Study of the scattering of nonlinearly interacting plane acoustic waves by an elongated spheroid

The scattering of nonlinearly interacting plane acoustic waves on a rigid elongated spheroid is considered. The foci of the spheroid coincide with foci of the spheroidal coordinate system. The method of successive approximations is used to obtain the solutions to the inhomogeneous wave equation in the first and second approximations. Asymptotic expressions are offered for the components of the total acoustic pressure of the difference frequency wave, and the scattering diagrams for these components are presented.     

Scattering of on-axis polarized Gaussian light beam by spheroidal water coating aerosol particle

Small particle light scattering can produce light with polarization characteristics different from those of the incident beam. An analytical solution to the scattering by a spheroid with inclusion for an on-axis polarized Gaussian beam incidence is provided within the generalized Lorenz-Mie theory framework. The shapes of the inclusion can be spherical, confocal spheroid, or non-confocal spheroid. The Muller scattering matrix elements are computed for plane wave incidence or Gaussian light beam incidence. The effect of the size and shape of the inclusion or the coating on the polarized Oaussian light scattering characteristics by a spheroidal water coating aerosol Darticle are commlted and a,nalvzed.     

基片及其上方回转椭球粒子极化光散射

基于BV理论建立基片及其上方回转椭球粒子的复合散射模型,通过矢量球谐函数展开,对散射过程进行了分析,对散射场及微分散射截面详细求解,并给出了数值计算结果,与离散源方法做了比较,同时退化为球粒子与扩展Mie理论做了比较,说明了此方法的有效性。并详细讨论分析了微分散射截面随不同入射角,散射角,回转椭球粒子的尺寸、长短轴比例,距基片的距离,介电常数,粒子取向角的变化关系。结果表明:同一散射角下入射角越大,其微分散射截面越大;粒子尺寸越大,相互作用越大,其微分散射截面越大;长短轴比例越大,其微分散射截面越小;距离基片的距离越大,微分散射截面越大;微分散射截面的变化主要依赖于相对介电常数实部、虚部数值较大的一方,并且随粒子取向角的增大而增大。     

Scattering of a Bessel beam by a sphere

The exact scattering by a sphere centered on a Bessel beam is expressed as a partial wave series involving the scattering angle relative to the beam axis and the conical angle of the wave vector components of the Bessel beam. The sphere is assumed to have isotropic material properties so that the nth partial wave amplitude for plane wave scattering is proportional to a known partial-wave coefficient. The scattered partial waves in the Bessel beam case are also proportional to the same partial-wave coefficient but now the weighting factor depends on the properties of the Bessel beam. When the wavenumber-radius product ka is large, for rigid or soft spheres the scattering is peaked in the backward and forward directions along the beam axis as well as in the direction of the conical angle. These properties are geometrically explained and some symmetry properties are noted. The formulation is also suitable for elastic and fluid spheres. A partial wave expansion of the Bessel beam is noted.     

Scattering of Millimeter Waves from Acid Rain

A theoretical investigation of scattering characteristics of millimeter waves from acid rain is conducted using the method of vector spherical function expansion. The particles of acid rain are considered as the double-layered spheroid. The method is used to derive an analytical solution to the problem of scattering of millimeter waves by a coated dielectric spheroid. The normalized bistatic cross section versus scattering angle for the acid raindrop is calculated at frequencies of 35 GHz and 94 GHz. This is the first part of our study scattering characteristics of millimeter waves from acid rain.     

Acoustic scattering of a high-order Bessel beam by an elastic sphere

The exact analytical solution for the scattering of a generalized (or “hollow”) acoustic Bessel beam in water by an elastic sphere centered on the beam is presented. The far-field acoustic scattering field is expressed as a partial wave series involving the scattering angle relative to the beam axis and the half-conical angle of the wave vector components of the generalized Bessel beam. The sphere is assumed to have isotropic elastic material properties so that the nth partial wave amplitude for plane wave scattering is proportional to a known partial-wave coefficient. The transverse acoustic scattering field is investigated versus the dimensionless parameter ka(k is the wave vector, a radius of the sphere) as well as the polar angle θ for a specific dimensionless frequency and half-cone angle β. For higher-order generalized beams, the acoustic scattering vanishes in the backward (θ = π) and forward (θ = 0) directions along the beam axis. Moreover it is possible to suppress the excitation of certain resonances of an elastic sphere by appropriate selection of the generalized Bessel beam parameters.     

