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Zheng Xu1, Hongsheng Zhou2, Xu Yan1
1Institute of Acoustics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
Abstract:
It is important to modulate ultrasonic waves in some ultrasonic application fields. We formed an ultrasound-trapping barrier through a hollow cylinder with a periodic grating on the surface and simulated the barrier using the finite element method. Using the Schlieren imaging technique, we visualized the ultrasound field distribution in the structure. Both the experimental and simulation results revealed that the structure can work in a broadband frequency range, demonstrating the effectiveness and practicability of the structure as a virtual ultrasound barrier. We also describe how the silent region and the ultrasound intensity can be adjusted in the hollow cylinder.
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