AcousticRadiationValue[pred,vars,pars]
represents a time or frequency radiation boundary condition for PDEs with predicate pred indicating where it applies, with model variables vars and global parameters pars.
AcousticRadiationValue[pred,vars,pars,lkey]
represents a time or frequency domain boundary condition with local parameters specified in pars[lkey].
 
     
   AcousticRadiationValue
AcousticRadiationValue[pred,vars,pars]
represents a time or frequency radiation boundary condition for PDEs with predicate pred indicating where it applies, with model variables vars and global parameters pars.
AcousticRadiationValue[pred,vars,pars,lkey]
represents a time or frequency domain boundary condition with local parameters specified in pars[lkey].
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   - AcousticRadiationValue specifies a boundary condition for AcousticPDEComponent and is used as part of the modeling equation:
- AcousticRadiationValue is typically used to model sound sources and sinks on the boundary.
- AcousticRadiationValue models a time or frequency domain boundary source or sink with dependent variable pressure  in in , independent variables , independent variables in in and time variable and time variable in in or frequency variable or frequency variable in in . .
- Time-dependent model variables vars are vars={p[t,x1,…,xn],t,{x1,…,xn}}.
- Frequency-dependent model variables vars are vars={p[x1,…,xn],ω,{x1,…,xn}}.
- The time domain acoustics model AcousticPDEComponent is based on a wave equation with time variable  , density , density , sound speed , sound speed and sound sources and sound sources and and : :
- The frequency domain acoustics model AcousticPDEComponent is based on a Helmholtz equation with angular frequency  : :
- The time domain radiation value AcousticRadiationValue with boundary pressure source  , boundary unit normal vector , boundary unit normal vector and unit wave direction vector and unit wave direction vector models: models:
- The frequency domain radiation value AcousticRadiationValue models:
- The dipole source  will only be valid within the domain and thus can be excluded from the boundary conditions. will only be valid within the domain and thus can be excluded from the boundary conditions.
- Model parameters pars are specified as for AcousticPDEComponent.
- The following model parameters pars can be given:
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      parameter default symbol "BoundaryUnitNormal" Automatic  "MassDensity" 1  , density of media in , density of media in "Material" Automatic  "SoundSpeed" 1  , speed of sound in , speed of sound in "SoundDirectionVector"   , sound direction vector , sound direction vector"SoundIncidentPressure" 0  , sound pressure in , sound pressure in 
- The relation between the outward-pointing boundary unit normal vector  and the incident sound wave direction vector and the incident sound wave direction vector is illustrated in the following: is illustrated in the following:
- AcousticRadiationValue combines an AcousticPressureCondition and an AcousticAbsorbingValue.
- AcousticRadiationValue evaluates to a generalized NeumannValue.
- The boundary predicate pred can be specified as in NeumannValue.
- An absorbing boundary can be used with:
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      analysis type applicable Time Domain Yes Frequency Domain Yes Eigenfrequency No 
- If the AcousticRadiationValue depends on parameters  that are specified in the association pars as …,keypi…,pivi,…, the parameters that are specified in the association pars as …,keypi…,pivi,…, the parameters are replaced with are replaced with . .
 
      
      
      
      
      
      
     Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (4)
Set up a time domain acoustic radiation boundary:
Set up a frequency domain acoustic radiation boundary:
Define model variables vars for a frequency domain acoustic pressure field with model parameters pars:
Define silent initial conditions ics:
Set up the equation with an acoustic radiation boundary at the left end, a pressure source  of
 of  and a radiation angle
 and a radiation angle  of
 of  :
:
Define model variables vars for a frequency domain acoustic pressure field with model parameters pars:
Set up the equation with an acoustic radiation boundary at the left end, a pressure source  of
 of  and a radiation angle
 and a radiation angle  of
 of  :
:
Visualize the sound field in the frequency domain at various frequencies  :
:
Tech Notes
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History
Text
Wolfram Research (2020), AcousticRadiationValue, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AcousticRadiationValue.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2020. "AcousticRadiationValue." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AcousticRadiationValue.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2020). AcousticRadiationValue. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AcousticRadiationValue.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_acousticradiationvalue, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AcousticRadiationValue}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AcousticRadiationValue.html}", note=[Accessed: 30-October-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_acousticradiationvalue, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AcousticRadiationValue}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AcousticRadiationValue.html}, note=[Accessed: 30-October-2025]}