Influence of nonlinear effects on the results of measuring the ratio of ultrasound absorption in a liquid by the cavity method

We consider the problem of the influence of nonlinear effects on the results of measuring the ratio of ultrasound absorption by using a resonator cavity. The relative amplitudes and the frequency response function of a nonlinear ultrasonic cavity with plane piezoelectric converters were calculated. The ranges of operating frequencies, at which the influence of nonlinear effects is significant, are determined. It is shown that in the case of nonlinear oscillations, the relaxation time of the fundamental harmonic is significantly shorter than that for the linear regime, which leads to overestimation of the measured ultrasound absorption rate.     

Theory of a Forced Hydromagnetic Cavity (I)

In this paper, we study a one-dimensional hydromagnetic cavity into which A1fvi.n waves are fed by harmonic shear motion of its boundaries, where they interact with slow magnetosonic waves. The nonlinear equations governing the space slow-varying amplitudes of the forward and backward Alfven waves are derived and are subsequently solved under the characteristic conditions for the A1fvèn waves excited at the boundaries where the magnetosonic oscillations are required to vanish. The forced hydromagnetic cavity is shown to exhibit rnultistable behaviors under certain circumstances.     

A two-dimensional nonlinear model for the generation of stable cavitation bubbles

Bubbles appear by acoustic cavitation in a liquid when rarefaction pressures attain a specific threshold value in a liquid. Once they are created, the stable cavitation bubbles oscillate nonlinearly and affect the ultrasonic field. Here we present a model developed for the study of bubble generation in a liquid contained in a two-dimensional cavity in which a standing ultrasonic field is established. The model considers dissipation and dispersion due to the bubbles. It also assumes that both the ultrasonic field and the bubble oscillations are nonlinear. The numerical experiments predict where the bubbles are generated from a population of nuclei distributed in the liquid and show how they affect the ultrasonic field.     

Flow-induced oscillations of a cantilevered pipe conveying fluid with base excitation

It is known that a plain cantilevered pipe conveying fluid loses its stability by a Hopf bifurcation, leading to either planar or non-planar flutter for flow velocities beyond the critical flow velocity for Hopf bifurcation. If an external mass is attached to the end of the pipe (an end-mass), the resulting dynamics become much richer, showing 2D and 3D quasiperiodic and chaotic oscillations at high flow velocities. In this paper, a cantilevered pipe, with and without an end-mass, subjected to a small-amplitude periodic base excitation is considered. A set of three-dimensional nonlinear equations is used to analyze the pipe?s response at various flow velocities and with different amplitudes and frequencies of base excitation. The nonlinear equations are discretized using the Galerkin technique and the resulting set of equations is solved using Houbolt?s finite difference method. It is shown that for a plain pipe (with no end-mass), non-planar post-instability oscillations can be reduced to planar periodic oscillations for a range of base excitation frequencies and amplitudes. For a pipe with an end-mass, similarly to a plain pipe, three-dimensional period oscillations can be reduced to planar ones. At flow velocities beyond the critical flow velocity for torus instability, the three-dimensional quasiperiodic oscillations can be reduced to two-dimensional quasiperiodic or periodic oscillations, depending on the frequency of base excitation. In all these cases, a low-amplitude base excitation results in reducing the three-dimensional oscillations of the pipe to purely two-dimensional oscillations, over a range of excitation frequencies. These numerical results are in agreement with the previous experimental work.     

Eigenmodes of a cylindrical cavity in a solid body

We determine the characteristics (eigenfrequencies and radiation Q-factors) of elastic oscillations existing at the boundary of a cylindrical cavity in a solid body. These oscillations become Rayleigh waves with increasing cavity radius. It is shown that such oscillations in bodies with moderate Poisson’s ratios (about 0.2–0.3) can exist in the case of sufficiently large cavity diameters exceeding 100 Rayleigh wave lengths. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 1051–1055, December 2006.     

