Abstract
After I finished my Ph.D. on the “Application of Monte Carlo techniques in the analysis of laser induced microfission explosions,” I was unemployed and trying to find a job. Hank had a contract from the Air Force to investigate the generation and propagation of thunder. As part of this work, Hank had assigned an undergraduate student the task of adapting a finite wave propagation program developed by Anderson at the University of Texas to incorporate Hank's newly developed sound attenuation algorithm for the ANSI Standard S1‐26, “Sound absorption in the atmosphere.” The student had graduated without making much progress and Hank offered me a summer job to work on the problem. I managed to find the single error in the program and as a result, Hank and I wrote a paper [J. Acoust. Soc. Am.]. This was the start of my career in acoustics and a lifelong collaboration with Hank. We and several co‐authors published eight papers based on the study of the interaction of vibrational relaxation with finite wave distortion. This paper will present a summary of the findings of this line of research over a 24 year period.
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