Research Article

Reflection Characteristics of a Near-Interface Cavity in Ice at Supercritical Incidence

Table 1

Media parameters and geometric dimensions.

Variable ValueDescription/Explanation

1000 kg/m3density of water
917 kg/m3density of ice
1480 m/slongitudinal wave velocity in water
3647 m/slongitudinal wave velocity in ice
1729 m/stransverse wave velocity in ice
23.94 degcritical angle of longitudinal wave in ice
58.87 degcritical angle of transverse wave in ice
ā€‰0.05 mcavity radius
0.06-0.15 mvertical distance between the cavity and ice-water interface
20-200 kHzincident frequency
83.8-837.8 rad/mwavenumber
4.2-41.9Helmholtz number
1.2-3.0relative depth