Pressure measurement in supersonic air flow by differential absorptive laser-induced thermal acoustics

Nonintrusive, off-body flow barometry in Mach 2 airflow has been demonstrated in a large-scale supersonic wind tunnel using seedless laser-induced thermal acoustics (LITA). The static pressure of the gas flow is determined with a novel differential absorption measurement of the ultrasonic sound produced by the LITA pump process. Simultaneously, the streamwise velocity and static gas temperature of the same spatially resolved sample volume were measured with this nonresonant time-averaged LITA technique. Mach number, temperature, and pressure have 0.2%, 0.4%, and 4% rms agreement, respectively, in comparison with known free-stream conditions.     

Laser-induced thermal-acoustic velocimetry with heterodyne detection

Laser-induced thermal acoustics (LITA) was used with heterodyne detection to measure simultaneously and in a single laser pulse the sound speed and flow velocity of NO>(2) -seeded air in a low-speed wind tunnel up to Mach number M =0.1 . The uncertainties of the velocity and the sound speed measurements were ~0.2 m/s and 0.5%, respectively. Measurements were obtained through a nonlinear least-squares fit to a general, analytic closed-form solution for heterodyne-detected LITA signals from thermal gratings. Agreement between theory and experiment is exceptionally good.     

Impulse-scaling in a laser-driven in-tube accelerator

The laser-driven in-tube accelerator (LITA) is a unique device for laser propulsion. It is characterized by the acceleration of a projectile in a tube. The thrust performance can be improved by exploiting a confinement effect. In the experiment, a 3.0-g projectile is vertically launched, and the momentum coupling coefficient is measured for various monoatomic gases. The measured coupling coefficient is almost proportional to the reciprocal of the speed of sound. The same impulse generation characteristics are obtained in simplified situations that are analyzed based on conservation relations. Received: 26 August 2002 / Accepted: 8 February 2003 / Published online: 28 May 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +81-22/217-5284, E-Mail: sasoh@ifs.tohoku.ac.jp RID="**" ID="**"Present address: also at Institute of Advanced Aerospace Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Korea     

Variation of measured sound speeds in gaseous and liquid air with temperature and pressure

Based on sound speeds in gaseous and liquid air measured by Younglove and Frederick [Int. J. Thermophys. 13(6), 1033-1041 (1992)], empirical equations for the computation of sound speeds in the above media at relatively smaller temperature and pressure ranges were derived. For gaseous air, over a temperature range from 200 to 300 K and pressure from 0.614 to 10.292 MPa, the maximum deviation between the measured sound speeds and those computed with the empirical equation is 56 ppm. For liquid air, over the ranges from 90 to 110 K for temperature and from 0.763 to 13.823 MPa for pressure, the corresponding deviation is 173 ppm.     

Enhancement of gas phase heat transfer by acoustic field application

This study discusses a possibility for enhancement of heat transfer between solids and ambient gas by application of powerful acoustic fields. Experiments are carried out by using preheated Pt wires (length 0.1-0.15 m, diameter 50 and 100 micro m) positioned at the velocity antinode of a standing wave (frequency range 216-1031 Hz) or in the path of a travelling wave (frequency range 6.9-17.2 kHz). A number of experiments were conducted under conditions of gas flowing across the wire surface. Effects of sound frequency, sound strength, gas flow velocity and wire preheating temperature on the Nusselt number are examined with and without sound application. The gas phase heat transfer rate is enhanced with acoustic field strength. Higher temperatures result in a vigorous radiation from the wire surface and attenuate the effect of sound. The larger the gas flow velocity, the smaller is the effect of sound wave on heat transfer enhancement.     

固体声速温变特性实验室探究

基于良导体导热系数的测温原理和声速测量实验原理,利用高灵敏度温差热电偶测温,采用时差法测量固体中声速,设计并搭建了一套可以测量不同温度下金属材料中纵波声速的实验装置。在注意了各种实验操作细节的基础上,研究了A3钢合金材料中超声纵波声速在30～100℃范围内的变化规律,并对本实验的误差来源进行了探究,提出一些减小误差的措施方法。结果表明,使用此套装置研究固体超声纵波声速温变特性,操作过程简单易行,立足于实验室的需求,适合于在实验室推广使用。     

