Wave arrival singularities at cuspidal points in the acoustic wave surfaces of anisotropic solids and their unfolding under weak spatial dispersion

Author(s):  
A.G Every ◽  
J.D Kaplunov ◽  
A.V Pichugin ◽  
G.A Rogerson

This paper is concerned with wave arrival singularities in the elastodynamic Green's functions of infinite anisotropic elastic solids, and their unfolding into smooth wave trains, known as quasi-arrivals, through spatial dispersion. The wave arrivals treated here are those occurring in (i) the displacement response to a suddenly applied point force or three-dimensional Green's function, , and (ii) the displacement response to an impulsive line force or two-dimensional Green's function, . These arrivals take on various analytical forms, including step function and logarithmic and power-law divergences. They travel outwards from the source at the group velocities in each direction, and their locus defines the three- and two-dimensional acoustic wave surfaces, respectively. The main focus of this paper is on the form of the wave arrivals in the neighbourhood of cuspidal points in the wave surfaces, and how these arrivals unfold into quasi-arrivals under the first onset of spatial dispersion. This regime of weak spatial dispersion, where the acoustic wavelength, λ , begins to approach the natural length scale, l , of the medium, is characterized by a correction to the phase velocity, which is quadratic in the wavevector, k , and the presence of fourth-order spatial derivatives of the displacement field in the wave equation. Integral expressions are established for the quasi-arrivals near to cuspidal points, involving the Airy function in the case of and the Scorer function in the case of . Numerical results are presented, illustrating the oscillatory nature of the quasi-arrivals and the interference effects that occur near to cuspidal points in the wave surface.

1998 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rao ◽  
C. Hernandez ◽  
J. P. Simmons ◽  
T. A. Parthasarathy ◽  
C. Woodward

2001 ◽  
Vol 432 ◽  
pp. 69-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUDOLPH A. KING ◽  
KENNETH S. BREUER

An experimental investigation was conducted to examine acoustic receptivity and subsequent boundary-layer instability evolution for a Blasius boundary layer formed on a flat plate in the presence of two-dimensional and oblique (three-dimensional) surface waviness. The effect of the non-localized surface roughness geometry and acoustic wave amplitude on the receptivity process was explored. The surface roughness had a well-defined wavenumber spectrum with fundamental wavenumber kw. A planar downstream-travelling acoustic wave was created to temporally excite the flow near the resonance frequency of an unstable eigenmode corresponding to kts = kw. The range of acoustic forcing levels, ε, and roughness heights, Δh, examined resulted in a linear dependence of receptivity coefficients; however, the larger values of the forcing combination εΔh resulted in subsequent nonlinear development of the Tollmien–Schlichting (T–S) wave. This study provides the first experimental evidence of a marked increase in the receptivity coefficient with increasing obliqueness of the surface waviness in excellent agreement with theory. Detuning of the two-dimensional and oblique disturbances was investigated by varying the streamwise wall-roughness wavenumber αw and measuring the T–S response. For the configuration where laminar-to-turbulent breakdown occurred, the breakdown process was found to be dominated by energy at the fundamental and harmonic frequencies, indicative of K-type breakdown.


2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 139-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. ASAD

A first-order differential equation of Green's function, at the origin G(0), for the one-dimensional lattice is derived by simple recurrence relation. Green's function at site (m) is then calculated in terms of G(0). A simple recurrence relation connecting the lattice Green's function at the site (m, n) and the first derivative of the lattice Green's function at the site (m ± 1, n) is presented for the two-dimensional lattice, a differential equation of second order in G(0, 0) is obtained. By making use of the latter recurrence relation, lattice Green's function at an arbitrary site is obtained in closed form. Finally, the phase shift and scattering cross-section are evaluated analytically and numerically for one- and two-impurities.


1967 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyozaburo Kambe

A general theory of electron diffraction by crystals is developed. The crystals are assumed to be infinitely extended in two dimensions and finite in the third dimension. For the scattering problem by this structure two-dimensionally expanded forms of GREEN’S function and integral equation are at first derived, and combined in single three-dimensional forms. EWALD’S method is applied to sum up the series for GREEN’S function.


2006 ◽  
Vol 324-325 ◽  
pp. 387-390
Author(s):  
Yoon Suk Chang ◽  
Shin Beom Choi ◽  
Jae Boong Choi ◽  
Young Jin Kim ◽  
Myung Jo Jhung ◽  
...  

Major nuclear components have been designed by conservative codes to prevent unanticipated fatigue failure. However, more realistic and effective assessment is necessary in proof of continued operation beyond the design life. In the present paper, three-dimensional stress and fatigue evaluation is carried out for pressurizer employing complex full geometry itself instead of conventional discrete subcomponents. For this purpose, temperature and mechanical stress transfer Green’s functions are derived from finite element analyses and applied to critical locations of pressurizer. In accordance with comparison of resulting stresses obtained from the Green’s function and detailed finite element analysis, suitability of the specific Green’s function is investigated. Finally, prototype of fatigue life assessment results is provided along with relevant ongoing activities.


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