Localisation and phase transition of acoustic waves in a soft medium containing air bubbles

We study via numerical experiments the localisation property of an acoustic wave in a viscoelastic soft medium containing randomly-distributed air bubbles. The behaviours of the oscillation phases of bubbles are particularly investigated in various cases for distinguishing efficiently the acoustic localisation from the effects of acoustic absorption caused by the viscosity of medium. The numerical results reveal the phenomenon of `phase transition' characterized by an unusual collective oscillation of bubbles, which is an effective criterion to unambiguously identify the acoustic localisation in the presence of viscosity. Within the localisation region, the phenomenon of phase transition persists, and a remarkable decrease in the fluctuation of the oscillation phases of bubbles is observed. The localisation phenomenon will be impaired by the enhancement of the viscosity factors, and the extent to which the acoustic wave is localised may be determined by appropriately analyzing the values of the oscillation phases or the amount of reduction of the phase fluctuation. The results are particularly significant for the practical experiments in an attempt to observe the acoustic localisation in such a medium, which is in general subjected to the interference of the great ambiguity resulting from the effect of acoustic absorption.     

Effective medium method of slightly compressible elastic media permeated with air-filled bubbles

An effective medium method is developed for the slightly compressible elastic media permeated with air-filled bubbles, according to the nonlinear oscillation of the bubble, which happens when compressional wave travels through the porous media. The effective Lame coefficients of the porous medium and the nonlinear elastic wave equation are deduced, based on the fact that the micro-unit of the effective medium should have the same stress and strain as the micro-unit of the porous media. The linearized properties obtained by this method are in good agreement with the results of Gaunaurd’s classic theory [Gaunaurd G.C. and überall H., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 1978, 63: 1699–1711]. Furthermore, the nonlinear coefficient, which is an important property of the porous media, can also be acquired by this method. __________ Translated from Acta Acustica, 2006 (in Chinese) (in press)     

Propagation of terahertz waves in a dust acoustic wave

The propagation of terahertz waves in a dust acoustic wave is investigated numerically. By assuming a sinus profile of the dust number density in the dust acoustic waves, the transmission properties are calculated using finite difference time domain method. It shows that the dust acoustic wave can function similarly as a Bragg filter to block the terahertz waves of a certain wavelength. The bandwidth of the filter depends on the density profile of the dust acoustic wave.     

The nonlinear propagation of acoustic waves in a viscoelastic medium containing cylindrical micropores

Based on an equivalent medium approach, this paper presents a model describing the nonlinear propagation of acoustic waves in a viscoelastic medium containing cylindrical micropores. The influences of pores' nonlinear oscillations on sound attenuation, sound dispersion and an equivalent acoustic nonlinearity parameter are discussed. The calculated results show that the attenuation increases with an increasing volume fraction of micropores. The peak of sound velocity and attenuation occurs at the resonant frequency of the micropores while the peak of the equivalent acoustic nonlinearity parameter occurs at the half of the resonant frequency of the micropores. Furthermore, multiple scattering has been taken into account, which leads to a modification to the effective wave number in the equivalent medium approach. We find that these linear and nonlinear acoustic parameters need to be corrected when the volume fraction of micropores is larger than 0.1%.     

离子与尘埃相互作用对离子声波和尘埃声波的影响

基于流体力学方程和与时间相关的线性微扰理论,分析了尘埃等离子体环境中离子与尘埃粒子的相互作用对离子声波和尘埃声波的影响,结果表明两者间的相互作用使得离子声波变得稳定而使尘埃声波变得不稳定。     

黏弹介质包裹的充液管道中低频轴对称波传播特性

研究埋地充液管道中低频轴对称波传播特性。将土壤考虑为黏弹介质,结合Kennard薄壳方程和Kelvin-Voigt线性黏弹性模型,引入土壤载荷矩阵,推导出土-管滑移情形下流体主导波和管壁压缩波的相速度表达式。通过数值模拟计算得到流体主导波和管壁压缩波的频散和衰减曲线并进行可靠性验证,分析两种波引起的管壁径向位移之比,讨论厚径比和品质因子对流体主导波传播的影响。结果表明,黏弹介质对流体主导波和管壁压缩波的相速度影响较小,但对衰减影响较大;流体主导波对管壁径向位移有较大的影响,是泄露噪声传播的主要载体;厚径比越大,流体主导波的相速度越大,衰减越小;而品质因子越大,流体主导波的频散和衰减都越小。研究结果可为埋地充液管道的泄漏检测提供一定的理论参考。     