一种吸油烟机声品质满意度分级限值评定方法

声品质作为一种描述吸油烟机噪声听觉感知特性的手段已经被行业所接受，团体标准T/CAS 341-2019《吸油烟机噪声声品质测试方法》给出了吸油烟机声品质测试与建模方法，同时通过声品质指数给出了声品质的数值化表达。该标准为各厂商定量描述声品质提供了依据，但目前仍缺乏对产品声品质满意度级别的划分方法，这不利于声品质技术的推广应用。本文结合相关标准以及主观评价实验，以级别容量比为中间量构建声品质指数与分级限值之间的关系，实现了吸油烟机噪声声品质满意度的分级，为吸油烟机噪声感知评价标准或规范的制定提供了科学依据，同时为其他消费品声品质评价与分级提供了有益参考。     

Acoustically assisted removal of nitrogen oxide from high temperature flue gas

The present study focuses on a possibility for improving NO removal efficiency from flue gas by application of powerful sound waves. The sound waves (frequency 6.9-17.2kHz, intensity 144-160dB) are propagated from Hartmann sound generators to a preheated graphite disk inside a vertical reaction tube (height 1.8m, I.D. 105mm). An Ar-NO synthetic mixture (NO 911-934ppm) is blown onto the disk surface to perform reactions in the system C-NO. It is found that the NO reduction rate can be significantly enhanced by the sound waves but the enhancement effect is dependent on the sound frequency, intensity and temperature of disk surface. The better effects are obtained at a temperature of 973K and sound frequencies between 9.6 and 12.4kHz. Under these conditions, the sound application results in 3-5-fold enhancement of NO reduction rate. The obtained effects are explained in terms of gas-phase mass transfer controlling mechanism and of near surface turbulent diffusivity.     

Measurement of the sound velocity in fluids using the echo signals from scattering particles

With conventional methods the sound velocity c in fluids can be determined using the back wall echo. This paper proposes a novel technique, in which the signals reflected by scattering particles suspended in a fluid are analysed instead. The basic idea is that the particles generate the strongest echo signal when being located in the sound field maximum. Therefore the position of the echo signal maximum is a measure for the propagation time to the sound field maximum. Provided that calibration data or sound field simulations for the ultrasonic transducer are available, this propagation time suffices to determine both sound velocity and the location of the sound field maximum. The feasibility of the new approach is demonstrated by different kinds of experiments: (i) Measurements of the sound velocity c in four fluids covering the wide range between 1116 and 2740 m/s. The results show good agreement with values published elsewhere. (ii) Using the dependence of the sound velocity on temperature, it is possible to vary c over the comparatively small range between 1431 and 1555 m/s with increments of less than 10 m/s. The measured statistical variation of 1.4 m/s corresponds to a relative uncertainty not worse than 0.1%. (iii) The focus position, i.e. the distance of the maximum of the sound field from the transducer, was varied by time-shifted superposition of the receive signals belonging to the different elements of an annular array. The results indicate that the novel method is even capable of measuring profiles of the sound velocity along the ultrasonic beam non-invasively.     

Experimental study of the speed of sound in liquid and gaseous refrigerant R-407C

The speed of sound in liquid and gaseous refrigerant R-407C was measured by the method of ultrasonic interferometer in the temperature range from 293 to 373 K and pressure from 0.05 to 0.5 to 3.7 MPa. The experimental uncertainties of the temperature, pressure, and speed of sound measurements were estimated to be within ±20 mK, ±4 kPa, and ±(0.1–0.3) %, respectively. The obtained results are compared with the calculated speed of sound from the fundamental state equation for the Helmholtz free energy.     

Temperature-dependent Brillouin scattering studies of surface acoustic modes in Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3

Brillouin scattering experiments are carried out to study the surface acoustic waves in Nd_0.5Sr_0.5MnO₃ as a function of temperature in the range of 40-300 K covering the metal-insulator and charge-ordering phase transitions. The surface modes include surface Rayleigh wave, pseudo-surface acoustic wave (PSAW) and high velocity PSAW. The observed softening of the sound velocities for the surface modes below paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition, T_c is related to the softening of the C₄₄ elastic constant. The subsequent hardening of the sound velocity below the charge ordering transition temperature T_co is attributed to the coupling of the acoustic phonon to the charge ordered state via long range ordering of the strong Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion.     

