Focusing of Acoustic Waves through Acoustic Materials with Subwavelength Structures
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- Focusing of Acoustic Waves through Acoustic Materials with Subwavelength Structures
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- In this thesis, wave propagation through acoustic materials with subwavelength slits structures is studied. Guided by the findings, acoustic wave focusing is achieved with a specific material design. By using a parameter retrieving method, an effective medium theory for a slab with periodic subwavelength cut-through slits is successfully derived. The theory is based on eigenfunction solutions to the acoustic wave equation. Numerical simulations are implemented by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for the two-dimensional acoustic wave equation. The theory provides the effective impedance and refractive index functions for the equivalent medium, which can reproduce the transmission and reflection spectral responses of the original structure. I analytically and numerically investigate both the validity and limitations of the theory, and the influences of material and geometry on the effective spectral responses are studied. Results show that large contrasts in impedance and density are conditions that validate the effective medium theory, and this approximation displays a better accuracy for a thick slab with narrow slits in it. Based on the effective medium theory developed, a design of a at slab with a snake shaped" subwavelength structure is proposed as a means of achieving acoustic focusing. The property of focusing is demonstrated by FDTD simulations. Good agreement is observed between the proposed structure and the equivalent lens pre- dicted by the theory, which leads to robust broadband focusing by a thin at slab.
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- May-2013
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- Thesis
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- Theses; Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Division; Earth Science and Engineering Program
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.advisor | Wu, Ying | en |
dc.contributor.author | Xiao, Bingmu | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-19T08:36:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-19T08:36:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013-05 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10754/294181 | en |
dc.description.abstract | In this thesis, wave propagation through acoustic materials with subwavelength slits structures is studied. Guided by the findings, acoustic wave focusing is achieved with a specific material design. By using a parameter retrieving method, an effective medium theory for a slab with periodic subwavelength cut-through slits is successfully derived. The theory is based on eigenfunction solutions to the acoustic wave equation. Numerical simulations are implemented by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for the two-dimensional acoustic wave equation. The theory provides the effective impedance and refractive index functions for the equivalent medium, which can reproduce the transmission and reflection spectral responses of the original structure. I analytically and numerically investigate both the validity and limitations of the theory, and the influences of material and geometry on the effective spectral responses are studied. Results show that large contrasts in impedance and density are conditions that validate the effective medium theory, and this approximation displays a better accuracy for a thick slab with narrow slits in it. Based on the effective medium theory developed, a design of a at slab with a snake shaped" subwavelength structure is proposed as a means of achieving acoustic focusing. The property of focusing is demonstrated by FDTD simulations. Good agreement is observed between the proposed structure and the equivalent lens pre- dicted by the theory, which leads to robust broadband focusing by a thin at slab. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Acoustic Focusing | en |
dc.subject | Effective Medium Theory | en |
dc.subject | Sub wave length | en |
dc.title | Focusing of Acoustic Waves through Acoustic Materials with Subwavelength Structures | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.contributor.department | Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Division | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | en_GB |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Keyes, David E. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Schuster, Gerard T. | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Earth Sciences and Engineering | en |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
dc.person.id | 118429 | en |
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