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Title: Photoacoustic shock generation in carbon suspensions

Abstract

This letter discusses photoacoustic shock wave generation and the origin of nonlinear sound wave generation in carbon suspensions. The Burgers equation for an inviscid fluid is solved for an exponential acoustic wave. The solution shows an increasingly steep wave form that gradually coalesces into a shock front. Large dynamic range measurements of photoacoustic waves generated by a pulsed-laser beam in carbon suspensions show the pressure in the wave to depart significantly from the predictions of linear response theory. Acoustic sound speed and amplitude measurements indicate that weak shocks are produced from the photoacoustic sound generation process rather than from nonlinear propagational effects. (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 (United States)
  2. International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (Russian Federation)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20217764
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 75; Journal Issue: 26; Other Information: PBD: 27 Dec 1999; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CARBON; SUSPENSIONS; LASER RADIATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SHOCK WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; SOUND WAVES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; THEORETICAL DATA

Citation Formats

Beveridge, Andrew C, McGrath, Thomas E, Diebold, Gerald J, and Karabutov, Alexander A. Photoacoustic shock generation in carbon suspensions. United States: N. p., 1999. Web. doi:10.1063/1.125583.
Beveridge, Andrew C, McGrath, Thomas E, Diebold, Gerald J, & Karabutov, Alexander A. Photoacoustic shock generation in carbon suspensions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.125583
Beveridge, Andrew C, McGrath, Thomas E, Diebold, Gerald J, and Karabutov, Alexander A. 1999. "Photoacoustic shock generation in carbon suspensions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.125583.
@article{osti_20217764,
title = {Photoacoustic shock generation in carbon suspensions},
author = {Beveridge, Andrew C and McGrath, Thomas E and Diebold, Gerald J and Karabutov, Alexander A},
abstractNote = {This letter discusses photoacoustic shock wave generation and the origin of nonlinear sound wave generation in carbon suspensions. The Burgers equation for an inviscid fluid is solved for an exponential acoustic wave. The solution shows an increasingly steep wave form that gradually coalesces into a shock front. Large dynamic range measurements of photoacoustic waves generated by a pulsed-laser beam in carbon suspensions show the pressure in the wave to depart significantly from the predictions of linear response theory. Acoustic sound speed and amplitude measurements indicate that weak shocks are produced from the photoacoustic sound generation process rather than from nonlinear propagational effects. (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics.},
doi = {10.1063/1.125583},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20217764}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 26,
volume = 75,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 1999},
month = {Mon Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 1999}
}