A note on Sommerfeld’s diffraction problem
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 20 (10) , 2123-2125
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.523981
Abstract
A direct transform technique is found to be most suitable for attacking two‐dimensional diffraction problems. As a first example of the application of the technique, the well‐known Sommerfeld problem is reconsidered and the solution of the problem of diffraction, by a half‐plane, of a cylindrical pulse is made use of in deducing the solution of the problem of diffraction of a plane wave by a soft half‐plane.Keywords
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