Three-dimensional elastic wave scattering by a layer containing vertical periodic fractures

Elastic wave scattering off a layer containing a single set of vertical periodic fractures is examined using a numerical technique based on the work of Hennion et al. [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 87, 1861-1870 (1990)]. This technique combines the finite element method and plane wave method to simulate three-dimensional scattering off a two-dimensional fractured layer structure. Each fracture is modeled explicitly, so that the model can simulate both discrete arrivals of scattered waves from individual fractures and multiply scattered waves between the fractures. Using this technique, we examine changes in scattering characteristics of plane elastic waves as a function of wave frequency, angle of incidence, and fracture properties such as fracture stiffness, height, and regular and irregular spacing.     

Eigenmode scattering relations for plane-stratified gyrotropic media

We consider the 4×4 scattering matrixS for a plane wave incident on a plane-stratified gyrotropic multilayer slab, which is assumed to have a single symmetry axis (the magnetisation vector in a ferrite sheet, or the external magnetic field direction in a plane-stratified magnetoplasma). In the given (original) problem the plane of incidence is at an azimuthal angle ϕ with respect to the magnetic meridian plane (the plane containing the normal to the stratification, and the gyrotropic symmetry axis), and there is a corresponding “conjugate” set of wave fields, in which the plane of incidence is at an azimuthal angle (π−ϕ), with a corresponding conjugate scattering matrixS′. Adjoint wave fields, obtained by reversing the magnetic symmetry vector, are used to yield the eigenmode amplitudes required in the definition of the scattering matrices. At an interface between two adjacent layers the scattering matrices are shown to be uniquely determined by the characteristic wave polarisations, and this is used to prove that the given and conjugate scattering matrices,S andS′, for the overall multilayer system are mutually transposed, i.e. .     

水下任意刚性散射体对Bessel波的散射特性分析

本文利用Bessel波的谐波展开式, 采用T矩阵方法的推导思路, 建立了水下任意刚性散射体在Bessel波照射下的声散射场计算公式. 以水下刚性椭球体和两端附连半球的刚性圆柱体为例, 计算了在不同波锥角β 下的反向散射形态函数, 同时, 依据镜反射波和绕行波的干涉物理模型, 给出了预报Bessel波照射下的反向散射形态函数峰峰间隔值的计算模型. 仿真结果表明本文提出的Bessel波照射下反向散射形态函数峰峰间隔值预报方法是准确有效的, 同时也说明, 本文建立的基于T矩阵法计算水下任意刚性散射体在Bessel波束下的声散射场方法是有效的, 这拓展了T矩阵法的应用领域.     

二维高斯波束对多层球粒子电磁散射的解析解

基于矢量波函数在球和柱坐标系中表达式之间的转换关系,提出了一种求解球坐标系中二维高斯波束波形因子的方法,得到了二维高斯波束波形因子在球坐标系中的解析公式.结合广义米理论推导了在轴二维高斯波束入射多层球粒子的电磁散射的解析解,并对散射强度随散射角的分布进行了数值模拟,结果与平面波入射情况进行了比较. 关键词： 矢量波函数 波形因子 电磁散射 广义米理论     

高斯分层介质粗糙面光波透射问题的微扰法研究

运用微扰法研究平面波入射分层介质粗糙面的光波透射问题,推出了不同极化状态的透射光波散射系数公式。采用高斯粗糙面来模拟实际的分层介质粗糙面,结合高斯粗糙面的功率谱导出了平面波入射高斯分层介质粗糙面的透射系数计算公式。通过数值计算得到HH极化透射系数随透射光波散射角变化的曲线,讨论底层介质介电常数、中间介质介电常数和厚度、粗糙面参数及入射光波长对透射系数的影响。数值计算结果表明：底层介质介电常数、中间介质介电常数和厚度、粗糙面参数及入射光波长对透射系数的影响是非常复杂的。     

TM plane wave scattering and diffraction from a randomly rough half-plane: (part II) An evaluation of the diffraction kernel

