Generalized WKB Solution to the Acoustic Wave Equation in Ducts with Varying Cross-Section and Arbitrary Gradients in Mean Flow Properties

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijaya Krishna Rani ◽  
Sarma Rani
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Acoustic Wave Equation ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Flow Properties

On the Propagation of Sound in a High-Speed Non-Isothermal Shear Flow

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.M.B.C. Campos ◽  
M.H. Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Shear Flow ◽  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Sound Speed ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Shear Flows ◽  
Critical Layer ◽  
Acoustic Wave Equation ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Flow Vorticity

The propagation of sound in shear flows is relevant to the acoustics of wall and duct boundary layers, and to jet shear layers. The acoustic wave equation in a shear flow has been solved exactly only for a plane unidirectional homentropic mean shear flow, in the case of three velocity profiles: linear, exponential and hyperbolic tangent. The assumption of homentropic mean flow restricts application to isothermal shear flows. In the present paper the wave equation in an plane unidirectional shear flow with a linear velocity profile is solved in an isentropic non-homentropic case, which allows for the presence of transverse temperature gradients associated with the ***non-uniform sound speed. The sound speed profile is specified by the condition of constant enthalpy, i.e. homenergetic shear flow. In this case the acoustic wave equation has three singularities at finite distance (besides the point at infinity), viz. the critical layer where the Doppler shifted frequency vanishes, and the critical flow points where the sound speed vanishes. By matching pairs of solutions around the singular and regular points, the amplitude and phase of the acoustic pressure in calculated and plotted for several combinations of wavelength and wave frequency, mean flow vorticity and sound speed, demonstrating, among others, some cases of sound suppression at the critical layer.

General Solution of Acoustic Wave Equation for Circular Reversing Chamber with Temperature Gradient

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang-Hann Kim ◽  
Jae Woong Choi
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
General Solution ◽  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Transmission Loss ◽  
Rigid Wall ◽  
Acoustic Wave Equation ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Helmholtz Resonators ◽  
Twisting Angle

A general solution for transmission loss in a circular reversing chamber with the effects of temperature gradient, offset, and twisting angle variations of inlet/outlet ports is obtained by using the mode matching technique. The assumptions included in the solution method are division of the reversing chamber into segments, continuity of pressure and velocity at the boundaries of adjacent elements, constant temperature along each segment, and rigid wall boundary condition. Furthermore, the general solution can reduce to the existing solution of acoustic wave equation for a reversing chamber when no mean flow of exhaust gas and temperature gradient are present. The numerical simulation results based upon the obtained governing equation have the same trough frequencies and shapes of transmission loss curves as the experimental results performed on various types of reversing chambers. From these simulations, it is determined that the diameter of the reversing chamber dictates that cutoff frequencies in the transmission loss curves, and its length controls the number of standing waves in the chamber. Reversing chambers exhibit the acoustic characteristics of simple expansion chambers when the ratios of length over diameter are small. Even for limiting cases, i.e., Helmholtz resonators and close ended pipes, simulations produce the predicted results derived by other existing theories for silencers.

On 36 Forms of the Acoustic Wave Equation in Potential Flows and Inhomogeneous Media

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. B. C. Campos
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Mach Number ◽  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Wave Equations ◽  
Inhomogeneous Media ◽  
Uniform Motion ◽  
Sound Waves ◽  
Acoustic Wave Equation ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Starting Point

The starting point in the formulation of most acoustic problems is the acoustic wave equation. Those most widely used, the classical and convected wave equations, have significant restrictions, i.e., apply only to linear, nondissipative sound waves in a steady homogeneous medium at rest or in uniform motion. There are many practical situations violating these severe restrictions. In the present paper 36 distinct forms of the acoustic wave equation are derived (and numbered W1–W36), extending the classical and convected wave equations to include cases of propagation in inhomogeneous and∕or unsteady media, either at rest or in potential or vortical flows. The cases considered include: (i) linear waves, i.e., with small gradients, which imply small amplitudes, and (ii) nonlinear waves, i.e., with steep gradients, which include “ripples” (large gradients with small amplitude) or large amplitude waves. Only nondissipative waves are considered, i.e., excluding and dissipation by shear and bulk viscosity and thermal conduction. Consideration is given to propagation in homogeneous media and inhomogeneous media, which are homentropic (i.e., have uniform entropy) or isentropic (i.e., entropy is conserved along streamlines), excluding nonisentropic (e.g., dissipative); unsteady media are also considered. The medium may be at rest, in uniform motion, or it may be a nonuniform and∕or unsteady mean flow, including: (i) potential mean flow, of low Mach number (i.e., incompressible mean state) or of high-speed (i.e., inhomogeneous compressible mean flow); (ii) quasi-one-dimensional propagation in ducts of varying cross section, including horns without mean flow and nozzles with low or high Mach number mean flow; or (iii) unidirectional sheared mean flow, in the plane, in space or axisymmetric. Other types of vortical mean flows, e.g., axisymmetric swirling mean flow, possibly combined with shear, are not considered in the present paper (and are left to follow-up work together with dissipative and other cases). The 36 wave equations are derived either by elimination among the general equations of fluid mechanics or from an acoustic variational principle, with both methods being used in a number of cases as cross-checks. Although the 36 forms of the acoustic wave equation do not cover all possible combinations of the three effects of (i) nonlinearity in (ii) inhomogeneous and unsteady and (iii) nonuniformly moving media, they do include each effect in isolation and a variety of combinations of multiple effects. Altogether they provide a useful variety of extensions of the classical (and convected) wave equations, which are used widely in the literature, in spite of being restricted to linear, nondissipative sound waves in an homogeneous steady medium at rest (or in uniform motion). There are many applications for which the classical and convected wave equations are poor approximations, and more general forms of the acoustic wave equation provide more satisfactory models. Numerous examples of these applications are given at the end of each written section. There are 240 references cited in this review article.

An analytic signal based accurate time-domain visco-acoustic wave equation from the Constant-Q theory

Geophysics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-58
Author(s):  
Hongwei Liu ◽  
Yi Luo
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Acoustic Wave ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Seismic Waves ◽  
Heterogeneous Media ◽  
Relaxation Property ◽  
Analytic Signal ◽  
Acoustic Wave Equation ◽  
Real Component ◽  
Frequency Components

We present a concise time-domain wave equation to accurately simulate wave propagation in visco-acoustic media. The central idea behind this work is to dismiss the negative frequency components from a time-domain signal by converting the signal to its analytic format. The negative frequency components of any analytic signal are always zero, meaning we can construct the visco-acoustic wave equation to honor the relaxation property of the media for positive frequencies only. The newly proposed complex-valued wave equation (CWE) represents the wavefield with its analytic signal, whose real part is the desired physical wavefield, while the imaginary part is the Hilbert transform of the real component. Specifically, this CWE is accurate for both weak and strong attenuating media in terms of both dissipation and dispersion and the attenuation is precisely linear with respect to the frequencies. Besides, the CWE is easy and flexible to model dispersion-only, dissipation-only or dispersion-plus-dissipation seismic waves. We have verified these CWEs by comparing the results with analytical solutions, and achieved nearly perfect matching. Except for the homogeneous Q media, we have also extended the CWEs to heterogeneous media. The results of the CWEs for heterogeneous Q media are consistent with those computed from the nonstationary operator based Fourier Integral method and from the Standard Linear Solid (SLS) equations.

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