Resonant properties of a nonlinear dissipative layer excited by a vibrating boundary: Q-factor and frequency response

Simplified nonlinear evolution equations describing non-steady-state forced vibrations in an acoustic resonator having one closed end and the other end periodically oscillating are derived. An approach based on a nonlinear functional equation is used. The nonlinear Q-factor and the nonlinear frequency response of the resonator are calculated for steady-state oscillations of both inviscid and dissipative media. The general expression for the mean intensity of the acoustic wave in terms of the characteristic value of a Mathieu function is derived. The process of development of a standing wave is described analytically on the base of exact nonlinear solutions for different laws of periodic motion of the wall. For harmonic excitation the wave profiles are described by Mathieu functions, and their mean energy characteristics by the corresponding eigenvalues. The sawtooth-shaped motion of the boundary leads to a similar process of evolution of the profile, but the solution has a very simple form. Some possibilities to enhance the Q-factor of a nonlinear system by suppression of nonlinear energy losses are discussed.     

Wave Resonance in Media with Modular,Quadratic and Quadratically-Cubic Nonlinearities Described by Inhomogeneous Burgers-Type Equations

The phenomenon of “wave resonance” which occurs at excitation of traveling waves in dissipative media possessing modular, quadratic and quadratically-cubic nonlinearities is studied. The mathematical model of this phenomenon is the inhomogeneous (or “forced”) equation of Burgers type. Such nonlinearities are of interest because the corresponding equations admit exact linearization and describe real physical objects. The presence of “accompanying sources” (traveling with the wave) on the right-hand side of the inhomogeneous equations ensures the inflow of energy into the wave, which thereafter spreads throughout the wave profile, flows to emerging shock fronts, and then dissipates due to linear and nonlinear losses. As an introduction, the phenomenon of wave resonance in ideal and dissipative media is described and physical examples are given. Exact expressions for nonlinear steady-state wave profiles are derived. Non-stationary processes of wave generation, spatial “beating” of amplitudes with different relationship between the speed of motion of the sources and the natural wave velocity in the medium are studied. Resonance curves are constructed that contain a nonlinear shift of the absolute maxima to the “supersonic” region. The features of the resonance in each of the three types of nonlinearity are discussed.     

Acoustic force model for the fluid flow under standing waves

An acoustic Strouhal number is introduced to demonstrate that the viscosity of fluid can be ignored in the process of sound propagation and acoustic streaming is independent on the frequency of the acoustic wave. Furthermore, acoustic force based on the periodic velocity fluctuation caused by standing acoustic wave is introduced into Navier–Stokes equation in order to describe the fluid flow in the acoustic boundary layer. The numerical results show that the predicted results are consistent with the analytic solution. And the effect of the nonlinear terms cannot be ignored so the analytic solution derived by boundary-velocity condition is only an approximation for acoustic streaming.     

随时间变化的非平整壁面对液膜表面波演化特性的影响

本文对非平整壁面上的液膜表面波演化过程进行了研究. 针对非平整壁面随时间变化的特性, 采用小参数摄动法对控制方程和边界条件进行求解, 推导出波动壁面上液膜表面波的扰动方程, 采用导数展开法对其进行求解, 并选取简谐波形状的壁面进行数值研究. 对波动壁面下不同参数的影响规律研究可得, 当壁面频率较小时, 静态波与行进波的波长比较相近, 促进表面波之间的合并, 且壁面频率、壁面振幅及Re数的增加, 均会使表面波的振幅明显增大; 对比波动壁面与非平整壁面可得, 在相同位置处, 随着时间的演化, 非平整壁面上表面波呈周期变化, 而波动壁面上表面波呈波长更大的近周期变化; 壁面振幅和壁面频率的降低, 均会使两种壁面结构下的表面波振幅减小, 但所形成的表面波形有所不同, 即波动壁面引起的表面波可看作波动壁面结构与非平整壁面引起的表面波叠加而成.     

A general theory of harmonic wave propagation in linear periodic systems with multiple coupling

A general theory is presented of harmonic wave propagation in one-dimensional periodic systems with multiple coupling between adjacent periodic elements. The motion of each element is expressed in terms of a finite number of displacement coordinates. The nature and number of different wave propagation constants at any frequency are discussed, and the energy flow associated with waves having real, complex or imaginary propagation constants is investigated. Kinetic and potential energy functions are derived for the propagating waves and a generalized Rayleigh's Quotient and Rayleigh's Principle for the complex wave motion have been found. This is extended to yield a generalized Rayleigh-Ritz method of finding approximate, yet accurate, relationships between the frequencies and propagation constants of the propagating waves. The effect of damping is also considered, and a special class of “damped forced waves” is postulated for hysteretically damped periodic systems. An energy definition for the loss factor of these waves is found. Briefly considered is the two-dimensional multi-coupled periodic system in which a simple wave motion analogous to a plane wave propagates across the whole system.     

