Relation for the amplitudes of acoustic waves excited by thin elastic plates

Relations between the amplitudes of acoustic waves excited by a thin elastic plate under the effect of external forces and the amplitudes of waves scattered by this plate are obtained. Two cases are considered: when the plate separates acoustic media filling two half-spaces and when it separates acoustic media filling an acoustic waveguide. The energy conservation law is used to derive the identities that determine the relations between the amplitudes of acoustic waves radiated by a thin elastic plate under the action of forces.     

The effects of the internal waves on temporal correlation of matched-field processing in shallow water

Effects of linear and solitary internal waves on the temporal correlation of matched-field processing(MFP) in shallow water are numerically investigated for acoustic sources with different frequencies and depths based on oceanographic data from an experiment.It is shown that the temporal correlation of MFP decreases as the amplitude of solitary internal waves or the average energy density of linear internal waves increases.For acoustic source with lower frequency or located below the thermocline,the temp...     

Transmission of low-frequency sound through the water-to-air interface

L.M. Brekhovskikh revealed and studied the important role played by inhomogeneous waves emitted by a point source when they pass through an interface with a medium in which the velocity of sound is lower, for example, from water to air. This paper studies the energy characteristics of sound emitted into air by an underwater point source. The energy transfer due to inhomogeneous waves is shown to cause the phenomenon of anomalous transparency of the interface for low-frequency sound. The anomalous transparency manifests itself in that the energy flux through the interface increases with decreasing frequency of sound and, at sufficiently low frequencies, almost all of the acoustic energy produced by the underwater source is emitted into air. Conversely, at high frequencies, when the contribution of the inhomogeneous waves becomes negligible, the water-to-air interface is similar to a perfectly reflecting surface and almost all of the acoustic energy produced by the source is emitted into water. The anomalous transparency phenomenon changes the conventional opinion on the possibility of acoustic coupling between points in water and air and on the role played by physical processes evolving in the water column in generating atmospheric acoustic noise.     

Effect of laser beam incidence angle on the thermoelastic generation in semi-transparent materials

When a laser beam is absorbed in a semi-transparent material, a volume acoustic source is created owing to penetration of the laser beam inside the material and to thermoelastic transduction. Many experimental and theoretical studies have been conducted to better understand this ultrasound generation process with normal laser light incidence on the material surface. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of the asymmetry caused by oblique incidence of a laser line source on the generation of acoustic waves in semi-transparent isotropic materials. Experiments on a glass plate demonstrate that such an obliquely incident laser light strongly affects bulk acoustic waves generation. Compressional and shear waves are enhanced and the loss of symmetry of the acoustic source causes asymmetrical behavior of the acoustic waves. Surprisingly, compressional-wave amplitude decreases whereas shear-wave amplitude increases in the region where the electromagnetic energy is refracted. This feature is explained by semi-analytical calculations.     

Studying acoustic-wave fields in langasite-family crystals using the BESSY II synchrotron radiation source

The process of the excitation and propagation of pseudosurface acoustic waves in crystals of the langasite family is studied via X-ray diffractometry for the first time. The investigations are carried out using the BESSY II synchrotron radiation source in the double-crystal X-ray diffractometer scheme. The process of pseudosurface acoustic wave propagation is studied based on an analysis of the diffraction spectra of acoustically modulated crystals. Both the velocities of the pseudosurface acoustic waves and the power flow angles of the acoustic energy are measured for the first time. The pseudosurface acoustic wave is shown to be flowing. Surface and pseudosurface acoustic waves generated by an interdigital transducer in the Z cut of a La₃Ga_5.5Ta_0.5O₁₄ crystal are compared.     

