• DocumentCode
    1247026
  • Title

    Acoustic field analysis in lossy nonhomogeneous medium by the beam propagation method

  • Author

    Oh, J.T. ; Park, S.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Syst. Dev. Center, Korea Telecom, Seoul, South Korea
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1995
  • Firstpage
    144
  • Lastpage
    146
  • Abstract
    The beam profile of the acoustic wave produced by a disk transducer in lossy nonhomogeneous medium is calculated by the beam propagation method (BPM), which can be applied, in contrast to the conventional method, to a medium with arbitrary refractive index and attenuation coefficient distributions. The computed results agree quite well with the experimental data in the situations where the ray acoustics fails.<>
  • Keywords
    acoustic field; acoustic transducers; acoustic wave absorption; acoustic wave propagation; acoustic wave refraction; acoustic field analysis; arbitrary refractive index; attenuation coefficient distributions; beam profile; beam propagation method; disk transducer; lossy nonhomogeneous medium; Acoustic beams; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic transducers; Acoustic waves; Distributed computing; Lenses; Optical attenuators; Optical propagation; Propagation losses; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-3010
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/58.368302
  • Filename
    368302