Nonuniform elastic stagnant wave in a wedge-shaped plate

An acoustic field near the edge of an elastic wedge-shaped plate is studied. The field is represented in the form of two counterpropagating nonuniform waves. The standing vibration profiles varying with distance to the edge are constructed. A specific acoustic effect arising when the wave moves away from the wedge is revealed. Theoretical results are confirmed by measuring the standing wave amplitudes with a proprietary setup.     

Theoretical and numerical calculations for the time-averaged acoustic force and torque acting on a rigid cylinder of arbitrary size in a low viscosity fluid

In this paper, theoretical calculations as well as numerical simulations are performed for the time-averaged acoustic force and torque on a rigid cylinder of arbitrary size in a fluid with low viscosity, i.e., the acoustic boundary layer is thin compared to the cylinder radius. An exact analytical solution and its approximation are proposed in the form of an infinite series including Bessel functions. These solutions can be evaluated easily by a mathematical software package such as mathematica and matlab. Three types of incident waves, plane traveling wave, plane standing wave, and dual orthogonal standing waves, are investigated in detail. It is found that for a small particle, the viscous effects for an incident standing wave may be neglected but those for an incident traveling wave are notable. A nonzero viscous torque is experienced by the rigid cylinder when subjected to dual orthogonal standing waves with a phase shift even when the cylinder is located at equilibrium positions without imposed acoustic forces. Furthermore, numerical simulations are carried out based on the FVM algorithm to verify the proposed theoretical formulas. The theoretical results and the numerical ones agree with each other very well in all the cases considered.     

Nonlinear theory of electrostatic baryonic waves in ambiplasma

A collisionless nonmagnetized ambiplasma consisting of Maxwellian gases of protons, antiprotons, electrons, and positrons is considered. The dispersion relation for electrostatic baryonic waves is derived and analyzed and exact expressions for the linear wave phase velocities are obtained. Two types of such waves are shown to be possible in ambiplasma: acoustic and plasma ones. Analysis of the dispersion relation has allowed the ranges of parameters in which nonlinear solutions should be sought in the form of solitons to be found. A nonlinear theory of baryonic waves is developed and used to obtain and analyze the exact solution to the basic equations. The analysis is performed by the method of a fictitious potential. The ranges of phase velocities of periodic baryonic waves and soliton velocities (Mach numbers) are determined. It is shown that in the plasma under consideration, these ranges do not overlap and that the soliton velocity cannot be lower than the linear velocity of the corresponding wave. The profiles of physical quantities in a periodic wave and a soliton (wave scores) are plotted.     

微扰法求解非线性驻波问题

在历史上,用微扰法求解非线性驻波是不成功的。本文对此进行了分析,认为微扰法给出的一次解是基本解,决定了驻波的基本波形。二次以上的解是由于非线性对波形的影响,使驻波波形上各点随时间运动稍加变动,因此对二次以上的微量只应保留其时间微商。这样所得解不但是稳定的,并且与根据波动方程的严格解基本相同。 关键词：     

Finite-amplitude standing acoustic waves in a cubically nonlinear medium

The acoustic field in a resonator filled with a cubically nonlinear medium is investigated. The field is represented as a linear superposition of two strongly distorted counterpropagating waves. Unlike the case of a quadratically nonlinear medium, the counterpropagating waves in a cubically nonlinear medium are coupled through their mean (over a period) intensities. Free and forced standing waves are considered. Profiles of discontinuous oscillations containing compression and expansion shock fronts are constructed. Resonance curves, which represent the dependences of the mean field intensity on the difference between the boundary oscillation frequency and the frequency of one of the resonator modes, are calculated. The structure of the profiles of strongly distorted “forced” waves is analyzed. It is shown that discontinuities are formed only when the difference between the mean intensity and the detuning takes certain negative values. The discontinuities correspond to the jumps between different solutions to a nonlinear integro-differential equation, which, in the case of small dissipation, degenerates into a third-degree algebraic equation with an undetermined coefficient. The dependence of the intensity of discontinuous standing waves on the frequency of oscillations of the resonator boundary is determined. A nonlinear saturation is revealed: at a very large amplitude of the resonator wall oscillations, the field intensity in the resonator ceases depending on the amplitude and cannot exceed a certain limiting value, which is determined by the nonlinear attenuation at the shock fronts. This intensity maximum is reached when the frequency smoothly increases above the linear resonance. A hysteresis arises, and a bistability takes place, as in the case of a concentrated system at a nonlinear resonance.     