一维非线性声波传播特性

针对一维非线性声波的传播问题进行了有限元仿真和实验研究. 首先推导了一维非线性声波方程的有限元形式, 含有高阶矩阵的非线性项导致声波具有波形畸变、谐波滋生、基频信号能量向高次谐波传递等非线性特性. 编制有限元程序对一维非线性声波进行了计算并对仿真得到的畸变非线性声波信号进行处理, 分析其传播性质和物理意义. 为验证有限元计算结果, 开展了水中的非线性声波传播的实验研究, 得到了不同输入信号幅度激励下和不同传播距离的畸变非线性声波信号. 然后对基波和二次谐波的传播性质进行详细讨论, 分析了二次谐波幅度与传播距离和输入信号幅度的变化关系及其意义, 拟合出二次谐波幅度随传播距离变化的方程并阐述了拟合方程的物理意义. 结果表明, 数值仿真信号及其频谱均与实验结果有较好的一致性, 证实计算方法和结果的正确性, 并提出了具有一定物理意义的二次谐波随传播距离变化的简单数学关系. 最后还对固体中的非线性声波传播性质进行了初步探讨. 本研究工作可为流体介质中的非线性声传播问题提供理论和实验依据.     

基于Rayleigh-Bloch模式的单层结构弯曲声波导

基于一维声栅中的Rayleigh-Bloch(RB)模式基本特点,设计了一种单层结构弯曲声波导.利用有限元方法从时域和频域两方面验证了弯曲声波导的有效性,RB模式波可以沿着波导的弯曲界面传播.研究发现,由于采用了环形结构基本单元,在该波导中存在两种传播模式,分别对应能量局域在单元间(模式-1)和单元内部(模式-2)两种情况.其中,模式-2声传输效果更佳,几乎可实现无损传输.时域研究中分别采用了调制脉冲和高斯脉冲两种信号形式,分析了它们在弯曲声波导中的传输过程.由于波导中只允许RB模式波传播,因此对于宽频信号来说,可起到滤波的效果.并且,不同模式(频率)的信号会出现在声波导的不同位置,所得结果对于声波定向传输、声探测与识别等研究具有理论与应用价值.     

Energy streamlines for qualitative inverse scattering in fluids and solids

In time-harmonic acoustic fields, energy streamlines are defined as the integral curves of the power-flux density vector, averaged over a period. They provide a tool to visualize the details of propagation of energy. After reviewing the role of energy streamlines in the linear sampling method for acoustic inverse scattering, this work formulates a physical interpretation of the same qualitative method in the case of an isotropic homogeneous solid matrix. Specifically, it is shown that the linear sampling method results from conservation of energy along streamline tubes of energy flow associated with elastic waves.     

Pulse propagation of acoustic waves scattered in a channel

When acoustic waves are scattered by random sound-speed fluctuations in a two-dimensional channel the energy is continually transferred between the propagating modes. In the multiple- scattering region the energy flux assumes an asymptotic form in which there is equal energy flux propagating in each mode. Here we shall make use of this well known result to show how to obtain an asymptotic form for a pulse of acoustic energy propagating in the channel. In the multiple-scattering region the speed of the acoustic waves in the pulse continually changes as the energy is transferred between the modes. The process is basically a diffusion process around the mean speed of propagation. We shall first show, using physical arguments, that the diffusion coefficient is proportional to the square root of the propagation distance times the mean free path of scattering. The theory governing the acoustic propagation in the channel is formulated in terms of modal coherence equations and we shall next give a brief review of the definitions of the coherence functions and a discussion of how the equations governing the propagation of the modal coherence functions are derived. We shall then show how the pulse shape and the relevant parameters may be obtained by solving the basic modal coherence equations at large propagation distances.     

