PROGRESSES MADE IN EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF SHALLOW-WATER ACOUSTICS

Acomprehensive experiment on shallow water acoustics with the inseparable combination of the acoustical and oceanographic means, which is uncommon internationally, was conducted successfully in the Far Yellow Sea by a group of Chinese and U.S. scientists from August 21 to September 1,1996. The basic task of ocean acoustic research is to study the interaction between sound wave and ocean media, which includes exploring the laws of influence due to spatial and temporal variability of the ocean environment, such as ocean surface waves,inhomogeneity of sea water and sea bottom struc-

Acoustic Prediction and Risk Evaluation of Shallow Gas in Deep-Water Areas

Shallow gas is a potential risk in deep-water drilling that must not be ignored,as it may cause major safety problems,such as well kicks and blowouts.Thus,the pre-drilling prediction of shallow gas is important.For this reason,this paper conducted deep-water shallow gas acoustic simulation experiments based on the characteristics of deep-water shallow soil properties and the theory of sound wave speed propagation.The results indicate that the propagation speed of sound waves in shallow gas increases with an in-crease in pressure and decreases with increasing porosity.Pressure and sound wave speed are basically functions of the power expo-nent.Combined with the theory of sound wave propagation in a saturated medium,this paper establishes a multivariate functional relationship between sound wave speed and formation pressure and porosity.The numerical simulation method is adopted to simulate shal-low gas eruptions under different pressure conditions.Shallow gas pressure coefficients that fall within the ranges of 1.0-1.1,1.1-1.2,and exceeding 1.2 are defined as low-,medium-,and high-risk,respectively,based on actual operations.This risk assessment me-thod has been successfully applied to more than 20 deep-water wells in the South China Sea,with a prediction accuracy of over 90%.

Arbitrary acoustic orbital angular momentum detection using dual-layer metasurfaces

Orbital angular momentum(OAM),with its unique physical properties and vast application prospects,has attracted widespread attention in various fields.Nonetheless,the development of valid and practical acoustic OAM detection methods continues to be a challenging endeavor.In this paper,we propose a novel construction method of dual-layer metasurfaces to achieve a doubleconversion process for the waveform reshaping and differentiated focusing of two-dimensional vortex sources with different OAMs.Specifically,by utilizing a concise formula,a one-to-one correspondence is established between the OAM of incident vortex waves and different imaging points.The fundamental principle of this special conversion relationship is rigorously constrained by the directional compensation of phase and the material parameters of dual-layer metasurfaces with different quadratic phase distributions.More importantly,the highly consistent results between numerical demonstrations and acoustic experiments further confirm the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed OAM detection scheme.Our work provides a new perspective on the precise manipulation for the phase of vortex fields,holding potential applications in super-resolution imaging and the design of acoustic OAM-based devices.

The load criteria for ship mechanical noise prediction in low frequencies and experimental validation

The loading method of the external excitations generated by the equipment directly affects the predicted result of the mechanical noise which should be the same under different excitation forms for the given equipment.In this paper,general load criteria are proposed to define forces/moments as the standard form and convert other forms of loads in the low-frequency domain.As the most typical form to charac-terize equipment excitation,acceleration load loading methods for different conditions are investigated.The equivalent formula between ideal accelerations and generalized forces establishes the first load cri-terion.The second load criterion is proposed to address the issue of an average acceleration loading,in which the phase and amplitude distribution are both absent,and cannot apply to the load identification.The upper and lower limits of the mechanical noise can be determined by the vibroacoustic transfer func-tion of the three load models,and the energy-averaged value is used to represent the mechanical noise.Furthermore,the third criterion is used to handle the case where the acceleration load is given by the results of a bench test.According to the equipment source descriptor invariance,the conversion method is achieved between the bench test and the real ship based on the transfer function of a load model,and the mechanical noise is predicted by an equivalent energy method.Finally,a three-parameter method to quantitatively evaluate the well-fitting of experimental and numerical results,and the load criteria are well validated by underwater acoustic experiments of an experimental model.

Experimental investigation on active acoustic flutter control

Experimenial studies on active acoustic fiutter control are carried out successfully in wind-tunnel after the theoretical study The experdrients verify the theory presented in the reference[1] and give valuable experimeotal results which predict a prondsing future of applying new techology and new ideas to the area of vibration induced by flow.

Experimental studies of linear phased-array transmitter acoustic logging in cased wells with scaled borehole models

Laboratory cased-hole acoustic logging simulations are developed with the linear phased-array transmitter in scaled cased well models for evaluating the feasibility of extracting formation acoustic parameters through casing.The full waveforms are measured with different cement bonding models.By analyzing the measured wavetrains and the time-slowness correlation graphs,it is showed that when the generation conditions of the refracted compressional wave and the refracted shear wave are reached successively by regulating the direction of acoustic beam radiated from the linear phased-array transmitter,steered angle of the main radiation lobe with both good bonding interfaces.The refracted compressional wave and the refracted shear wave can be stimulated obviously and the casing wave can be suppressed effectively,even when the casing and cement（or the cement and formation） is not bonded.Based on these observations, it is worthwhile to apply the linear phased-array transmitter to determine formation velocities,particularly in poorly bonded cased well.The works establish the experimental and theoretical foundation for new generation cased-hole acoustic logging tool development.

An experimental research on the instability of ion acoustic wave with electron drift

As electron temperature Te is much higher than ion temperature Ti, and electron driftspeed Vd is larger than the critical value Vdc of Vd, the ω=KVφ mode ion acoustic wave（IAW） will be instable. Under a long wave condition （KλD【【1, where λD is Deby length,K is weve number）, the growing rate γ（K） of the IAW may be written

The design and experimental investigation of control system for acoustic liner with adjustable impedance

A kind of new acoustic liner with adjustable impedance has been proposed. At the same time, a set of control system has been designed for this kind of liner. Many experimental results have been obtained based on this control system. In fact, the present investigation shows the possibi1ity of active control of sound absorption coefficient or impedance of a liner according to external sound source condition by means of a standing wave tube. The experimental results show that the sound absorption coefficient of the liner can keep optimal under any sound source condition by controlling the cavity depth and the flow rate through the perforated plate of the liner. In addition, hoth the resistance and the reactance of the liner can also be controlled independently corresponding to any given condition. which is necessary to control unsteady How in turbomachinery.