Optimizing parametric oscillators with tunable boundary conditions

Parametric excitation or pumping is an effective method to create large oscillations by periodically altering a physical parameter of the governing dynamics. Precisely tuned pumping frequencies can lead to exponentially growing oscillations limited only by nonlinear effects like axial stretching of transversely vibrating string. It is demonstrated that a tuned passive dynamical system amplifies the otherwise limited transverse vibrations amplitudes of a nonlinear string considerably and thus increasing the selectivity of the system. This effect becomes more noticeable for shorter wavelengths where nonlinear stretching limits the obtainable vibration amplitudes severely. The present work analyses a passive dynamical system connected to one end of a taught string which parametrically couples its axial motion to transverse vibration. Analysis shows that a specific selection of parameters can reduce the limiting effect of nonlinear stretching thus allowing one to excite high-order modes with small external forces. The result can possibly affect other disciplines where effective parametric amplification is necessary.     

Quantization of plasma density irregularities under the action of a powerful electromagnetic wave: The spectrum of upper hybrid oscillations self-consistently trapped in density cavities

We present a theoretical model of the self-localization of the upper hybrid (UH) oscillations in plasma density depletions due to thermal nonlinearities driven by a homogeneous and monochromatic pump electric field. The Bohr-Sommerfeld condition for the trapped UH oscillations demands that the parameters of the density cavity be quantized. The depth and square of the depletion width across the magnetic field is proportional to an integer. The depth of the parabolically shaped cavity is proportional to the square of its width. The characteristic relative value of the density minimum is a few percent and the width is of the order of one meter for the pump wave amplitudes used in the ionospheric F-region experiments. We consider also the parametric decay of primary, localized UH oscillations trapped in the quantized plasma density depletions into secondary UH oscillations and lower-hybrid waves. We calculated the spectrum of the non-linear stabilized secondary UH oscillations which are also self-consistently trapped in the same density cavity. The spectrum of the UH oscillations is consistent with the observed spectrum of the downshifted (DM) and upshifted (UM) maximum in the stimulated electromagnetic emissions (SEE). Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 641–650, July 1999.     

Nonlinear dynamics of modulation instability in distributed resonators under external harmonic driving

We study the regimes of complex field dynamics upon modulation instability in distributed nonlinear resonators under external harmonic driving. Two regimes are considered: the regime of a nonlinear ring cavity, described by nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) with a delayed boundary condition, and the regime of a one-dimensional Fabri-Perot cavity, described by a system of coupled NLS for the forward and backward waves. Theoretical stability analysis of stationary forced oscillations is carried out. The results of numerical simulation of transition to chaos with increasing input intensity are presented.     

Micro-crack detection of nonlinear Lamb wave propagation in three-dimensional plates with mixed-frequency excitation

We propose a nonlinear ultrasonic technique by using the mixed-frequency signals excited Lamb waves to conduct micro-crack detection in thin plate structures. Simulation models of three-dimensional(3D) aluminum plates and composite laminates are established by ABAQUS software, where the aluminum plate contains buried crack and composite laminates comprises cohesive element whose thickness is zero to simulate delamination damage. The interactions between the S_0 mode Lamb wave and the buried micro-cracks of various dimensions are simulated by using the finite element method.Fourier frequency spectrum analysis is applied to the received time domain signal and fundamental frequency amplitudes,and sum and difference frequencies are extracted and simulated. Simulation results indicate that nonlinear Lamb waves have different sensitivities to various crack sizes. There is a positive correlation among crack length, height, and sum and difference frequency amplitudes for an aluminum plate, with both amplitudes decreasing as crack thickness increased, i.e.,nonlinear effect weakens as the micro-crack becomes thicker. The amplitudes of sum and difference frequency are positively correlated with the length and width of the zero-thickness cohesive element in the composite laminates. Furthermore,amplitude ratio change is investigated and it can be used as an effective tool to detect inner defects in thin 3D plates.     

