Shift of the interference extrema of low-frequency acoustic propagations near the axis of a deep sound channel

Broadband interference patterns measured from acoustic propagations near the axis of a deep sound channel are interpreted. Analyses using mode theory for the waveguide with bilinear sound speed profiles show that the increase in sound speed without gradient variation shifts the positions of intensity maxima to higher frequencies in a fixed range whereas the increase in the gradient shifts the maxima to lower frequencies. Analytic results imply that the frequency shift of intensity extrema appearing in the measurements could be explained by the increase in the sound speed gradient above the axis of the deep sound channel. (C) 2015 The Japan Society of Applied Physics