find civil application in the acoustic modelling of structures fabricated from both fibre-reinforced and isotropic materials, such an endeavour being increasingly desirable and necessary in this noisy world.