acoustics/path_types

VocabularyAcousticsDraft9 terms

What sort of route sound takes from a source to a receiver point, for a Path's type.

Used by Path.

  • direct

    Direct

    Line of sight, with the ground effect as a term.

  • ground_reflected

    Ground reflected

    The image in the ground, kept apart from the direct wave.

  • diffracted_vertical

    Diffracted over the top

    Over the top of one or more edges: a barrier, a building or the terrain.

  • diffracted_lateral

    Diffracted round the side

    Round a vertical edge.

  • reflected

    Reflected

    From an image source behind a vertical surface.

  • refracted

    Refracted

    A curved ray; its events list its ground reflections, turning points and caustics.

  • scattered

    Scattered

    Scattered by turbulence into a shadow zone.

  • wave_field

    Wave field

    Every route in one vertical plane at once, as a wave method solves it; it cannot be split into rays.

  • total

    Total

    The energy sum of every route at the receiver point.