Modulation of Acoustic Wave by Turbulent Shear Flow.

Abstract

The collimated monochromatic and coherent acoustic wave, (a sine wave of 3 KHz-90 KHz), was directed perpendicularly across a two-dimensional turbulent jet. Extensive study of the statistical properties of both the turbulent flow and of the received wave (amplitude and phase modulation) offers physical insight into the general phenomenon of a periodic pressure field scattered by a random solenoidal velocity field. In addition, there is strong indication that the acoustic wave may be used as a diagnostic tool for measuring some statistical properties of the turbulence velocity field. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0776084

Entities

People

  • Ho Chih-ming
  • Leslie S. G. Kovasznay

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Flow
  • Modulation
  • Phase Modulation
  • Shear Flow
  • Sine Waves
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics