Detection of Rayleigh–Bloch waves (IMAGE)
Caption
This image is a simulation of a kind of acoustic wave called a Rayleigh-Bloch wave. The stripes of light and dark areas represent the “peaks" and “troughs" of the waves and are shaped by their interaction with the line of square objects. The positions of the objects have been carefully calculated so that the waves hug the objects and quickly decay further away. Simulations of this kind help scientists understand these waves in complex situations such as when they interact with multiple non-circular objects.
Credit
Stuart Hawkins
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License
Public Domain