Influence of wake bubbles on optical impulse scattering echo

The model of the optical impulse scattering echo based on Mie theory and backscattering properties of bubble populations is presented. The experimental results of optical impulse scattering echo for a ship in the ocean is in agreement with the simulated experiment. The wake bubbles significantly influence the laser scattering echo process in the ocean. When the testing system is outside the wake, the distinct scattering echoes of interface between wake bubbles and water are received. When the testing system is inside the wake, the intensity of the echo attenuates with the increased scattering of wake bubbles. These phenomena of laser echoes in different periods are analyzed.     

Nonlinear scattering of acoustic waves by natural and artificially generated subsurface bubble layers in sea

The paper describes nonlinear effects due to a biharmonic acoustic signal scattering from air bubbles in the sea. The results of field experiments in a shallow sea are presented. Two waves radiated at frequencies 30 and 31-37 kHz generated backscattered signals at sum and difference frequencies in a bubble layer. A motorboat propeller was used to generate bubbles with different concentrations at different times, up to the return to the natural subsurface layer. Theoretical consideration is given for these effects. The experimental data are in a reasonably good agreement with theoretical predictions.     

基于多重散射强度和偏振特征的舰船尾流气泡激光探测方法

研究多重散射效应对舰船尾流气泡群光散射强度和偏振特征的影响是舰船光尾流探测以及新型光自导鱼雷研究的基础. 基于矢量Monte Carlo方法建立了舰船尾流气泡群激光后向探测仿真模型, 重点研究了尾流气泡群的多重散射机理,分析了多重散射效应、尾流气泡群密度对回波信号强度和偏振特征的影响规律. 基于粒子碰撞重要性抽样的基本思想, 在传统能量接收方法的基础上, 提出了回波光子偏振贡献接收方法和回波信号偏振信息统计方法, 解决了小视场系统光子返回概率低无法形成回波能量的难题. 构建了模拟尾流气泡群激光散射强度和偏振探测实验平台, 从实验的角度验证了模拟结果的准确性. 实验和模拟结果的一致性表明, 利用回波强度、偏振信息可表征气泡群距离、密度信息, 从而可对舰船尾流特别是低密度尾流进行高精度的探测和辨识. 关键词： Monte Carlo 偏振 多重散射 气泡     

The effect of nearby bubbles on array gain

The coherent processing of signals from multiple hydrophones in an array offers improvements in angular resolution and signal-to-noise ratio. When the array is steered in a particular direction, the signals arriving from that direction are added in phase, and any signals arriving from other directions are not. Array gain (AG) is a measure of how much the signal arriving from the steering direction is amplified relative to signals arriving from all other directions. The subject of this paper is the manner in which the AG of an acoustic array operating in water that contains air bubbles is affected by scattering from nearby bubbles. The effects of bubbles on acoustic attenuation and dispersion are considered separately from their effects on AG. Acoustic measurements made in bubbly water using the AB Wood tank at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, in June 2008 show that as bubble density increases, relative phase shifts in individual hydrophone signals increase and signal correlation among the hydrophones is reduced. A theory and numerical simulation linking bubble density at the hydrophone to the AG is in good agreement with the measurements up to the point where multiple scattering becomes important.     

激光脉冲宽度对远距离尾流气泡后向检测的影响

为了分析激光脉冲宽度对远距离尾流气泡后向检测的影响,基于Fournier Forand体积散射函数,通过Monte Carlo方法建立了水中激光脉冲后向散射信号时域特征的分析模型.利用该模型研究了初始激光脉冲宽度不同时,水中远距离舰船尾流气泡的激光脉冲后向散射信号变化情况.结果表明:随着初始激光脉冲宽度的增加,后向散射信号中水体散射信号与尾流气泡回波信号的轮廓变得模糊|当脉冲宽度增大到一定程度时,无法从后向散射信号中辨别出回波信号|并且,随着尾流区气泡散射强度的减小以及气泡区与检测器之间距离的减短,这种变化趋势变得更加明显.基于仿真结果,提出一种基于逆卷积运算的尾流气泡回波信号提取方法.     

