Vol 64, No 1 (2018)

This paper presents a numerical study of a gas acoustic streaming in a cylindrical cavity under a vibratory action. The walls of the cavity are considered impermeable and maintained at a constant temperature. The test gas is air. Variations in acoustic streaming and period-average temperature of the gas in the cavity with increasing nonlinearity of the process are shown. The increase in the nonlinearity is caused by an increase in the vibration amplitude.

Numerical simulation of traveling wave excitation, propagation, and diffraction in structures with local inhomogeneities (obstacles) is computationally expensive due to the need for mesh-based approximation of extended domains with the rigorous account for the radiation conditions at infinity. Therefore, hybrid numerical-analytic approaches are being developed based on the conjugation of a numerical solution in a local vicinity of the obstacle and/or source with an explicit analytic representation in the remaining semi-infinite external domain. However, in standard finite-element software, such a coupling with the external field, moreover, in the case of multimode expansion, is generally not provided. This work proposes a hybrid computational scheme that allows realization of such a conjugation using a standard software. The latter is used to construct a set of numerical solutions used as the basis for the sought solution in the local internal domain. The unknown expansion coefficients on this basis and on normal modes in the semi-infinite external domain are then determined from the conditions of displacement and stress continuity at the boundary between the two domains. We describe the implementation of this approach in the scalar and vector cases. To evaluate the reliability of the results and the efficiency of the algorithm, we compare it with a semianalytic solution to the problem of traveling wave diffraction by a horizontal obstacle, as well as with a finite-element solution obtained for a limited domain artificially restricted using absorbing boundaries. As an example, we consider the incidence of a fundamental antisymmetric Lamb wave onto surface and partially submerged elastic obstacles. It is noted that the proposed hybrid scheme can also be used to determine the eigenfrequencies and eigenforms of resonance scattering, as well as the characteristics of traveling waves in embedded waveguides.

The study continues previous investigations based on the use of specific (bispherical) coordinates in describing the behavior of bubbles in the presence of bounding surfaces. Explicit dependences of the first oscillation modes and the scattered field on bubble size, distance to the boundary, and physical parameters of contacting media are obtained. It is shown that, as the distance to the boundary decreases, dipole oscillations acquire resonance nature and become comparable in amplitude with radial oscillations. This effect is of applied value for modern ultrasonic cleaning techniques, because it leads to a considerable increase in bubble-generated microstreaming.

The paper discusses the conditions imposed on the spectrum of an emitted signal for which the interferometric method of detecting a moving sound source in shallow water is applicable for vector-scalar receivers. It is shown that a normalized spectrogram representing a two-dimensional Fourier transform of the interferometric pattern is identical for all four acoustic field components and combinations thereof. Results of a field experiment in which a vector-scalar receiver was applied are presented. The interference immunity of the method is considered for different field components in the case of isotropic interference.

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.

A computational model of inhomogeneous pressure-fluctuation fields in the vicinity of a forward-facing step–backward-facing step configuration taking into account the high degree of their mutual correlation (global correlation) is generalized from experimental data. It is shown that when determining the characteristics of pressure fluctuations that act on an elastic structure, the global correlation is represented by an additional inhomogeneous field. It is demonstrated that a high degree of correlation may lead to a significant change in the main characteristics of the pressure-fluctuation field in the wake behind the configuration. This is taken into consideration in the model by correcting the local properties of this field.

Study of the statistical parameters of the Earth’s random microseismic field makes it possible to obtain estimates of the properties and structure of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle. Different approaches are used to observe and process the microseismic records, which are divided into several groups of passive seismology methods. Among them are the well-known methods of surface-wave tomography, the spectral H/V ratio of the components in the surface wave, and microseismic sounding, currently under development, which uses the spectral ratio V/V₀ of the vertical components between pairs of spatially separated stations. In the course of previous experiments, it became clear that these ratios are stable statistical parameters of the random field that do not depend on the properties of microseism sources. This paper proposes to expand the mentioned approach and study the possibilities for using the ratio of the horizontal components H₁/H₂ of the microseismic field. Numerical simulation was used to study the influence of an embedded velocity inhomogeneity on the spectral ratio of the horizontal components of the random field of fundamental Rayleigh modes, based on the concept that the Earth’s microseismic field is represented by these waves in a significant part of the frequency spectrum.

The spatial resolution and size of the sensitivity area of tomographic systems are estimated by calculating sensitivity maps and spatial resolution maps in the image plane of complex arrays. The relation between the size of areas of high sensitivity and high spatial resolution for real-time oriented tomographic systems with confocal arrays is studied. It is shown that arrays with toroidal geometry significantly improve the diagnostic capabilities of optoacoustic and laser-ultrasound structural analysis of biological objects, rocks, and composite materials.

A robust Capon-type algorithm is constructed for source localization by a partially calibrated array operating in an uncertain environment. Results of statistical modeling are presented to determine the accuracy of source localization and the probability of correct source detection. Experimental testing of the proposed method is carried out to demonstrate its performance in Ladoga Lake.

The operation of an acoustic transducer in a temperature-stratified medium is investigated. The formation of a response of piezoceramic transducers of pressure fluctuations under the action of temperature fluctuations in a working medium on the sensor element is considered. The attenuation of the temperature signal of a pressure transducer in a turbulent boundary layer is calculated numerically. The effect of distortions of the spectral levels of pressure fluctuations detected by a sound transducer in the field of temperature inhomogeneities is investigated for the example of measurements of turbulent pressure fluctuations in a boundary layer during vertical ascent of the device to the surface from a specified depth in a deep sea.

Ultrasound Doppler twinkling artifact is analyzed. It usually appears as a frequent color alteration in the region of hyperechoic objects. Its noiselike spectrum can also be seen in spectral Doppler mode. Physicians use twinkling artifact as a clinical sign for kidney-stone and soft-tissue calculi detection. The advantageous peculiarity of this study is that the experiments were conducted utilizing raw signals obtained from a custom ultrasonic machine and a specially developed phantom. The phantom contained specimens with known qualities, allowing for reproducible and predictable results. The experiments revealed evidence for two physical causes of twinkling artifact, which were associated with two unique Doppler signals. The research laid the foundation for the new reflected-signal model introduced and used throughout this paper.

This paper presents an original passive wireless rotation speed measurement method based on surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology. A theoretical analysis was conducted on the principle of SAW rotation speed measurement and a numerical analysis on the SAW response energy pulses with different rotation angles and resonance frequencies was performed. Numerical calculation results showed that when the distance and the effective length of the antenna connected to SAWR vary with the rotation angle, the energy of acquired SAW response varies periodically. The rotation speed was estimated by searching the crossing points of the SAW response energy pulses and its mean value line. The SAW rotation speed measurement system was set up and the high performance SAW resonators were fabricated on a quartz substrate. The proposed measurement system was tested with a maximum error of 0.6 rpm, indicating that the system is capable of measuring rotation speeds from 10 to 100 rpm. Experimental results verified the validity and feasibility of presented rotation speed measurement method.

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