In a previous paper (part I), it has been shown that a random wavefield from a randomly rough half-plane for a TM plane wave incidence is written in terms of a Wiener-Hermite expansion with three types of Fourier integrals. This paper studies a concrete representation of the random wavefield by an approximate evaluation of such Fourier integrals, and statistical properties of scattering and diffraction. For a Gaussian roughness spectrum, intensities of the coherent wavefield and the first-order incoherent wavefield are calculated and shown in figures. It is then found that the coherent scattering intensity decreases in the illumination side, but is almost invariant in the shadow side. The incoherent scattering intensity spreads widely in the illumination side, and have ripples at near the grazing angle. Moreover, a major peak at near the antispecular direction, and associated ripples appear in the shadow side. The incoherent scattering intensity increases rapidly at near the random half-plane. These new phenomena for the incoherent scattering are caused by couplings between TM guided waves supported by a slightly random surface and edge diffracted waves excited by a plane wave incidence or by free guided waves on a flat plane without any roughness.     

Estimation of angle of arrival in a discrete random scattering environment using a Capon beamformer with a compensation matrix

We analyse the problem of the estimation of the angle of arrival in discrete random scattering media. Assuming incidence of a plane wave, we derive the performance of the determination of the angle of arrival in terms of beamwidth, which reflects the ability to resolve the angle of arrival from several directions. The minimum variance beamformer or Capon beamformer is applied. We demonstrate that in random scattering media the signal arriving at the receiving array shows correlation and is modelled as a Gaussian function, and this correlation deteriorates the ability to determine the angle of arrival. A matrix compensation is introduced to improve the performance by correcting the correlation. The main parameter in compensation is the correlation length. We investigate the effect of the correlation length on the angle of arrival.     

Scattering of obliquely incident shear waves from a cylindrical cavity

Prior work has proposed the use of ultrasonic angle-beam shear wave techniques to detect cracks of varying angular location around fastener sites by generating and detecting creeping waves. To better understand the nature of the scattering problem and quantify the role of creeping waves in fastener site inspections, a 3D analytical model was developed for the propagation and scattering of an obliquely incident plane shear wave from a cylindrical cavity with arbitrary shear wave polarization. The generation and decay of the spiral creeping waves was found to be dependent on both the angle of incidence and polarization of the plane shear wave. A difference between the angle of displacement in 3D and the direction of propagation for the spiral creeping wave was observed and attributed to differences in the curvature of the cavity surface for the tangential and vertical (z) directions. Using the model, practical insight was presented on measuring the displacement response in the far-field from the hole. Both analytical and experimental results highlighted the value of the diffracted and leaky spiral creeping wave signals for nondestructive evaluation of a crack located on the cavity. Last, array and signal processing methods are discussed to improve the resolution of the weaker creeping wave signals in the presence of noise.     

Polarization effects in backscattering by a particle near the interface

Analysis of the scattering of a plane wave by a small scatterer randomly placed near the dielectric half-space is carried out, using the dipole approximation. In addition to the results of Greffet, it is shown that the enhancement factor for p-polarization of the incident wave is suppressed in comparison with s-polarization due both to the anisotropic pattern of emission of a dipole and to the presence of the Brewster angle.     

Uniform asymptotic formulae for the spheroidal angular function

The problem of wave scattering by a spheroid is treated. Special interest is paid to the solution of the differential wave equation related to the angular spheroidal functions. A solution is obtained using uniform asymptotic formulae along with semiclassical methods. The developed method shows that it is possible to interpolate uniformly the spheroidal angular function with Weber's parabolic cylindric functions and Legendre's functions.     

Acoustic scattering on spheroidal shapes near boundaries

A new expression for the Lamé product of prolate spheroidal wave functions is presented in terms of a distribution of multipoles along the axis of the spheroid between its foci (generalizing a corresponding theorem for spheroidal harmonics). Such an “ultimate” singularity system can be effectively used for solving various linear boundary-value problems governed by the Helmholtz equation involving prolate spheroidal bodies near planar or other boundaries. The general methodology is formally demonstrated for the axisymmetric acoustic scattering problem of a rigid (hard) spheroid placed near a hard/soft wall or inside a cylindrical duct under an axial incidence of a plane acoustic wave.     

Scattering of Gaussian beam by a spherical particle with a spheroidal inclusion

A generalized Lorenz-Mie theory framework (GLMT) is applied to the study of Gaussian beam scattering by a spherical particle with an embedded spheroid at the center. By virtue of a transformation between the spherical and spheroidal vector wave functions, a theoretical procedure is developed to deal with the boundary conditions. Numerical results of the normalized differential scattering cross section are presented.