Wave radiation from vibratory and impact pile driving in a layered acousto-elastic medium

A steel monopile is the most common foundation type of a wind turbine installed offshore and is driven into place with the help of vibratory or impact hammers. Underwater noise generated during the installation of steel monopiles has recently received considerable attention from international environmental organizations and regulatory bodies in...

The completeness of the set of modes for various waveguides and its significance for the near-field interaction with vibrating structures

Modal decomposition is often used in geophysics and acoustics for the solution of problems related to wave propagation in elastic or acousto-elastic waveguides. One of the key elements of this method is the solution of an eigenvalue problem for obtaining the roots of the characteristic equation, which may signify either frequencies or...

On the vibro-acoustics of piles in layered media

A semi-analytical model for predicting the levels of underwater noise from offshore pile driving