An experimental study of the fluctuations of acoustic signals reflected from ships

Results of an experimental study of amplitude fluctuations in echo signals received from ships and their wakes are presented for the cases of vertical and horizontal sounding in a wide range of high sonic and ultrasonic frequencies. Dependences of the amplitude variation coefficients of echo signals on the speed of ship motion, the sounding frequency, the duration of sounding pulses, and the height of wind waves on the sea surface are analyzed. The probability characteristics of echo signals reflected from ship hulls and from wakes at different depths are discussed.     

Monte Carlo Simulation of Optical Properties of Wake Bubbles

Based on Mie scattering theory and the theory of multiple light scattering, the light scattering properties of air bubbles in a wake are analysed by Monte Carlo simulation. The results show that backscattering is enhanced obviously due to the existence of bubbles, especially with the increase of bubble density, and that it is feasible to use the Monte Carlo method to study the properties of light scattering by air bubbles.     

次Bjerknes力作用下气泡的体积振动和散射声场

利用Lagrange方程得到了次Bjerknes力作用下气泡的体积振动方程,并探讨了次Bjerknes力作用下不同参数对气泡体积振动振幅和振动初相位的影响,研究了振动初相位差为π和0的气泡对在液体中形成的散射声场特征.结果表明:次Bjerknes作用力下,相邻气泡半径、气泡间距、多方指数均能影响气泡的体积振动振幅,气泡对的均衡半径、气泡间距和驱动频率则对气泡振动初相位产生明显影响;相距很近、相位相差为π的两个气泡的散射声压与气泡体积振动振幅、气泡间距、驱动频率和振动初相位有关,随声场距离成反比减小,与声场位置有关,其平均散射声功率是单个孤立气泡的1/6(kd_(12))~2半径相同、相距很近、相位相同的两个6气泡的散射声压与气泡振动初相位、体积振动振幅、气泡间距、驱动频率有关,随声场距离成反比减小,其平均散射声功率是单个孤立气泡的4倍.     

Nonlinear oscillation and acoustic scattering of bubbles

The scattered acoustic pressure and scattered cross section of bubbles is studied using the scattered theory of bubbles. The nonlinear oscillations of bubbles and the scattering acoustic fields of a spherical bubble cluster are numerically simulated based on the bubble dynamic and fluid dynamic. The influences of the interaction between bubbles on scattering acoustic field of bubbles are researched. The results of numerical simulation show that the oscillation phases of bubbles are delayed to a certain extent at different positions in the bubble cluster, but the radii of bubbles during oscillation do not differ too much at different positions. Furthermore, directivity of the acoustic scattering of bubbles is obvious. The scattered acoustic pressures of bubbles are different at the different positions inside and outside of the bubble cluster. The scattering acoustic fields of a spherical bubble cluster depend on the driving pressure amplitude, driving frequency, the equilibrium radii of bubbles, bubble number and the radius of the spherical bubble cluster. These theoretical predictions provide a further understanding of physics behind ultrasonic technique and should be useful for guiding ultrasonic application.     

再入体缩比模型湍流等离子体电磁散射特性测量

介绍了在弹道靶上利用二级轻气炮发射再入体缩比模型开展湍流等离子体电磁散射特性模拟试验方法、湍流等离子体的雷达散射截面积(RCS)测量方法。给出了模型尾迹湍流等离子体的电磁散射特性测量典型试验结果,对获得的试验结果进行了分析,并与一阶畸变波Born方法计算结果进行了比较。结果表明:合理选择缩比模型发射速度和飞行环境压力,在弹道靶上能够模拟产生湍流等离子体;利用激光阴影成像技术获得的锥模型尾迹流场图像证实了尾迹转捩的出现及其湍流形成;在给定的试验条件下,锥模型及其绕流RCS测量值比其尾迹RCS测量值高3个数量级,比背景散射电平高0.5~2.5个数量级,且信号没有周期性,幅度脉动范围为1~15dB,频率脉动范围0.4~40kHz;锥模型湍流尾迹RCS的脉动可能是尾迹电子密度的脉动引起的;单站X波段雷达系统测量的锥模型尾迹亚密湍流等离子体的散射信号测量值与计算结果变化规律一致;弹道靶RCS测量技术可用于再入体缩比模型湍流等离子体电磁散射特性研究,为开展相关研究提供了一种有效的地面模拟实验研究途径。     

