The Effects of Seamounts on Sound Propagation in Deep Water

A propagation experiment was conducted in the South China Sea in 2014 with a flat bottom and seamounts respectively by using explosive sources. The effects of seamounts on sound propagation are analyzed by using the broadband signals. It is observed that the transmission loss （TL） decreases up to 7 dB for the signals in the first shadow zone due to the seamount reflection. Moreover, the TL might increase more than 30 dB in the converge zone due to the shadowing by seamounts. Abnormal TLs and pulse arrival structures at different ranges are explained by using the ray and wave theory. The experimental TLs and arrival pulses are compared with the numerical results and found to be in good agreement.

Three-dimensional coupled-mode model and characteristics of low-frequency sound propagation in ocean waveguide with seamount topography

Large-scale topography, such as a seamount, substantially impacts low-frequency sound propagation in an ocean waveguide, limiting the application of low-frequency acoustic detecting techniques. A three-dimensional(3D) coupledmode model is developed to calculate the acoustic field in an ocean waveguide with seamount topography and analyze the3D effect. In this model, a correction is introduced in the bottom boundary, theoretically making the acoustic field satisfy the energy conservation. Furthermore, a large azimuth angle calculation range is obtained by using the operator theory and higher-order Pade approximation. Additionally, the model has advantages related to the coupling mode and parabolic equation theory. The couplings corresponding to the effects of range-dependent environment are fully considered, and the numerical implementation is kept feasible. After verifying the accuracy and reliability of the model, low-frequency sound propagation characteristics in the seamount environment are analyzed. The results indicate lateral variability in bathymetry can lead to out-of-plane effects such as the horizontal refraction phenomenon, while the coupling effect tends to restore the abnormal sound field and produces acoustic field diffraction behind the seamount. This model effectively considers the effects of the horizontal refraction and coupling, which are proportional to the scale of the seamount.

Sound propagation from the shelfbreak to deep water

Motivated by a phenomenon in an experiment conducted in the Northwestern Pacific indicating that the energy of the received signal around the sound channel axis is much greater than that at shallower depths,we study sound propagation from the transitional area(shelfbreak)to deep water.Numerical simulations with different source depths are first performed,from which we reach the following conclusions.When the source is located near the sea surface,sound will be strongly attenuated by bottom losses in a range-independent oceanic environment,whereas it can propagate to a very long range because of the continental slope.When the source is mounted on the bottom in shallow water,acoustic energy will be trapped near the sound channel axis,and it converges more evidently than the case where the source is located near the sea surface.Then,numerical simulations with different source ranges are performed.By comparing the relative energy level in the vertical direction between the numerical simulations and the experimental data,the range of the air-gun source can be approximated.

Sound Propagation Properties of the Discrete-Velocity Boltzmann Equation

As the numerical resolution is increased and the discretisation error decreases,the lattice Boltzmann method tends towards the discrete-velocity Boltzmann equation(DVBE).An expression for the propagation properties of plane sound waves is found for this equation.This expression is compared to similar ones from the NavierStokes and Burnett models,and is found to be closest to the latter.The anisotropy of sound propagation with the DVBE is examined using a two-dimensional velocity set.It is found that both the anisotropy and the deviation between the models is negligible if the Knudsen number is less than 1 by at least an order of magnitude.

Sound propagation in complicated industrial enclosures

In this article a math model for sound propagation in industrial enclosures is discussed. The model can be applied to an industrial enelosure with any shape, any boundary condition and any obstacles in it. The original purpose of developing this model is only to predict the noise field in power plants, but the results of measurement of sound propagation in power plant workshops indicate that this model has high predication accuracy and can he adanted to various kinds of complicated industrial enclosures.

A coupled-mode sound propagation model with complex effective depth

A coupled-mode sound propagation model with complex effective depth is presented,in order to involve the effect of branch line integral for acoustic field in a range-dependent waveguide.The equations of motion and continuity are used to obtain the coupled equations,which satisfy boundary conditions in the waveguide with varying topography and contain one coupling matrix.Meanwhile,the couplings between discrete and continuous spectrum are dealt with based on complex effective depth theory.Numerical simulations show that the accuracy of transmission loss is improved by the coupled mode model when eigenvalues of trapped modes are located near the branch point.The acoustic field in a non-horizontally stratified waveguide can be calculated efficiently and accurately by this model,and the energy corresponding to trapped modes,leaky modes and branch line integral can be considered adequately.

The WKBZ mode approach to sound propagation in the two-axis underwater channel

The two-axis underwater channel often exists in deep ocean. Sound propagation in the two-axis underwater channel is a benchmark problem for computational methods of underwater acoustics. In this paper, the generalized phase-integral (WKBZ) normal mo de approach is extended to deal with this kind of problem. Numerical results show that the extended WKBZ approach is effective.

