Applied Underwater Acoustics

5.7. Symbols and Abbreviations

Table 5.9 is a list of symbols and abbreviations used in this chapter along with the page where the symbol or abbreviation is defined and first used.

Table 5.9

List of Symbols and Abbreviations

Symbol or Abbreviation	Description	Page of First Usage
a	Radius of a sphere or radius of curvature {unit: m}	303
as	Mean particle radius for particles in suspensions {unit: m}	318
cg	Velocity of sound in gas {unit: m/s}	316
cp	Specific heat at constant pressure {unit: J/oC}	307
cs	Velocity of sound in an elastic sphere {unit: m/s}	305
cv	Specific heat at constant volume {unit: J/oC}	307
cw	Velocity of sound in water {unit: m/s}	305
di	Detection index {dimensionless}	353
f	Frequency {unit: Hz} or wave field function {dimensionless}	306
f∞	Form function {dimensionless} ...