再入体缩比模型湍流等离子体电磁散射特性测量

介绍了在弹道靶上利用二级轻气炮发射再入体缩比模型开展湍流等离子体电磁散射特性模拟试验方法、湍流等离子体的雷达散射截面积(RCS)测量方法。给出了模型尾迹湍流等离子体的电磁散射特性测量典型试验结果,对获得的试验结果进行了分析,并与一阶畸变波Born方法计算结果进行了比较。结果表明：合理选择缩比模型发射速度和飞行环境压力,在弹道靶上能够模拟产生湍流等离子体;利用激光阴影成像技术获得的锥模型尾迹流场图像证实了尾迹转捩的出现及其湍流形成;在给定的试验条件下,锥模型及其绕流RCS测量值比其尾迹RCS测量值高3个数量级,比背景散射电平高0.5~2.5个数量级,且信号没有周期性,幅度脉动范围为1～15 dB,频率脉动范围0.4～40 kHz;锥模型湍流尾迹RCS的脉动可能是尾迹电子密度的脉动引起的;单站X波段雷达系统测量的锥模型尾迹亚密湍流等离子体的散射信号测量值与计算结果变化规律一致;弹道靶RCS测量技术可用于再入体缩比模型湍流等离子体电磁散射特性研究,为开展相关研究提供了一种有效的地面模拟实验研究途径。     

利用后向散射光空间谱强度分布探测尾流气泡的实验研究

利用自行设计制作的尾流模拟系统产生气泡,应用散射光空间频谱测量分析系统,对水中气泡群的后向散射光空间谱强度分布进行测量和分析,研究了不同探测距离的散射光衰减对其强度分布的影响.结果表明,在气泡密度、大小分布不变的情况下,扩束光照明时,由于参与光散射的气泡数目增加对散射光在水中传播衰减的补偿,散射空间谱强度分布的峰值和半宽值均不随探测距离变化;而细光束照明时,散射谱强度分布峰值随探测距离的增加而减小,半宽值则逐渐增大.所以在远距离探测时,细光束的探测效果好.     

Description of a Doppler rayleigh LIDAR for measuring winds in the middle atmosphere

The possibility to measure winds in the middle atmosphere with a Doppler LIDAR was demonstrated in 1989. It has been used since then to study the wave-mean flow interaction, in association with the Rayleigh LIDAR providing density and temperature and their fluctuations. The Doppler LIDAR relies on Rayleigh scattering from air molecules and was originally designed to cover the height range 25–60 km, a region where radars cannot operate. The Doppler shift of the backscattered echo is measured by inter-comparing the signal detected through each of two narrow band-passes of a single dual Fabry-Perot interferometer tuned to either side of the emitted laser line. Its extension to lower altitudes where Mie scattering is present is under study.     

超声相控阵距离幅度曲线计算方法

超声相控阵偏转聚焦声场能量分布不均匀,造成不同位置的缺陷回波幅度差异,针对该缺陷量化问题,提出超声相控阵系统距离幅度曲线理论计算方法。在非近轴近似声场模型的基础上,结合缺陷散射模型来建立相控阵系统测量模型,再利用该方法来预测不同位置横通孔缺陷的回波信号,进而获得信号幅度随位置的变化曲线。分析对比了不同偏转聚焦声束理论计算结果与实验测量结果,两者幅度在焦点附近具有较好的一致性,偏差在5%以内,验证了超声测量模型计算方法的有效性。     

尾流后向散射光功率衰减特性研究

依据Mie理论光散射在0°和180°有明显增强的结论,应用自行设计的模拟尾流后向散射光功率实验系统在632.8 nm He-Ne激光器直接照明和扩束后照明两种条件下,对模拟尾流后向散射光功率衰减特性进行了研究.结果表明,用后向散射光功率进行探测时,考虑到散射光在水中传播的衰减,对近距离分布的气泡,使用扩束光照明效果较好;对较远距离分布的气泡,使用细光束照明效果较好,其可探测的距离要比扩束光远.     