Free-wave propagation in an irregularly stiffened,fluid-loaded plate

Techniques developed for analysis of the dynamic behaviour of random, composite media are applied to the study of free waves in irregularly stiffened plates, with or without fluid-loading. It is well known that the free wave in an exactly periodic structure is a Floquet wave which possesses a structure of “pass-”, and “stop-bands”. In this paper a method is presented for studying a structure in which the exact positions of the stiffening ribs are subject to some degree of randomness. In particular, the dispersion relation for free waves in the plate is derived, some solutions of which are presented and compared with the corresponding solutions for the exactly periodic structure.     

Observation of traveling thermoacoustic shock waves (L)

Shock waves were explored in the thermoacoustic spontaneous gas oscillations occurring in a gas column with a steep temperature gradient. The results show that a periodic shock occurs in the traveling wave mode in a looped tube but not in the standing wave mode in a resonator. Measurements of the harmonic components of the acoustic intensity reveal a clear difference between them. The temperature gradient acts as an acoustic energy source for the harmonic components of the shock wave in the traveling wave mode but as an acoustic energy sink of the second harmonic in the standing wave mode.     

Stop-pass behavior of acoustic waves in a 1D fractured system

This study examines the dispersion and the stop-pass band behavior of acoustic waves propagating across periodically spaced and non periodically spaced parallel fractures. Laboratory ultrasonic wave measurements performed on a stack of synthetic fractures (identical steel plates with roughened interfaces) and numerical propagator matrix simulations show spectra with distinct stop-pass band structures that develop with decreasing fracture stiffness. To understand the physics behind these observations, an exact dispersion equation for wave propagation through an infinite series of equally spaced fractures is derived using displacement-discontinuity boundary conditions to model the constitutive behavior of the fractures and Floquet's (Bloch's) theory for the periodic boundary conditions. Both the measured and numerically simulated stop-pass band structures show good agreement with the theoretical predictions. Furthermore, the theory reveals that the left boundary of the stop-bands contains information about the fracture stiffness, suggesting the possibility of determining the stiffness of the parallel fractures from seismic waves. This paper also discusses the effects of fractured systems with random distributions of fracture spacings and stiffnesses on the stop-pass band structures of seismic waves in fractured rock.     

Solution of the scalar wave equation over very long distances using nonlinear solitary waves: Relation to finite difference methods

The linear wave equation represents the basis of many linear electromagnetic and acoustic propagation problems. Features that a computational model must have, to capture large scale realistic effects (for over the horizon or “OTH” radar communication, for example), include propagation of short waves with scattering and partial absorption by complex topography. For these reasons, it is not feasible to use Green’s Function or any simple integral method, which neglects these intermediate effects and requires a known propagation function between source and observer. In this paper, we describe a new method for propagating such short waves over long distances, including intersecting scattered waves. The new method appears to be much simpler than conventional high frequency schemes: Lagrangian “particle” based approaches, such as “ray tracing” become very complex in 3-D, especially for waves that may be expanding, or even intersecting. The other high frequency scheme in common use, the Eikonal, also has difficulty with intersecting waves.Our approach, based on nonlinear solitary waves concentrated about centroid surfaces of physical wave features, is related to that of Whitham [1], which involves solving wave fronts propagating on characteristics. Then, the evolving electromagnetic (or acoustic) field can be approximated as a collection of propagating co-dimension one surfaces (for example, 2-D surfaces in three dimensions). This approach involves solving propagation equations discretely on an Eulerian grid to approximate the linear wave equation. However, to propagate short waves over long distances, conventional Eulerian numerical methods, which attempt to resolve the structure of each wave, require far too many grid cells and are not feasible on current or foreseeable computers. Instead, we employ an “extended” wave equation that captures the important features of the propagating waves. This method is first formulated at the partial differential equation (PDE) level, as a wave equation with an added “confining” term that involves both a positive and a negative dissipation. Once we have the stable PDE, the discrete formulation is simply a multidimensional PDE with (stable) perturbations caused by the discretization. The resulting discrete solution can then be low order and very simple and yet remain stable over arbitrarily long times. When discretized and solved on an Eulerian grid, this new method allows far coarser grids than required by conventional resolution considerations, while still accounting for the effects of varying atmospheric and topographic features. An important point is that the new method is in the same form as conventional discrete wave equation methods. However, the conventional solution eventually decays, and only the “intermediate asymptotic” solution can be used. Simply by adding an extra term, we show that a nontrivial true asymptotic solution can be obtained. A similar solitary wave based approach has been used successfully in a different problem (involving “Vorticity Confinement”), for a number of years.     