Sound velocity dispersion in a solution with two critical points

The dispersion of the sound velocity in a solution with a region of stratification has been investigated experimentally in the frequency range from 2.6 MHz to 12 GHz. It is found that the dispersion of the sound velocity below the lower critical temperature of stratification reaches 22% and depends linearly to the temperature above the upper critical temperature of separation, the dispersion of the sound velocity is much smaller and has a different linear dependence on the temperature. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 64, No. 3, 166–168 (10 August 1996)     

Electromagnetic-acoustic transformation in an erbium single crystal

The temperature dependences of the electromagnetic-acoustic transformation (EMAT) efficiency and the velocity of transverse sound for the erbium rare-earth metal with three complex magnetic structures are experimentally investigated at different external constant magnetic fields. An intensive generation and anomalies in the velocity of transverse sound are revealed in the temperature range of the magnetic phase transitions. It is found that an increase in the magnetic field leads to an increase in the sound generation efficiency and a decrease in the anomalies in the velocity of sound. The relationships for the efficiency of transverse-sound generation through the magnetoelastic mechanism are theoretically derived for two magnetic structures of erbium. It is demonstrated that an increase in the EMAT efficiency in the phase transition range is associated with the specific features in the static and dynamic magnetic susceptibilities of erbium.     

非晶态快离子导体(AgI)x(Ag4P2O7)1-x的声学性质

用液氮骤冷方法制备了(AgI)_x(Ag₄P₂O₇)_1-x系列非晶态快离子导体。对AgI摩尔浓度x=0.50,0.60,0.67,0.75,0.80的样品,在77—300K温度范围及2,5,10,15MHz的频率上测量了纵波和横波的超声衰减和声速。发现在200—240K附近存在一个异常强的弛豫型超声吸收峰,随AgI含量的增加,该峰的位置向低温方向移动,且峰的高度增大。在实验的温度范围内,观察到纵波和 关键词：     

The sound speed in southern deepwater zone of the Caspian Sea,off Anzali Port

Sound velocity determination in seawater is a key component of modern hydrographic surveying; however, little data exists on sound velocity characteristics of the southern Caspian Sea. Hence, a study was undertaken in 2008 to examine the seasonal variability of sound speed in deep-waters of the South Caspian Sea near the Iranian coast. The seasonal cycle of seawater temperature and thermal stratification in the Caspian Sea water created a wide range of spatial and temporal changes of sound speed with relevant differences between shallow water (over the continental shelf) and deep-water area. The collected data showed that seasonal variations of the sound speed were most important in the upper 100 m water depth, while below this level that is in deepwater the changes were small. The maximum values of sound speed were observed at the surface in midsummer around 1517–1519 m s⁻¹ over the continental shelf while the speed of sound was about 1453 m s⁻¹ between 450–470 m depths with no major seasonal variations. Variations in vertical structure of the sound speed were in agreement with temperature changes, while effects of the salinity on the sound speed were little.     

Melting curve of 4He: no sign of a supersolid transition down to 10 mK

We have measured the melting curve of 4He in the temperature range from 10 to 400 mK with the accuracy of about 0.5 micro bar. Crystals of different quality show the expected T4 dependence in the range from 80 to 400 mK without any sign of the supersolid transition, and the coefficient is in excellent agreement with available data on the sound velocity in liquid 4He and on the Debye temperature of solid 4He. Below 80 mK, we have observed a small deviation from T4 dependence, which, however, cannot be attributed to the supersolid transition, because instead of decrease the entropy of the solid rather remains constant, about 2.5 x 10(-6) R.     

海水温度测量传感器链

本文对海水温度探测器进行研究，研制了一种新型的海水温测量传感器链，用以测量浅海中水层薄，温度变化剧烈的不同深度动态变化，能实时显示现场温度，声速剖面，为海洋环境数值预报和灾害性海况遥测提供监视技术，水温环境数据也能用于声呐作用距离预报，拖线列阵布放深度选择，潜艇航行安全保障。     

Speed of sound and ideal-gas heat capacity of freon R-236ea

Speed of sound in the gaseous freon R-236ea with the purity of 99.68 mol. % has been measured by the method of ultrasonic interferometer in the range from 263 to 423 K and at pressures from 17 kPA to 4.2 MPa. Errors of temperature, pressure, and speed of sound measurement were estimated to be within +/- 20 mK, ± 1.5 kPa, and ±(0.1+0.2) % respectively. Temperature dependence of ideal-gas heat capacity of R-236ea has been calculated on the basis of the obtained data.     

Speed of sound in the gaseous refrigerant R-409A

Speed of sound in the gaseous refrigerant R-409A has been measured by ultrasonic interferometer in the temperature range from 293 to 373 K and at pressures from 0.05 to 0.58 MPa. The experimental uncertainties of the temperature, pressure, and speed of sound measurements were estimated to be within 20 mK, 4 kPa, and 0.1–0.2 %, respectively. On the basis of the obtained data, the isobaric molar heat capacity was calculated for the ideal-gas state. A comparison of the obtained results with the calculated speed of sound on the basis of REFPROP program was carried out.