Nonlinear dynamics and acoustic emissions of interacting cavitation bubbles in viscoelastic tissues

The cavitation-mediated bioeffects are primarily associated with the dynamic behaviors of bubbles in viscoelastic tissues, which involves complex interactions of cavitation bubbles with surrounding bubbles and tissues. The radial and translational motions, as well as the resultant acoustic emissions of two interacting cavitation bubbles in viscoelastic tissues were numerically investigated. Due to the bubble–bubble interactions, a remarkable suppression effect on the small bubble, whereas a slight enhancement effect on the large one were observed within the acoustic exposure parameters and the initial radii of the bubbles examined in this paper. Moreover, as the initial distance between bubbles increases, the strong suppression effect is reduced gradually and it could effectively enhance the nonlinear dynamics of bubbles, exactly as the bifurcation diagrams exhibit a similar mode of successive period doubling to chaos. Correspondingly, the resultant acoustic emissions present a progressive evolution of harmonics, subharmonics, ultraharmonics and broadband components in the frequency spectra. In addition, with the elasticity and/or viscosity of the surrounding medium increasing, both the nonlinear dynamics and translational motions of bubbles were reduced prominently. This study provides a comprehensive insight into the nonlinear behaviors and acoustic emissions of two interacting cavitation bubbles in viscoelastic media, it may contribute to optimizing and monitoring the cavitation-mediated biomedical applications.     

Nonlinear property of slightly compressible media permeated with air-filled bubbles

Based on the nonlinear oscillation of an air-filled bubble in weakly compressible media at prestressed state, the effective medium method is used to study the nonlinear property of the slightly compressible media permeated with air bubbles. It is this nonlinear oscillation of air bubbles that results in the nonlinear property of the porous media. Numerical results have confirmed that the nonlinearity of the porous media is usually high, though the optimal porosity is very small. Moreover, the nonlinear property is greatly affected by the prestressed state, porosity, and shear modulus of the matrix media.      

浅层地下物体的高分辨声波探测

本文对地下物体的声波探测进行了初步研究，分析了探测分辨率与声波频率的关系，得出了黄土介质中声波探测的分辨极限，通过对实际目标的探测表明，该方法具有一定的实用性。     

Self-modulation of Bessel-Gaussian wave beams in a medium with cubic nonlinearity

A semi-discrete dynamic model has been developed for the formation of the spatial structure of wave fields in a medium with cubic nonlinearity. The characteristic features of self-focusing and conical modulation of intense Bessel-Gaussian light beams of different orders have been studied in different stages of their evolution during propagation. It has been shown that as a result of nonlinear refraction, in the far zone wave structures are formed consisting of three spatially separated conical beams. Increasing the cone angle of the wave vectors leads to a decrease in the effect of conical modulation of the radiation, and improves the structural stability of the beam. The considered self-modulation effects can be used for passive limiting of the laser radiation power. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 73, No. 5, pp. 626–630, September–October, 2006.     

Existence of traveling wave solutions of a high-order nonlinear acoustic wave equation

In this Letter, we present an analytical study of a high-order acoustic wave equation in one dimension, and reformulate a previously given equation in terms of an expansion of the acoustic Mach number. We search for non-trivial traveling wave solutions to this equation, and also discuss the accuracy of acoustic wave equations in terms of the range of Mach numbers for which they are valid.     

含气泡弱可压缩弹性材料的等效媒质法

声波在含气泡弹性材料中传播时不仅使固相介质产生形变,而且会使气泡非线性振动,据此建立了含气泡弱可压缩弹性材料的等效媒质法。利用等效媒质的微单元与含气泡材料的微单元具有相同的应力和应变,求得了含气泡材料的等效Lame系数,并得到了含气泡材料的非线性波动方程。其线性化结果与Gaunaurd的经典理论相比较,有很好的一致性。本方法还可给出含气泡弱可压缩弹性材料的另一重要参数——非线性系数。     