Ionisation of metastable 3P-state hydrogen atom by electron with exchange effects

Propagation of nonlinear shock waves for the generalised Oskolkov equation and dynamic motions of the perturbed Oskolkov equation are investigated. Employing the unified method, a collection of exact shock wave solutions for the generalised Oskolkov equations is presented. Collocation finite element method is applied to the generalised Oskolkov equation for checking the accuracy of the proposed method by two test problems including the motion of shock wave and evolution of waves with Gaussian and undular bore initial conditions. Considering an external periodic perturbation, the dynamic motions of the perturbed generalised Oskolkov equation are studied depending on the system parameters with the help of phase portrait and time series plot. The perturbed generalised Oskolkov equation exhibits period-3, quasiperiodic and chaotic motions for some special values of the system parameters, whereas the generalised Oskolkov equation presents shock waves in the absence of external periodic perturbation.     

Natural beam focusing of non-axisymmetric guided waves in large-diameter pipes

The propagation of non-axisymmetric guided waves in larger diameter pipes is studied in this paper by treating the guided waves as corresponding Lamb waves in an unwrapped plate. This approximation leads to a simpler method for calculating the phase velocities of hollow cylinder guided waves, which reveals a beam focusing nature of non-axisymmetric guided waves generated by a partial source loading. The acoustic fields in a pipe generated by a partial-loading source includes axisymmetric longitudinal modes as well as non-axisymmetric flexural modes. The circumferential distribution of the total acoustic field, also referred as an angular profile, diverges circumferentially while guided waves propagate with dependence on such factors as mode, frequency, cylinder size, propagation distance, etc. Exact prediction of the angular profile of the total field can only be realized by numerical calculations. In particular cases, however, when the wall thickness is far less than the cylinder diameter and the wavelength is smaller than or comparable to the pipe wall thickness, the acoustic field can be analyzed based on the characteristics of Lamb waves that travel along a periodic unwrapped plate. Based on this assumption, a simplified model is derived to calculate the phase velocities of non-axisymmetric flexural mode guided waves. The model is then applied to discussions on some particular characteristics of guided-wave angular profiles generated by a source loading. Some features of flexural modes, such as cutoff frequency values are predicted with the simpler model. The relationship between the angular profiles and other factors such as frequency, propagation distance, and cylinder size is obtained and presented in simple equations. The angular profile rate of change with respect to propagation distance is investigated. In particular, our simplified model for non-axisymmetric guided waves predicts that the wave beam will converge to its original circumferential shape after the wave propagates for a certain distance. A concept of "natural focal point" is introduced and a simple equation is derived to compute the 1st natural focal distance of non-axisymmetric guided waves. The applicable range of the simplified equation is provided. Industrial pipes meet the requirement of wall thickness being far less than the pipe diameter. The approximate analytical algorithms presented in this paper provides a convenient method enabling quick acoustic field analysis on large-diameter industrial pipes for NDE applications.     

Exact wave-based Bloch analysis procedure for investigating wave propagation in two-dimensional periodic lattices

This paper presents an exact, wave-based approach for determining Bloch waves in two-dimensional periodic lattices. This is in contrast to existing methods which employ approximate approaches (e.g., finite difference, Ritz, finite element, or plane wave expansion methods) to compute Bloch waves in general two-dimensional lattices. The analysis combines the recently introduced wave-based vibration analysis technique with specialized Bloch boundary conditions developed herein. Timoshenko beams with axial extension are used in modeling the lattice members. The Bloch boundary conditions incorporate a propagation constant capturing Bloch wave propagation in a single direction, but applied to all wave directions propagating in the lattice members. This results in a unique and properly posed Bloch analysis. Results are generated for the simple problem of a periodic bi-material beam, and then for the more complex examples of square, diamond, and hexagonal honeycomb lattices. The bi-material beam clearly introduces the concepts, but also allows the Bloch wave mode to be explored using insight from the technique. The square, diamond, and hexagonal honeycomb lattices illustrate application of the developed technique to two-dimensional periodic lattices, and allow comparison to a finite element approach. Differences are noted in the predicted dispersion curves, and therefore band gaps, which are attributed to the exact procedure more-faithfully modeling the finite nature of lattice connection points. The exact method also differs from approximate methods in that the same number of solution degrees of freedom is needed to resolve low frequency, and arbitrarily high frequency, dispersion branches. These advantageous features may make the method attractive to researchers studying dispersion characteristics, band gap behavior, and energy propagation in two-dimensional periodic lattices.     

On the Kudryashov-Sinelshchikov equation for waves in bubbly liquids

A nonlinear evolution equation for wave propagation in bubbly liquids, taking into account viscosity and heat transfer, has been derived by Kudryashov and Sinelshchikov. In the case of no dissipation the authors have provided analytical solutions representing undistorted waves. These results are cast into a simpler form and studied in more detail. In addition to the wave profiles the corresponding phase curves are presented. Depending on some parameter the solutions represent solitary or periodic waves. Some of the periodic waves exhibit peaks or cusps. From the periodic waves a new type of “meandering” solutions is constructed.