Ultrasonic detection of resonant cavitation bubbles in a flow tube by their second-harmonic emissions

During low-power exposures, biophysical effects of ultrasonic cavitation are induced primarily by resonant bubbles, and there is a need for a new method of detecting these small bubbles. Bubble pulsation theory indicates that second-harmonic emissions emanate from resonant bubbles even at low amplitudes. A device was constructed to detect resonant bubbles passing through it in a flowing liquid by monitoring second-harmonic responses to a low amplitude, 1.64 MHz ultrasonic field. During testing, 4.2 μm diameter resonant bubbles produced signals 40 times larger than 500 μm diameter bubbles, and this technique was much better than a first-harmonic scattering technique for counting resonant bubbles.     

Nonlinear raman-type acoustic scattering in three-phase marine sediments

Stimulated Raman-type acoustic scattering by bubble oscillations in three-phase marine sediments, which consist of a solid frame, the pore water, and air bubbles, is considered. A model is developed for the case of the bubbles surrounded by water. The acoustic properties of the sediments are described on the basis of the Biot theory of sound propagation in a fluid-saturated porous medium. Nonlinear wave equations are obtained for marine sediments containing air bubbles. Expressions for the nonlinear scattering coefficient and the threshold intensity of the exciting sound wave are derived. A possibility of an experimental observation of the scattering process is discussed.     

Theoretical calculation on distance amplitude curve of ultrasonic phased array

Ultrasonic phased array technology has been gradually applied to industrial nondestructive testing in recent years. The sound field of the focusing and steering beam radiating from the phased array is a nonuniform distribution in the spatial position so that the echo signals of same size defects will be changed according to defect positions. To analyze these defects quantitatively, a model-based method for the distance amplitude correction is proposed for the phased array system. Based on a non-paraxial multi-Gaussian beam model and flaw scattering models, an ultrasonic measurement model for the phased array system is proposed to calculate the echo signals from side-drilled holes at different positions. Furthermore, these model-based distance amplitude curves are compared with the traditional experimental results for different focusing and steering beams. The two methods have a good agreement.     

Influence of dissolved-air concentration on spatial distribution of bubbles for sonochemistry

The pulsation of ultrasonic cavitation bubbles at various dissolved-air concentration in a sonochemical reaction field of standing-wave type is investigated experimentally by laser-light scattering. When a thin light sheet, finer than half the wavelength of sound, is introduced into the cavitation bubbles at an antinode of sound pressure, the scattered light intensity oscillates. The peak-to-trough light intensity is correlated with the number of bubbles that contribute to the sonochemical reaction. It is shown that as the dissolved air concentration becomes higher, the weighted center of the spatial distribution of the peak-to-trough intensity tends to shift towards the liquid surface. At higher concentration of the dissolved air, a great deal of bubbles with size distribution generated due to coalescence between bubbles disturbs sound propagation to change the sound phase easily. A standing wave to trap tiny oscillating bubbles is established only at the side which is nearer to the liquid surface. Also at higher concentration, liquid flow induced by drag motion of bubbles by the action of radiation force becomes apparent and position-unstable region of bubble is enlarged from the side of sound source towards the liquid surface. Therefore, the position of oscillating bubbles active for sonochemical reaction is limited at the side which is nearer to the liquid surface at higher concentration of the dissolved air.     

Acoustic manifestations of gas hydrate shelled bubbles

The hydrocarbon seeps emitting buoyant bubble plumes from seafloor vents—gas flares have been actively investigated in different regions of the World Ocean, in particular, on the Sakhalin slope in the Sea of Okhotsk. The gas flares can be easily detected by regular echo sounders, because the scattering cross section of a gas bubble is large. Within the gas-hydrate stability zone—for high hydrostatic pressures and low temperatures, methane-hydrate ice skins are formed on rising seep bubbles which are typically methane. The objective of the present study was to develop a suitable model describing rheological characteristics of gas-hydrate shell and to analyze acoustic manifestations of such bubbles for the frequency range used in marine field experiments.