声单向操控研究进展

电子二极管的发明标志着现代电子学的诞生, 在整个人类社会中引起了科技的深刻变革. 声波是一种具有非常悠久的研究历史的经典波, 却始终被认为仅具有对称的传播形式. 若能制造出可像电子二极管控制电流般实现声波单向导通的声学器件, 显然将对整个声学研究领域产生重大影响, 具有重要的科学意义及应用价值. 第一个基于非线性媒质与声子晶体的声二极管利用非线性突破声学互易原理的局限, 首次实现了将声能流限制在单一方向上的声整流效应. 针对非线性系统转换效率低下的固有缺陷, 在线性体系内围绕声单向传播这个重要科学问题开展了一系列理论和实验研究, 设计与制备了多种具有特殊结构和性能的线性声学单向结构, 在器件的效率、带宽及尺寸方面产生了突破. 在声二极管研究的基础上, 第一个可以像电子三极管操控电流般对声流进行操控与放大的声三极管理论模型也被提出. 本文介绍了声单向传播这一新兴且富有蓬勃生机的研究领域中的主要进展.     

Nonlinear dynamics of carbon molecular lattices: Soliton plane waves in graphite layers and supersonic acoustic solitons in nanotubes

The dynamics of solitary plane waves in graphite layers and supersonic acoustic solitons in an ideal single-layer carbon nanotube are numerically studied. It is shown that stable solitary waves exist only in flat graphite layers. In nanotubes, only soliton-like excitations can exist and their supersonic motion is always accompanied by phonon emission. The lifetime of such excitations depends on their energy and on the nanotube radius.     

An increase in the wavelength of light pulses propagating through a fiber

An increase in the wavelength of an optical pulse propagating through a conventional fiber is considered. It is shown that the light wavelength increases gradually owing to a transfer of part of the pulse energy to acoustic waves.     

Using streamlines to visualize acoustic energy flow across boundaries

For spherical waves that radiate from a point source in a homogeneous fluid and propagate across a plane boundary into a dissimilar homogeneous fluid, the acoustic field may differ significantly from the geometric acoustic approximation if either the source or receiver is near the interface (in acoustic wavelengths) or if the stationary phase path is near the critical angle. In such cases, the entire acoustic field must be considered, including inhomogeneous waves associated with diffraction (i.e., those components that vanish with increasing frequency). The energy flow from a continuous-wave monopole point source across the boundary is visualized by tracing acoustic streamlines: those curves whose tangent at every point is parallel to the local acoustic intensity vector, averaged over a wave cycle. It is seen that the acoustic energy flow is not always in line with the "Snell's law" or stationary phase path. Also, plots of acoustic energy streamlines do not display unusual behavior in the vicinity of the critical angle. Finally, it is shown that there exists a law of refraction of acoustic energy streamlines at boundaries with density discontinuities analogous to Snell's law of refraction of ray paths across sound speed discontinuities. Examples include water-to-seabed transmission and water-to-air transmission.     

随钻声波测井隔声体刻槽影响的数值模拟研究*

针对随钻声波测井中钻铤波干扰以及刻槽后散射波问题,该文 利用时域有限差分法模拟钻铤波在随钻隔声体中的传播规律,首先考察在无限大流体中钻铤波在凹槽分界面处的散射特征,利用波场快照直观显示了钻铤波会有一部分能量在刻槽的固液界面转化为斯通利波。同时在有地层时分别对比了均匀内刻槽和外刻槽对钻铤波的衰减效果,发现在选择均匀内刻槽还是外刻槽时结果不仅与频率范围有关,而且与刻槽的深度也有关系。最后对比了槽宽较大的均匀凹槽隔声体和槽宽较小的渐变凹槽隔声体。可以得出结论,在设计随钻隔声体时,在10 kHz以下选择均匀外刻槽方式相对于内刻槽隔声效果会更好。随着刻槽槽深增加,外刻槽在10 kHz以下相比于内刻槽隔声性能优势更加明显。渐变刻槽在满足衰减钻铤波幅度要求的同时,散射波对后续地层波和斯通利波影响也更小。     

Energy velocity and quality factor of poroelastic waves in isotropic media

The energy velocity and Q factor of poroelastic acoustic waves in the context of classical isotropic Biot's theory are revisited. Special attention is paid to the high frequency regime when interphase interaction is viscoelastic. The analogy with viscoelastic behavior is emphasized in derivation of the energy balance equations which relate kinetic energy, potential energy, viscous power dissipation, and elastic energy stored associated with each wave. These lead to exact closed form expressions for the energy velocity and Q factor for both longitudinal and shear waves from energy principles. Most notably, the analysis of the resulting expressions reveals that the energy velocity of both longitudinal and shear waves equals (exceeds) the corresponding phase velocity in the case of the low (full) frequency range theory, and that the exact expression for the Q factor contains an additive correction due to viscoelastic interphase interaction.     