行波管放大器中辐射场的极限环振荡和混沌

以行波管放大器中辐射场的非线性不稳定阈值分析为基础，对辐射场从频率分叉到混沌的演化过程和不同区域这些非线性不稳定态的时间特性和频率特性进行了研究.在“软”非线性区域，辐射场表现为极限环振荡和频率分岔，频谱是离散的且相对于载波频率是不对称的.这种不稳定是阵发性的，适当的调节控制参量，可使器件工作在所需的定态或极限环振荡态上；在“硬”非线性区域，辐射场表现为非周期的随机振荡和频率混沌，频谱连续且频带很宽，场幅值较大的成分集中在接近于零频的低频范围里.这种不稳定是连续性的，不能通过调节参量来消除. 关键词： 行波管 辐射场 分岔 极限环 混沌     

Transverse rarefaction of a layer behind the front of a longitudinal wave of nonlinear thermal conductivity and features of plasma formation inside the target cavity

A solution of the two-dimensional problem is presented for a transverse rarefaction wave of a plane layer behind a wavefront of nonlinear thermal conductivity produced by an instantaneous cylindrical energy source with its axis normal to the layer surface. The matter can rarefy through the free surfaces of the layer or through holes in the boundary walls, which are coaxial with the energy source axis. Analytic solutions are obtained describing the formation of the rear boundary in the heated zone due to transverse matter rarefaction. The energy fraction transferred to the energy of hydrodynamic motion is also determined. Models of plasma formation inside the inner target cavity under the action of pulsed energy sources are considered as applications of the approach suggested. Requirements on the source and target parameters are formulated for efficient matter heating with minimum energy losses caused by hydrodynamic rarefaction of the matter. Translated from Preprint No. 14 of the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow (1998).     

Acoustic phase conjugation in a three-phase medium

Acoustic phase conjugation is studied in a sandy marine sediment that contains air bubbles in its fluid fraction. The considered phase conjugation is a four-wave nonlinear parametric sound interaction caused by nonlinear bubble oscillations which are known to be dominant in acoustic nonlinear interactions in three-phase marine sediments. Two various mechanisms of phase conjugation are studied. One of them is based on the stimulated Raman-type sound scattering on resonance bubble oscillations. The other is associated with sound interactions with bubble oscillations whose frequencies are far from resonance bubble frequencies. Nonlinear equations to solve the phase conjugation problem are derived, expressions for acoustic wave amplitudes with a conjugate wave front are obtained and compared for various frequencies of the excited bubble oscillations.     

二次耦合光力学系统的一类高维可控自持振荡行为

光力学系统通常的耦合是光压耦合, 是光场强度和纳米振子位移的一次耦合, 但在光场很强和振子振幅较大的光力学系统中, 非线性的耦合效应会变得非常明显和重要, 而且其所产生的非线性效应对制造具有特殊功能的光力学器件具有重要意义. 本文在二次耦合模型的基础上研究了光腔和振子之间通过二次耦合作用达到能 量平衡状态时系统所产生的自持振荡现象, 给出了二次耦合光力学系统的一般模型, 并通过数值方法研究了系统的定态行为和远离定态的极限环动力学行为, 标定了系统定态响应的稳定区域到极限环行为的分岔点. 发现在调节输入场参数(改变耦合系数)以及光腔和振子的弛豫系数时, 系统的相空间会出现一些稳定的高维自持振荡极限环. 通过数值分析发现该四维极限环在三维相空间的投影都趋于稳定的三维周期轨道, 并且该极限环轨道会随外部调控参数的改变发生扭动, 出现类似二维李萨如图样的稳定纽结结构. 该现象表明: 通过光场与振子的能量耦合, 利用一定强度的外部驱动可以有效控制振子的定态响应和振动, 可以让微振子锁定在具有一定振幅和频率的自发振动上, 为开发物理器件提供了可靠的光力学控制系统. 关键词： 光力系统 二次耦合 自持振荡 极限环     

