The vortex flow caused by sound in a bubbly liquid

Generation of vorticity in the field of intense sound in a bubbly liquid in the free half-space is considered. The reasons for generation of vorticity are nonlinearity, diffraction, and dispersion. Acoustic streaming differs from that in a Newtonian fluid. Under some conditions, the vortex flow changes its direction. Conclusions concern streaming induced by a harmonic or an impulse Gaussian beam.     

声波在含气泡液体中传播特性及产热效应*

该文对含气泡液体中的声波方程采用线性分析方法,研究了超声波在含气泡液体中的传播特性以及产热效应。当声波在含气泡液体中传播时,气泡的存在会影响声波的传播,在声波频率接近气泡共振频率的频段内,声信号在液体中传播时剧烈衰减,而在声波频率远远高于或低于气泡共振频率时,声波的传播基本不受影响。在接近气泡共振的频段内,声波耗散的能量最终转化为热能。同时液体中的气泡会在声波驱动下径向振动并辐射声波,伴随气泡壁在液体中的粘滞振动,热量随之产生。结果表明,两种产热机制分别在不同频段起主导作用。     

Refraction and reflection of sound at the boundary of a bubbly liquid

Reflection and refraction of acoustic waves at the interface between pure water and bubbly water are investigated for the case of oblique incidence. From an analysis of analytic solutions, it is concluded that, for a wave incident on the interface from the side of a bubbly liquid, a critical angle of incidence, which depends on the frequency and the parameters of the disperse system, exists, so that, at angles of incidence exceeding the critical one, the wave is totally reflected from the interface.

     

Nonlinear frequency mixing in a resonant cavity: Numerical simulations in a bubbly liquid

The study of nonlinear frequency mixing for acoustic standing waves in a resonator cavity is presented. Two high frequencies are mixed in a highly nonlinear bubbly liquid filled cavity that is resonant at the difference frequency. The analysis is carried out through numerical experiments, and both linear and nonlinear regimes are compared. The results show highly efficient generation of the difference frequency at high excitation amplitude. The large acoustic nonlinearity of the bubbly liquid that is responsible for the strong difference-frequency resonance also induces significant enhancement of the parametric frequency mixing effect to generate second harmonic of the difference frequency.     

Measurements of bubbles in sea water by nonstationary sound scattering

Methods for the characterization of bubbles in sea water by acoustic scattering are analyzed. Nonstationary linear and nonlinear sound scattering methods are proposed. The transient linear and nonlinear sound scattering allows the scattering by resonant gas bubbles to be distinguished from the scattering by other microinhomogeneities. The application of parametric arrays in oceanic experiments, together with the broadband frequency analysis of the backscattering coefficient, allows information about bubbles in sea water to be obtained. Experimental results on sound scattering and gas bubble distribution functions are presented for different conditions in the ocean.     

声波在含气泡液体中的线性传播

为了探讨含气泡液体对声波传播的影响, 研究了声波在含气泡液体中的线性传播. 在建立含气泡液体的声学模型时引入气泡含量的影响,建立气泡模型时引用 Keller的气泡振动模型并同时考虑气泡间的声相互作用,得到了经过修正的气泡振动方程. 通过对含气泡液体的声传播方程和气泡振动方程联立并线性化求解,在满足 (ω R₀)/c << 1 的前提下,得到了描述含气泡液体对声波传播的衰减系数和传播速度. 通过数值分析发现,在驱动声场频率一定的情况下,气泡含量的增加及气泡的变小均会导致衰减系数增加和声速减小;气泡的体积分数和大小一定时, 驱动声场频率在远小于气泡谐振频率的情况下,声速会随驱动频率的增加而减小; 气泡间的声相互作用对声波传播速度及含气泡液体衰减系数的影响不明显.最终认为气泡的大小、 数量和驱动声场频率是影响声波在含气泡液体中线性传播的主要因素. 关键词： 含气泡液体 线性声波 声衰减系数 声速     

Volume pulsations of gas bubbles in a liquid

When a bubble of vapor in a superheated liquid is disturbed, it does not grow steadily but continuously pulsates. The pulsations are damped, the decrement depending on the relative evaporation or condensation rate. The authors explain the sound emitted by the bubbles.     

Transcillatory heat transfer in a liquid with gas bubbles

The article describes the model of transcillatory heat transfer induced by gas bubbles buoyant in liquid. The temperature problem is reduced to the equivalent integral equation, and the velocity field in liquid phase is presented as structures of running and stationary waves. The relations for computing the coefficient of transcillatory transfer have been found.     

Aerodynamic sound generation caused by viscous processes

With the aim of resolving some questions arising from previous studies by Morfey, Kempton, Hardin, and Kambe and Minota, the effects of viscosity on aerodynamic sound generation by unheated, low Mach number flow are investigated theoretically. First, an analytical solution in terms of a multipole expansion is derived by means of the method of matched asymptotic expansions. This solution is especially well suited to compare the results obtained by the various authors mentioned above. Second, an estimation of the importance of viscous effects on aerodynamic sound generation is given by which one can show that viscous effects have been overestimated in the past.