The far-field pressure distribution is given by
Eq. (13.27) taking into account the double-strength source:
p˜(r,θ)=−2∫2π0∫a0g(r,θ|w0,ϕ0)∂∂z0p˜(w0,z0)|z0=0+w0dw0dϕ0,
(13.177)
where the far-field Green's function in spherical-cylindrical coordinates given by
Eq. (13.70) is used. Inserting Eqs. (
13.70), (
13.158) and (
13.159) into
Eq. (13.177) and integrating over the surface, using Eqs. (76) and (96) from
Appendix II [with
z
=
kw
0 sin
θ,
b
=
k sin
θ, and letting
ϕ
=
π/2 so that cos(
ϕ
−
ϕ
0)
=
sin
ϕ
0], gives
The on-axis pressure is evaluated by setting
θ
=
0 in
Eq. (13.70) before inserting it in
Eq. (13.177) and integrating over the surface to give
where
G
s
and
B
s
are given by Eqs. (
13.193) and (
13.194) respectively. The asymptotic expression for low-frequency on-axis pressure is then simply
which is the same as for a resilient disk in free space at all frequencies. The on-axis response is shown in
Fig. 13.15, calculated from the magnitude of
D(0). The normalized directivity function 20 log
10|
D(
θ)/
D(0)| is plotted in
Fig. 13.16 for four values of
ka
=
2
πa/
λ, that is, for four values of the ratio of the circumference of the piston to the wavelength. When the circumference of the piston (2
πa) is less than one-half wavelength, that is,
ka
<
0.5, the disk behaves essentially like a point source. When
ka becomes greater than 3, the resilient disk is highly directional, rather like the rigid piston in an infinite baffle except without the nulls.