我国声表面波研究与发展

本文综述了我国声表面波研究简要发展历程及现状,指出了今后我国声表面波研究发展的重点。     

声波在一维易膨胀介质中传播的计算机模拟

建立了一种新的介质模型，其弹性模量在声波处于压缩状态时较大，而在膨胀状态时较小. 在这种介质中，纯的压缩或膨胀波的传播特性与一般弹性介质类似，只是它们分别以压缩声 速或膨胀声速传播.但当它们在某一区域中同时存在时，它们之间会相互耦合，产生非常强 的非线性效应.对这两种波在对行和追赶两种情况的耦合特性作了详细地模拟计算.结果显示 在两种情况下，压缩波和膨胀波的耦合均会造成体系的膨胀.体系的膨胀与压缩弹性模量和 膨胀弹性模量的相对差有关.此外，还对弹性模量随声波压力连续变化的体系进行了模拟计 算.结果证实由非连续变化的弹性模量所得的结论可由连续变化的弹性模量的极限情况得到. 关键词： 颗粒物质 声波 弹性介质     

Patch nearfield acoustic holography in a moving medium

To realize the accurate reconstruction of sound field in a moving medium under the condition of limited holographic aperture, a patch nearfield acoustic holography (NAH) in a moving medium is proposed. The proposed method not only reduces the influence caused by the limited aperture effects through sound field extrapolation, but also perfectly suits for sound field reconstruction in a moving medium by improving the shape of the modified Tikhonov regularization filter and the noise estimation method in accordance with flow effects. In the method, two cases that the flow direction is parallel to and perpendicular to the hologram surface are considered. Especially in the perpendicular case, the expression of the wavenumber component in the z direction is improved to make the proposed method suitable for the moving medium at a high Mach number. Simulations are investigated to examine the performance of the proposed method and show its advantages by comparing with NAH in a moving medium and the conventional patch NAH. It is found that, the proposed method is effective and robust at different flow velocities of the medium and different frequencies of the sound source.     

Feedback control of wave segments in an excitable medium

Depending on the excitability of the medium, a propagating wave segment will either contract or expand to fill the medium with spiral waves. This paper aims to introduce a simple mechanism of feedback control to stabilize such an expansion or contraction. To do this, we lay out a feedback control system in a block diagram and reduce it into a bare, universal formula. Analytical and experimental findings are compared through a series of numerical simulations of the Barkley model.     

声驻波场中空化泡的动力学特性

以水为工作介质, 考虑了液体的可压缩性, 研究了驻波声场中空化泡的运动特性, 模拟了驻波场中各位置处空化泡的运动状态以及相关参数对各位置处空化泡在主Bjerknes力作用下运动方向的影响. 结果表明: 驻波声场中, 空化泡的运动状态分为三个区域, 即在声压波腹附近空化泡做稳态空化, 在偏离波腹处空化泡做瞬态空化, 在声压波节附近, 空化泡在主Bjerknes 力作用下, 一直向声压波节处移动, 显示不发生空化现象; 驻波场中声压幅值增加有利于空化的发生, 但声压幅值增加到一定上限时, 压力波腹区域将排斥空化泡, 并驱赶空化泡向压力波节移动, 不利于空化现象的发生; 当声频率小于初始空化泡的共振频率时, 声频率越高, 由于主Bjerknes 力的作用将有更多的空化泡向声压波节移动, 不利于空化的发生, 尤其是驻波场液面的高度不应是声波波长的1/4; 当声频率一定时, 空化泡初始半径越大越有利于空化现象的发生, 但当空化泡的初始半径超过声频率的共振半径时, 由于主Bjerknes力的作用将有更多的空化泡向声压波节移动, 不利于空化的发生.     

表面声波传感器及其应用

本文简要介绍多种表面声波传感器的结构、特点、应用及其研究进展概况。表面声波传感器依其波型分类,主要包括瑞利波、水平切变声板波、乐甫波和兰姆波传感器;其应用领域根据作用特点大致可分为物理传感器和化学、生物传感器,前者较易实现,后者特异性强,需要针对具体情况作更细致研究。由于表面声波的传播速度和相位对周围环境的参量变化极为敏感,因此有关传感器具有很高的灵敏度和广泛的应用领域。     

Spectral moment estimates of broadband backscattering acoustic wave in moving medium

I.IntroductionSincemiddle198o's,theacousticDopplercurrentprofiler(ADCP)hasbeenusedinvariousaspects.Itnormallytransmitsasine-modulatedpulse,thenmeasurestheechoofmanylayersinaprofile.TheDopplerfrequencyshiftofeachlayeriscalculatedwhilethevesseliscruisingandADCPiscontinuallytransmittingpulsesandreceivingechoes.BystatisticallyaveragingtheDopplerfrequencyshiftofeachlayerinmultipletransmissions,theestimateofDopplerfrequencyshiftofthatlayerisobtained,thenthevelocityestimatesofmanydepthbinsinapr…