Beschreibung:
<jats:p>A T−matrix formulation of both acoustic and electromagnetic scattering has been given by Waterman for the case of one homogeneous scatterer, and this formulation has subsequently been extended to the case of several such scatterers by the present authors. In the present article we show that the matrix formulation is also well suited for the treatment of acoustic scattering from scatterers consisting of an arbitrary number of consecutively enclosing homogeneous layers with different propagation constants. We also show how the earlier results on the matrix formulation of acoustic scattering can be combined with these new results so as to apply to more general types of multilayered scatterers. Some numerical applications are given.</jats:p>
<jats:p>Subject Classification: 20.30.</jats:p>