Quantum dynamics of a mechanical resonator driven by a cavity

We explore the quantum dynamics of a mechanical resonator whose position is coupled to the frequency of an optical (or microwave) cavity mode. When the cavity is driven at a frequency above resonance the mechanical resonator can gain energy and for sufficiently strong coupling this results in limit-cycle oscillations. Using a truncated Wigner function approach, which captures the zero-point fluctuations in the system, we develop an approximate analytic treatment of the resonator dynamics in the limit-cycle regime. We find that the limit-cycle oscillations produced by the cavity are associated with rather low levels of energy fluctuations in the resonator. Compared to a resonator at the same temperature which is driven by a pure harmonic drive to a given average energy, the cavity-driven oscillations can have much lower energy fluctuations. Furthermore, at sufficiently low temperatures, the cavity can drive the resonator into a non-classical state which is number-squeezed.     

Nonlinear normal modes in electrodynamic systems: A nonperturbative approach

We consider electromagnetic nonlinear normal modes in cylindrical cavity resonators filled with a nonlinear nondispersive medium. The key feature of the analysis is that exact analytic solutions of the nonlinear field equations are employed to study the mode properties in detail. Based on such a nonperturbative approach, we rigorously prove that the total energy of free nonlinear oscillations in a distributed conservative system, such as that considered in our work, can exactly coincide with the sum of energies of the normal modes of the system. This fact implies that the energy orthogonality property, which has so far been known to hold only for linear oscillations and fields, can also be observed in a nonlinear oscillatory system.     

Fractional-harmonic components in an acoustical wave in a liquid

The amplitudes and frequencies of the components of the acoustical spectrum of an acoustical wave, generated in a non-viscous liquid filling a cavity, are calculated by solving a boundary value problem. Apart from forced oscillations, the frequencies of the acoustical spectrum are equal to the frequency of the fundamsntal oscillation of the liquid in the cavity and its higher harmonics. If the frequency of the driving acoustical wave coincides with one of these (proper) frequencies, thefractional harmonic components appear. The amplitudes of the component oscillations decrease monotonically as the absolute value of the difference between the frequency of the driving acoustical wave and the frequency of the respective oscillation is increased. The derived relations are compared with the results of some published measurements.     

Dynamical Casimir Effect in a Cavity with a Resonantly Oscillating Boundary

We present analytical solutions describing quantized vacuum field in a one-dimensional cavity with one of its two mirrors fixed and another vibrating in simple harmonic form.These solutions are accurate up to the second order of the oscillating magnitude and they are uniformly valid for all time.We obtain the simple analytical expression for the energy density of the field which explicitly manifests that for a cavity vibrating at its q-th (q≥2) eigenfrequency, q traveling wave packets emerge in the finite part of the field energy density,and their amplitudes grow their widths shrink in time,representing a large concentration of energy.The finite part of the field energy density originating from the oscillations is shown to be proportional to the factor(q^2-1).     

分子在失调腔中的辐射行为及双腔Maser的振荡现象

本文用量子力学的方法处理了分子在失调腔中的辐射行为。解释了Higa在双腔Maser实验中发现的现象:当第一个腔的频率失调达到某一临界值时,在第二个腔中发生按分子中心频率的突发振荡。求出产生这种突发振荡现象的临界失调公式。也考虑了合作效应的影响。并定性地解释了Страховский等的分子在第二腔中的辐射功率与第一腔频率失调程度的相关性的实验。     

The Rabi frequency in optical spectra

The use of tunable lasers in atomic spectroscopy has provided new opportunities to study the effects of intense coherent resonant radiation on the dynamics of atoms. Under such conditions Rabi oscillations of state probability amplitudes lead to a plethora of new effects in optical spectra such as dynamic Stark splitting of resonances, nutational oscillations in fluorescence and periodic photon bunching and antibunching of the emitted light. We review the extensive developments of effects concerned with the “dressing” of atomic states by intense resonant fields.