Numerical method for sound propagation with acoustic shock waves in transonic flow ducts

The fourth order MacCormack scheme with fourth viscous term is used to improve the shocked solutions for sound propagation in varying cross area and hard-wall ducts with transonic flow. The artificial viscous coefficient is given out by an empirical formula. It is shown from three calculation examples of acoustic shock waves that the new method is much better than the second order MacCormack method which is the best one of second order schemes. Moreover, CPU times of both methods are almost the same.

Numerical analysis of 3-D sound propagation in lined ducts with circumferential mode sound sources at inlet

Numerical analysis of three-dimensional sound propagation in soft-soft or soft-hard circular ducts with circumferential and axial modes of sound sources at the inlet has been carried out. In this paper , the numerical method and the samples are offered and the effects of circumferential and axial modes on numerical results are discussed in detail .

Sound propagation in glass-ceramic

The acoustic theory of the suspensions is applied to the study of acoustic proper ties of glass - ceramic. The relations between the sound speed and the sound attenuation with the crystallinity in glass- ceramic are derived. The theoretical results are verified by the ultrasonic experiments.

Sound propagation in ducts with spatially variant parameters

The one-dimensional theory of sound propagation in ducts is generalized and investigated in this paper . It can be assumed that any duct system consists of two kinds of elementary structures : One is the piped structure in which the characteristics , such as the acoustical parameter on the interior surface of the wall , the cross-section area and the aerodynamic parameters of the flow , etc., will vary continuously and slowly with distance along the axis of the duct . The other is the local structure with discontinuity in which the characteristics will change abruptly. The acoustical properties of both structures are analysed in general cases based upon the fundamental equations of aerodynamics , and their transmission matrixes are derived and discussed respectively . Two typical examples are analysed and discussed .

A numerical study of nonlinear and anti-sound effects of sound propagation in ducts

A numerical method dealing with anti-sound effect is presented to calculate nonlinear sound propagation in varying cross section area and hard-wall ducts with transonic flow and without acoustic shock waves . The effects of duct geometry , the flow Mach number at the throat, the sound source intensity at the inlet and the anti- sound intensity on the nonlinear sound propagation are discussed through several examples. It is also shown from the examples that there is an optimal anti-sound intensity at which a remarkable sound attenuation can be obtained at the exit.

Experim ental investigation of sound propagation from an impulsive source near rigid wedges

The acoustic signal from an impulsive source near an ideal rigid wedge consists of the reflected waves from the inclined plane and the diffracted waves from the apex of the wedge. There are two theoretical solutions of the problem. The first was obtained by Biot-Tolstoy using normal coordinates. The second was Trorey's Helmholtz-Kirchhoff solution. So far the experimental measurements have concentrated on the diffracted wave from the wedge apex and ignored the rest of the solution. The Biot-Tolstoy exact wedge solution is used in this paper to study the sound transmission in wedges of angle 12 °and 52 °approximately. The theory and the experiments are consistent. Also studied is the behaviour of the reflected and diffracted waves from a 270 °wedge. Both theories predicted the existence a specular ' image ' reflection when a coincident source and receiver are over a half plane. The experimental results showed that the Biot-Tolstoy theory was accurate and the Trorey solution produced quite large errors.

Unleashing the Potential of Unidirectional Mechanical Materials: Breakthroughs and Promising Applications

The emergence of mechanically one-way materials presents an exciting opportunity for materials science and engineering. These substances exhibit unique nonreciprocal mechanical responses, enabling them to selectively channel mechanical energy and facilitate directed sound propagation, controlled mass transport, and concentration of mechanical energy amidst random motion. This article explores the fundamentals of mechanically one-way materials, their potential applications across various industries, and the economic and environmental considerations related to their production and use.

Aircraft noise and its nearfield propagation computations

Noise generated by civil transport aircraft during take-off and approach-to-land phases of operation is an environmental problem. The aircraft noise problem is firstly reviewed in this article. The review is followed by a description and assessment of a number of sound propagation methods suitable for applications with a background mean flow field pertinent to aircraft noise. Of the three main areas of the noise problem, i.e. generation, propagation, and ra- diation, propagation provides a vital link between near-field noise generation and far-field radiation. Its accurate assessment ensures the overall validity of a prediction model. Of the various classes of propagation equations, linearised Euler equations are often casted in either time domain or frequency domain. The equations are often solved numerically by computational aeroacoustics techniques, bur are subject to the onset of Kelvin-Helmholtz （K-H） instability modes which may ruin the solutions. Other forms of linearised equations, e.g. acoustic perturbation equations have been proposed, with differing degrees of success.

