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Title: Primary acoustic signal structure during free falling drop collision with a water surface

Journal Article · · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Ishlinskii Institute for Problems in Mechanics (Russian Federation)

Consistent optical and acoustic techniques have been used to study the structure of hydrodynamic disturbances and acoustic signals generated as a free falling drop penetrates water. The relationship between the structures of hydrodynamic and acoustic perturbations arising as a result of a falling drop contacting with the water surface and subsequent immersion into water is traced. The primary acoustic signal is characterized, in addition to stably reproduced features (steep leading edge followed by long decay with local pressure maxima), by irregular high-frequency packets, which are studied for the first time. Reproducible experimental data are used to recognize constant and variable components of the primary acoustic signal.

OSTI ID:
22617290
Journal Information:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Vol. 122, Issue 4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2016 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7761
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English