Acoustic scattering of an incident cylindrical wave by an infinite circular cylinder

Exact scattered acoustic fields generated by an infinite circular cylinder in the presence of an incident cylindrical wave are derived for fluid media. Equations are given for the scattered field outside the cylinder and for the total field within.     

Scattering of torsional waves by a spherical cavity in a long circular elastic cylinder

Summary. The axisymmetric wave equation is solved for the problem of torsional elastic waves scattered by a spherical cavity located symmetrically in an infinitely long circular cylinder. Using Fourier transforms, the problem is reduced to the solution of an infinite system of simultaneous equations, which is suitable for the numerical solution. The numerical results on the transmission and reflection coefficients are shown for various values of sphere radius and frequency. Equation of energy conservation is utilized to check the numerical procedure.     

Influence of the squirt flow on reflection and refraction of elastic waves at a fluid/fluid-saturated poroelastic solid interface

In this paper, the reflection and refraction problem of a plane wave moving in perfect fluid incident on a viscous fluid-saturated poroelastic solid is investigated. Attention is focus on the effect of squirt flow on the reflection and refraction coefficients predicted by BISQ model. The variations of these coefficients with the characteristic squirt flow length have been shown graphically. The results are also compared with those based on Biot theory without considering the squirt flow effects. The results indicate that the effect of the squirt flow is noticeable in the reflection and refraction phenomenon.     

Natural frequencies of a poroelastic hollow cylinder

Summary Employing Biot's theory for wave propagation in a porous solid, the frequency equation for radial vibrations of a poroelastic cylinder is obtained. The frequency equation has been derived in the form of a determinant involving Bessel functions. The roots of the frequency equation give the values of the characteristic circular frequency parameters of the first four modes for various geometries. These roots, which correspond to various modes, are numerically calculated and presented graphically. The results indicate that the effects of porosity are very pronounced.     

Flexural response to impulsive loads of a fluid-saturated thin poroelastic circular plate

Biot's poroelastic theory is used with classic plate theory and plane stress theory to determine the constitutive relationships for a thin poroelastic plate. The dynamic equations for the thin poroelastic plate are derived from the extended Hamilton's principle. The dynamic equations are then transformed to frequency domain and Galerkin's finite element method is used to derive the stiffness matrix of a triangular plate element. When impulsive loads and elastic boundary conditions are applied, the finite element frequency domain analysis for the thin poroelastic plates is achieved. Vibration behavior of thin elastic and poroelastic circular plates is accurately predicted.     

Subharmonic resonance of a trapped wave near a vertical cylinder by narrow-banded random incident waves

It is well-known that near an infinite linear array of periodically spaced cylinders trapped waves of certain eigenfrequencies can exist. If there are only a finite number of cylinders in an infinite sea, trapping is imperfect. Simple harmonic incident waves can excite a nearly trapped wave at one of the eigen frequencies through a linear mechanism. However, the maximum amplification ratio increases monotonically with the number of the cylinders; hence the solution is singular in the limit of infinitely many cylinders. Recently, a nonlinear theory of subharmonic resonance of perfectly trapped waves has been completed. In this article the theory is further extended to random incident waves with a narrow spectrum centered near twice the natural frequency of the trapped wave. The effects of detuning and bandwidth of the spectrum are examined. Dedicated to Professor J. N. Newman on his 70th birthday. We wish to express our profound admiration for Professor Newman’s scientific contributions and leadership in the ship-hydrodynamics discipline. The relation between this article and an early work of his reflects in part his impact on us.     

Modeling of the scattering of electromagnetic waves by a thin dielectric coating on a cylinder

Double-sided boundary conditions containing only tangential components of a diffracted field are used to model the interaction of electromagnetic waves with a cylinder of arbitrary cross section covered with a thin dielectric layer. The obtained boundary-value problem is reduced to a system of two singular integral equations of the second kind with kernels whose structure is similar to the kernels of integral equations of the first kind for a perfectly conducting scatterer. The numerical solution of the integral equations of the problem is obtained by the method of mechanical quadratures. The scattering properties of an elliptic cylinder with different dielectric coatings are studied in the superhigh-frequency band. It is shown that the coating strongly affects the diffraction properties of the cylinder. __________ Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 96–104, January–February, 2006.     

Exterior caustics produced in scattering of a diagonally incident plane wave by a circular cylinder: semiclassical scattering theory analysis

We use the semiclassical limit of electromagnetic wave scattering theory to determine the properties of the exterior caustics of a diagonally incident plane wave scattered by an infinitely long homogeneous dielectric circular cylinder in both the near zone and the far zone. The transmission caustic has an exterior/interior cusp transition as the tilt angle of the incident beam is increased, and each of the rainbow caustics has a farzone rainbow/exterior cusp transition and an exterior/interior cusp transition as the incident beam tilt angle is increased. We experimentally observe and analyze both transitions of the first-order rainbow. We also compare the predictions of the semiclassical approximation with those of ray theory and exact electromagnetic wave scattering theory.     