An Investigation of the Effects of Internal Waves on Sound Propagation in a Stratified Medium with a Sloping Bed

Internal waves usually cause temporal and spatial changes of density and consequently affect the acoustic wave propagation in the ocean. The purpose of this study is a laboratory investigation of the effects of internal waves generated by oscillation of a cylinder in a large stratified glass tank with a sloping bed on the sound waves propagation. Results showed that sound waves are affected by internal waves that depend on the slope angle to the direction of internal wave propagation angle ratio. When the ratio is subcritical or supercritical, the acoustic signal is much reduced as compared to the case with no sloped bottom. This can be explained in terms of the internal waves energy reaching the sloped bed and their reflections.     

High amplitude acoustic transmission through duct terminations: Theory

Recent experimental measurements have demonstrated that net acoustic energy dissipation can occur when sound waves interact with free shear layers, which are produced either by boundary layer separation in mean fluid flow at sharp edges, or by separation of the boundary layer in the acoustic flow at an edge in the absence of mean flow. This paper presents theoretical results which are offered in an attempt to explain these observations quantitatively. Comparison is made between the predicted and measured net energy loss which occurs upon transmission of high amplitude impulsive acoustic waves through various duct terminations, and also between calculated and measured reflection coefficients in the duct. The agreement is generally at least qualitatively good, and would appear to justify the physical assumptions on which the theoretical arguments are based.     

Interaction of first and second sound in solid (4)He: properties of a possible Bose condensate

A previous experiment in this laboratory found that the addition of a few tens of parts per 10(6) of (3)He impurities to solid (4)He crystals resulted in a phase transition below 200 mK. In the experiment described here the interaction of acoustic waves with waves generated by heat pulses is measured and shows that there is an energy gap in the excitations of the high temperature phase and that coherent waves are carried by nonphonon excitations at the lowest temperatures.     

剪切波对时间反转调相的经颅聚焦超声的影响*

为研究颅骨中的剪切波对经颅聚焦超声的影响,该文利用Kelvin-Voigt固体声波方程并结合时间反转法,分别模拟了考虑剪切波和不考虑剪切波时,256-单元平面相控阵为实现超声经颅聚焦所需的相位调控,并将这两种相位调控都分别作用于考虑剪切波和不考虑剪切波时的聚焦情形。对这两种相位调控以及基于它们的经颅聚焦超声场的对比分析结果表明:聚焦深度较大时,剪切波对基于时间反转进行的相位调控影响较小;不过,剪切波对经颅聚焦超声场的强度分布影响较大,忽略剪切波会导致对焦域处声场聚焦强度的高估以及对颅骨附近声能量沉积的低估。     

Interaction of surface acoustic waves with moving vortex structures in superconducting films

A method is proposed for describing a moving film vortex structure and its interaction with surface acoustic waves. It is shown that the moving vortex structure can amplify (generate) surface acoustic waves. In contrast to a similar effect in semiconductor films, this effect can appear when the velocity of the vortex structure is much lower than the velocity of the surface acoustic waves. A unidirectional collective mode is shown to exist in the moving vortex structure. This mode gives rise to an acoustic analogue of the diode effect that is resonant in the velocity of the vortex structure. This acoustic effect is manifested as an anomalous attenuation of the surface acoustic waves in the direction of the vortex-structure motion and as the absence of this attenuation for the propagation in the opposite direction.