Coherent acoustic response of a screen containing a random distribution of scatterers: Comparison between different approaches
Coherent acoustic response of a screen containing a random distribution of scatterers: Comparison between different approaches
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包含随机分布的散射体的屏幕的相干声响应:不同方法之间的比较
DOI:
10.1088/1742-6596/269/1/012004
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
A. Shuvalov
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作者:
J. Dubois;C. Aristégui;O. Poncelet;A. Shuvalov
Theoretical models underlying the ultrasonic study of suspensions and bubble swarms in liquids often rely on the concept of a coherent wave response, within which the given medium is viewed as an effective homogeneous medium. More specifically, the coherent response can be formulated in a straightforward manner via the effective wave number and the effective impedance. These in turn can be expressed through the actual material properties of the given scattering medium. The derivation of the effective wave number and impedance is the issue of a number of different approaches existing in the multiple-scattering theory. The present work deals with a coherent response of acoustic wave impinging on a screen of cylindrical inclusions randomly distributed in a fluid. The reflection and transmission coefficients have been expressed via the effective wave number and impedance that are provided by three different models due to Foldy, Waterman & Truell, and Linton & Martin. The obtained expressions have been analyzed with a view to illuminate what is the quantitative difference between those approaches as revealed in the coherent response, and how this difference depends on the basic parameters of the problem such as the frequency, the concentration of scatterers and their contrast relatively to the fluid matrix. Another aspect of this work is to compare the above analytical results with the numerical data. It has been obtained by means of a deterministic computational code which delivers the coherent wave field through averaging the outputs for various samplings of the positions of scatterers. Knowing this numerical benchmark allows us to specify the validity domains for each of the three analytical methods under study.