Debye series of normally incident plane-wave scattering by an infinite multilayered cylinder

We derive the formula of the Debye-series decomposition for normally incident plane-wave scattering by an infinite multilayered cylinder. A comparison of the scattering diagrams calculated by the Debye series and Mie theory for a graded-index polymer optical fiber is given and the agreement is found to be satisfied. This approach permits us to simulate the rainbow intensity distribution of any single order and the interference of several orders, which is of good use to the study of the scattering characteristics of an inhomogeneous cylinder and to the measurement of the refractive index profile of an inhomogeneous cylinder.     

Propagation of waves in a fluid-saturated porous elastic solid

A theory is developed for the propagation of waves in a porous elastic solid containing a compressible viscous fluid using a homogenization process. The matrix is a lattice of periodically distributed gaps of arbitrary shape, the period of the lattice being small compared with the wave length. The present treatment is concerned with materials where fluid and solid are of comparable densities. Two cases are considered: the situation in which the pores are connected and that in which they are not. When pores are closed, the bulk medium behaves like an elastic medium; when they are connected, the fluid filtration and the bulk deformation are coupled. Boundary conditions, for macroscopic variables, at the interface between such a porous medium and the adjacent free flow are given.     

The scattering of electro-elastic waves by a spherical piezoelectric particle in a polymer matrix

This paper is devoted to the study of scattering of plane harmonic waves by a piezoelectric sphere with spherical isotropy embedded in an unbounded isotropic polymer matrix. The scattered displacement field and the electric potential in the matrix are expressed in terms of spherical vector wave functions and spherical harmonic functions, respectively. For the field points inside the inhomogeneity, new displacement functions are introduced. Expansion of the new displacement functions and the electric potential in terms of spherical harmonic functions, the equations of motion and electrostatic lead to four second order ordinary differential equations (odes), where three of them are coupled. The coupled system of odes is solved by the generalized Frobenius series. This approach is readily used to handle low and high frequencies. Three different types of piezoelectric inhomogeneities, PZT-4, PZT-5H, and BaTiO₃ are considered and the associated piezoelectric effects on the electro-mechanical fields, differential and total scattering cross-sections are addressed.     

S approximation for light scattering by an infinitely long cylinder

We obtain a simple expression for the scattering functions for perpendicular incidence in the main form of the S approximation for light scattered by an infinitely long, circular, dielectric cylinder. We numerically validate resulting expressions for extinction efficiency and scattered intensity against exact results.     

Constant strain-rate compression test of a fluid-saturated poroelastic sample with positive or negative Poisson's ratio

Summary Quasi-static behavior of a poroelastic circular cylinder subjected to constant strain-rate axial compression was analyzed within the framework of the continuum mechanics of fluid-saturated, linear, poroelastic materials. The solutions obtained in the Laplace space were numerically inversed into the time domain. The results were illustrated in the form of curves for a wide range of drained Poisson's ratio (from positive to negative). It was found that, although the axial strain increases linearly with respect to time, all other strains, pore fluid pressure and all stresses do not; especially, in the case of the negative Poisson's ratio, the tangential strain becomes tensile immediately after loading and reverses its sign after a while; thereafter the compressive strain grows up to infinity. The pore fluid pressure and the tangential stress approach a steady state (constant) value after experiencing their transient process. Apparent stress-strain curves are nonlinear due to the pore fluid diffusion, with the more nonlinear for the smaller Poisson's ratio, especially for the negative ratio.     

Temperature waves in a cylinder

We have derived the formulas for the determination of the rate of temperature-wave propagation and for the propagation of a heat-flow wave in a uniform isotropic cylinder. We prove that these rates vary.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 914–916, May, 1969.     

Free convection from a heated vertical cylinder embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium

