
37th
Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics
Geilo
Hotel 2nd – 5th February
2014
Preface
The Scandinavian symposium on Physical
Acoustics was held
at Geilo, Norway in the period 2nd
to the 5th
of February 2014. The meeting represented the
37th in a series of Scandinavian
co-operation meetings in acoustics/hydrodynamics,
and was arranged by the Acoustics and Optics group of the Norwegian
Physical Society.
47 participants mostly from Norway,
but also representing
France, Scotland, Spain, Poland, and China attended the meeting. A
total of 23
papers were presented. They covered a wide range of topics: underwater
acoustics, transducer technology, new solutions to sound propagation
problems,
sound propagation in multi reflection environments, and applications of
ultrasound in industry. The papers were presented in 5 oral sections.
The
presentation time allowed for each presentation was 25 minutes.
A tradition in these symposia has been to leave
some time
around noon to go skiing, so also this year. The
weather was good,
and the nearby “løyper” and downhill slopes at Geilo offered
possibilities at
all levels of ambition. This, followed by lunch, allowed the
participants to
meet fresh for the afternoon sessions.
It is the aim of the organizers to attract
students at master and
doctoral levels to present their work. The Norwegian Physical society
must be
acknowledged for their financial support to students who attended the
meeting.
The proceedings contain 8 of the presentations.
A separate index
for the papers has been added. There was no page limitation for the
manuscripts.
The organizers would like to thank sincerely
the speakers and
participants for making the meeting an interesting and enjoyable event.
Special
thanks to the chairpersons, who prevented the sessions to stray too far
from
the time schedule.
The Acoustics and Optics group of the Norwegian
Physical Society
plans to organize a new meeting in the year 2015. This will be the 38th in
the series. Invitations will be sent early in the autumn of 2014.
Ulf Kristiansen was the coordinator of the 2014 meeting.
Rolf J.
Korneliusen will be the coordinator of the 2015 meeting.