Determination of nonlinear medium parameter B/A using model assisted variable-length measurement approach

This work addresses the difficulties in the measurements of the nonlinear medium parameter B/A and presents a modification of the finite amplitude method (FAM), one of the accepted procedures to determine this parameter. The modification is based on iterative, hybrid approach and entails the use of the versatile and comprehensive model to predict distortion of the pressure–time waveform and its subsequent comparison with the one experimentally determined. The measured p–t waveform contained at least 18 harmonics generated by 2.25 MHz, 29 mm effective diameter, single element, focused PZT source (f-number 3.5) and was recorded by Sonora membrane hydrophone calibrated in the frequency range 1–40 MHz. The hydrophone was positioned coaxially at the distal end of the specially designed, two-section assembly comprising of one, fixed length (60 mm), water-filled cylindrical container and the second, variable length (60–120 mm) container that was filled with unknown medium. The details of the measurement chamber are described and the reasons for this specific design are analyzed. The data were collected with the variable length chamber filled with 1.3-butanediol, which was used as a close approximation of tissue mimicking phantom. The results obtained provide evidence that a novel combination of the FAM with the semi-empirical nonlinear propagation model based on the hyperbolic operator is capable of reducing the overall uncertainty of the B/A measurements as compared to those reported in the literature. The overall uncertainty of the method reported here was determined to be ±2%, which enhances the confidence in the numerical values of B/A measured for different, clinically relevant media. Optimization of the approach is also discussed and it is shown that it involves an iterative procedure that entails a careful selection of the acoustic source and its geometry and the axial distance over which the measurements need to be performed. The optimization also depends critically on the experimental determination of the source surface pressure amplitude.     

声学时间尺度下活塞效应的数值模拟研究

流体在气液临界点附近热平衡重新建立的时间大大缩短,这主要依赖于“活塞效应”对能量输运的加速作用,它本质上是一种热声波动作用。本文从基本控制方程组出发,通过数值求解流体动力学控制方程组,对声学时间尺度上超临界CO2中的动量和能量输运过程展开研究,结果表明流体温度空间分布不遵循经典傅里叶导热模型,其随时间的演化过程呈现明显...     

结构缺陷对量子波导腔中热导的调控

利用散射矩阵方法和标量模型,研究了低温下可调缺陷对量子波导腔的热导的影响. 改变缺陷的参数能控制热导,缺陷的尺寸和位置能导致热导的改变,而且不同种类的缺陷也能导致热导随温度的变化. 关键词： 声学声子输运 热导 量子结构     

柯尔克孜族学生汉语单字调声学实验研究

利用Praat语音分析软件,对柯尔克孜族学生汉语单字调进行了声学实验研究。实验选取22个汉语普通话单音节词,在规定的采样率和采样精度下测试柯尔克孜学生的声调格局、调长、调域,并和普通话水平测试员进行对比,32位被试参与了此项研究。研究发现,柯尔克孜族学生将阴平、阳平读成了微降调,且两条声调曲线非常接近,和普通话调型差别较大;上声调型正确,但调长较短、终点T值偏低;去声发音过于用力,起点触顶,听感上不够自然;阴平调域较宽,其他各个调类的调域较窄。针对以上情况,文章提出了相应的教学参考建议。     

Sound-transparent anisotropic media for backscattering-immune wave manipulation

The scattering behavior of an anisotropic acoustic medium is analyzed to reveal the possibility of routing acoustic signals through the anisotropic layers with no backscattering loss. The sound-transparent effect of such a medium is achieved by independently modulating the anisotropic effective acoustic parameters in a specific order, and is experimentally observed in a bending waveguide by arranging the subwavelength structures in the bending part according to transformation acoustics. With the properly designed filling structures, the original distorted acoustic field in the bending waveguide is restored as if the wave travels along a straight path. The transmitted acoustic signal is maintained nearly the same as the incident modulated Gaussian pulse. The proposed schemes and the supporting results could be instructive for further acoustic manipulations such as wave steering, cloaking and beam splitting.     

Parallel optimization of underwater acoustic models: A survey

Underwater acoustic models are effective tools for simulating underwater sound propagation. More than 50 years of research have been conducted on the theory and computational models of sound propagation in the ocean. Unfortunately, underwater sound propagation models were unable to solve practical large-scale three-dimensional problems for many years due to limited computing power and hardware conditions. Since the mid-1980s, research on high performance computing for acoustic propagation models in the field of underwater acoustics has flourished with the emergence of high-performance computing platforms, enabling underwater acoustic propagation models to solve many practical application problems that could not be solved before. In this paper, the contributions of research on high-performance computing for underwater acoustic propagation models since the 1980s are thoroughly reviewed and the possible development directions for the future are outlined.     

Uniqueness in determining a sound-hard ball with the modulus of a far-field datum

In this paper, various original properties of the Bessel and spherical Bessel functions are presented, based on which we prove a novel uniqueness result of an inverse acoustic obstacle scattering problem, that is, a sound-hard ball with a known center can be uniquely determined by the modulus of a single far-field datum corresponding to a single incident plane wave.     

Uniqueness of two phaseless non-overdetermined inverse acoustics problems in 3-d

Uniqueness is proven for two non-overdetermined 3-d inverse problems of the determination of the spatially distributed sound speed in the frequency dependent acoustic PDE. The main new point is the assumption that only the modulus of the scattered complex valued wave field is measured on a certain set. The phase is unknown.     

Aeroacoustic source analysis in a corrugated flow pipe using low-frequency mitigation

Our study is focused on a phenomenon often encountered in flow carrying pipes, since flow instabilities caused by geometric features may generate acoustic signals and, thereafter, interact with these signals in such a way that powerful pure tones are produced. A modern example is found in the so-called ‘singing risers’, or the gas pipes connecting gas production platforms to the transport network. But the flow generated resonance in a fully corrugated circular pipe may be silenced by the addition of relatively low frequency flow oscillations induced by an acoustic generator. Experiments reported here, aimed at investigating in more detail the coupling between the flow in the pipe, the acoustically generated flow oscillations and the emitted resulting noise, are performed in a specifically designed facility. A rectangular transparent channel using glass walls enables us to use optical techniques to describe in detail the flow field in the corrugation vicinity, in addition to more standard hot-wire anemometry and acoustic pressure measurements with microphones, with and without the acoustically generated low-frequency oscillations.     

High-strength and ductile glassy-crystal Ni–Cu–Zr–Ti composite exhibiting stress-induced martensitic transformation

We present a Ni-based crystal-glassy composite material having superior strength paired with a considerable ductility of 15%. The formation of a metastable crystalline phase in a glassy matrix during solidification has been proven capable of promoting a strain-induced martensitic transformation leading to enhanced plasticity under compression at room temperature. Underlying mechanisms of plastic deformation are discussed in terms of the interplay between dislocation slip in the crystalline phase and shear deformation in the glassy matrix. We suppose that the strain-induced martensitic inclusions serve as strong barriers for shear band propagation, promoting shear band branching and multiple shear band formation, thus extending the ductility and preventing a premature brittle fracture. The acoustic emission technique has been employed to clarify the kinetics of transformation and stages of plastic deformation.