Summary We consider the free convection boundary layer flow induced by a heated vertical cylinder which is embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium. The surface of the cylinder is maintained at a temperature whose value above the ambient temperature of the surrounding fluid varies as then ^th power of the distance from the leading edge. Asymptotic analyses and numerical calculations are presented for the governing nonsimilar boundary layer equations and it is shown that, whenn<1, the asymptotic flowfield far from the leading edge of the cylinder takes on a multiple-layer structure. However, forn>1, only a simple single layer is present far downstream, but a multiple layer structure exists close to the cylinder leading edge. We have shown that the fully numerical and asymptotic calculations are in stisfactory agreement, especially for exponentsn close to zero. Comparisons of the present numerical solutions obtained using the Keller-box method with previous numerical solutions using local methods are also given.List of symbols a radius - scaled streamfunctions - f ₀,f ₁,f ₂ inner zone streamfunctions whenn<1 - leading order streamfunctions inn>1, 1 asymptotic solution - F ₀,F ₁ outer zone streamfunctions whenn<1 - G large parameter satisfyingG=X ² lnG - g gravitational acceleration - K permeability of the porous medium - n exponent in prescribed temperature law - r radial co-ordinate - r rescaled radial co-ordinate - R Darcy-Rayleigh number - T temperature of convective fluid - T _w temperature of cylinder at leading edge - T ambient temperature of fluid - u velocity in axial direction - v velocity in azimuthal direction - w velocity in radial direction - x axial co-ordinate - x escaled axial co-ordinate - X dimensionless axial co-ordinate - thermal diffusivity of the saturated medium - coefficient of thermal expansion - constant in the boundary conditions forF ₀ - dimensionless radial co-ordinate - co-ordinate for the outer zone in then<1 solution - scaled radial co-ordinates - scaled fluid temperature - similarity variable for then=1 problem - nondimensionalisation constant (Eq. (9)) - viscosity of fluid - scaled axial co-ordinates - density of fluid - co-ordinate for the inner zone in then<1 solution - azimuthal co-ordinate - similarity variables for then>1 problem - streamfunction     

The propagation of Love waves in a fluid-saturated porous anisotropic layer

Summary The paper concerns the propagation of Love waves in a transverse-isotropic fluid-saturated porous layer overlaying an elastic nonhomogeneous half-space. Using the Biot's theory for the porous layer and the theory of elasticity for the lower medium, the dispersion equation has been derived. This complex transcendental equation that relates frequency, phase velocity, anisotropy factor of the layer and the inhomogeneity character of the half-space has been solved with the aid of successive approximation method. The effect of anisotropy and heterogeneity has been shown graphically.With 2 Figures     

Interaction of torsional waves with an annular crack in an infinitely long cylinder

The Hankel transform is used to obtain a complete solution for the dynamic stresses and displacements around a flat annular surface of a crack embedded in an infinite elastic cylinder, which is excited by normal torsional waves. The curved surface of the cylinder is assumed to be stress free. Solution of the problem is reduced to three simultaneous Fredholm integral equations. By finding the numerical solution of the simultaneous Fredholm integral equations the variations of the dynamic stress-intensity factors are obtained which are displayed graphically.     

Existence of longitudinal waves in anisotropic poroelastic solids

In anisotropic fluid-saturated porous solids, four waves can propagate along a general phase direction. However, solid particles in different waves may not vibrate in mutually orthogonal directions. In the propagation of each of these waves, the displacement of pore–fluid particles may not be parallel to that of solid particles. The polarization for a wave is the direction of aggregate displacement of the particles of the two constituents of a porous aggregate. These polarizations, for different waves, are not mutually orthogonal. Out of the four waves in anisotropic poroelastic medium, two are termed as quasi-longitudinal waves. The prefix ‘quasi’ refers to their polarization being nearly, but not exactly, parallel to the direction of propagation. The existence of purely longitudinal waves in an anisotropic poroelastic medium is ensured by the stationary characters of two expressions. These expressions involve the elastic (stiffness and coupling) coefficients of a porous aggregate and the components of phase direction. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of longitudinal waves are discussed for different anisotropic symmetries. Conditions are also discussed for the existence of the apparent longitudinal waves, i.e., the propagation of wave motion with the particle displacement parallel to the ray direction instead of the phase direction. A graphical solution of a numerical example is shown to check the existence of these apparent longitudinal waves for general directions of phase propagation.     

On propagation of shear waves in a multilayer medium including a fluid-saturated porous stratum

Summary The propagation of SH-type waves in a double surface layered medium with an intermediate transverse-isotropic fluid-saturated porous stratum has been examined. The top-most layer is assumed to be impermeable, elastic, homogeneous and isotropic, whereas the lower half-space is a nonhomogeneous one. The dispersion equation has been derived using the Biot's theory for the porous layer and the theory of elasticity for both the upper and the subjacent half-space.The corresponding dispersion equation for the simplified case where the dissipation caused by the relative fluid flow has been omitted has also been obtained. The numerical results obtained for this simplified case have been shown graphically.With 5 Figures     

SH波入射下多重散射的改进算法及任意桩布置形式的隔振研究

引入位移连续的边界条件并结合Graf加法定理,得到了任意分布的多个圆柱体对于弹性波入射时散射系数的理论解析解。随后,将此任意分布的多个圆柱体重新分布在相平行的两条直线上,该问题演变成为双排非连续屏障对于弹性波的隔离问题。引入无量纲位移概念来研究屏障的隔振效果,即屏障后某处土体由入射波和散射波引起的总的位移幅值与未设置屏障时由入射波在该处土体单独引起的位移幅值的比值。重点讨论了屏障的排间距h和桩间净距Sp对整体隔振效果的影响。特别地,当h=0时,该问题退化为常见的单排非连续屏障的隔振问题。