Three-dimensional parabolic equation model for seismo-acoustic propagation: Theoretical development and preliminary numerical implementation

A three-dimensional（3D） parabolic equation（PE） model for sound propagation in a seismo-acoustic waveguide is developed in Cartesian coordinates, with x, y, and z representing the marching direction, the longitudinal direction, and the depth direction, respectively. Two sets of 3D PEs for horizontally homogenous media are derived by rewriting the 3D elastic motion equations and simultaneously choosing proper dependent variables. The numerical scheme is for now restricted to the y-independent bathymetry. Accuracy of the numerical scheme is validated, and its azimuthal limitation is analyzed. In addition, effects of horizontal refraction in a wedge-shaped waveguide and another waveguide with a polyline bottom are illustrated. Great efforts should be made in future to provide this model with the ability to handle arbitrarily irregular fluid-elastic interfaces.

MATCH-MODE METHOD AND ITS NUMERICAL SIMULATION FOR ROTOR-STATOR INTERACTION SOURCE MODES AND PROPAGATION MODES IN AN ANNULAR DUCT WITH MULTI-TREATMENTS

The suppressing design of the engine nacelle in an aircraft can benefit from the development of the prediction system for the sound fields in engine ducts which includes the prediction of the source generation and that of sound propagation in ducts. First, the acoustic match mode principle between the source modes of rotor stator interaction noise and the propagation modes is presented in this paper. Second, by utilizing this principle, the theoretical prediction method for rotor stator interaction noise generation and its propagation and attenuation in an annular duct with multi treatments is developed. That means that the prediction of sound propagation and attenuation in the segmented ducts might no longer completely depend on the in duct mode measurements, and the investigation on the sound propagation and attenuation in ducts can be accomplished not only by acoustic mode measurement, but also by making use of the source prediction to determine the source modes excited by rotor stator interaction. The effects of fan speed, blade/vane numbers, axial spacing between rotor and stator on the in duct sound attenuation and generated sound power level before and after ducts (also including the sound power level of blade passing frequency and its harmonics at the inlet of ducts) have been numerically calculated by using this prediction method. The reliability of this prediction method is verified by reasonable agreement between the predicted results with measured results in references. By analyzing the results of calculating cases, some reference criteria are provided for the engineering design of the suppressing engine nacelle.

Comparative Study of the Propagation of Jet Noise in Static and Flow Environments

In order to analyze the effect of the background flow on the sound prediction of fine-scale turbulence noise,the sound spectra from static and flow environments are compared.It turns out that,the two methods can obtain similar predictions not only at 90 deg to the jet axis but also at mid-and high frequencies in other directions.The discrepancies of predictions from the two environments show that the effect of the jet flow on the sound propagation is related to low frequencies in the downstream and upstream directions.It is noted that there is an obvious advantage of computational efficiency for calculating in static environment,compared with that in flow environment.A good agreement is also observed to some extent between the predictions in static environment and measurements of subsonic to supersonic.It is believed that the predictions in static environment could be an effective method to study the propagation of the sound in jet flow and to predict the fine scale turbulence noise accurately in a way as well.

Shallow Water Modal Evolution Due to Nonlinear Internal Waves

Acoustic modal behavior is reported for an L-shape hydrophone array during the passage of a strong nonlinear internal wave packet. Acoustic track is nearly parallel to the front of nonlinear internal waves. Through modal decomposition at the vertical array, acoustic modes are identified. Modal evolution along the horizontal array then is examined during a passing internal wave. Strong intensity fluctuations of individual modes are observed before and during the internal waves packet passes the fixed acoustic track showing a detailed evolution of the waveguide modal behavior. Acoustic refraction created either uneven distribution of modal energy over the horizontal array or additional returns observable at the entire L-shape array. Acoustic ray-mode simulations are used to phenomenologically explain the observed modal behavior.

Fast Prediction of Acoustic Radiation from a Hemi-capped Cylindrical Shell in Waveguide

In order to predict acoustic radiation from a structure in waveguide, a method based on wave superposition is proposed, in which the free-space Green＇s function is used to match the strength of equivalent sources. In addition, in order to neglect the effect of sound reflection from boundaries, necessary treatment is conducted, which makes the method more efficient. Moreover, this method is combined with the sound propagation algorithms to predict the sound radiated from a cylindrical shell in waveguide. Numerical simulations show the effect of how reflections can be neglected if the distance between the structure and the boundary exceeds the maximum linear dimension of the structure. It also shows that the reflection from the bottom of the waveguide can be approximated by plane wave conditionally. The proposed method is more robust and efficient in computation, which can be used to predict the acoustic radiation in waveguide.