The Acoustics Module User’s Guide - COMSOL Multiphysics

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3 For a list of such trademark owners, see : COMSOL | 3 ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionAcoustics Module Capabilities 23 What Can the Acoustics Module Do? .. 23 What are the Application Areas? .. 25 Which Problems Can You Solve? .. 28 Fundamental of Acoustics 30 Acoustics Explained .. 30 Mathematical Models for Acoustic Analysis .. 31 Damping .. 33 Artificial Boundaries.. 35 Acoustics Module Physics Interface Guide 36 Common Physics Interface and Feature Settings and Nodes .. 41 Where Do I Access the Documentation and Application Libraries?

4 41 Overview of the User s Guide 46 Chapter 2: Pressure Acoustics InterfacesThe Pressure Acoustics , Frequency Domain Interface 52 Domain, Boundary, Edge, Point, and Pair Nodes for the Pressure Acoustics , Frequency Domain Interface .. 57 Pressure Acoustics .. 59 Poroacoustics .. 65 Narrow Region Acoustics .. 72 Background Pressure Field .. 75 Initial Values .. 78 Monopole Domain Source .. 78 Dipole Domain Source .. 79 Heat Source .. 794 | CONTENTSS ound Hard Boundary (Wall).

5 80 Axial Symmetry .. 80 Normal Acceleration .. 80 Normal Velocity .. 81 Normal Displacement .. 81 Sound Soft Boundary .. 82 Pressure .. 82 Impedance .. 83 Symmetry .. 88 Periodic Condition .. 88 Matched Boundary .. 90 Exterior Field Calculation .. 91 Port .. 93 Circular Port Reference Axis .. 98 Plane Wave Radiation .. 99 Spherical Wave Radiation .. 99 Cylindrical Wave Radiation .. 100 Incident Pressure Field.. 100 Interior Sound Hard Boundary (Wall).

6 103 Interior Normal Acceleration .. 103 Interior Normal Velocity .. 104 Interior Normal Displacement .. 105 Interior Impedance/Pair Impedance .. 105 Interior Perforated Plate/Pair Perforated Plate.. 106 Continuity .. 108 Line Source .. 108 Line Source on Axis.. 111 Monopole Point Source .. 112 Dipole Point Source.. 114 Quadrupole Point Source .. 115 Point Sources (for 2D Components) .. 118 Circular Source (for 2D axisymmetric components) .. 120 The Pressure Acoustics , Transient Interface 122 Domain, Boundary, Edge, and Point Nodes for the Pressure Acoustics , Transient Interface.

7 124 Transient Pressure Acoustics Model .. 125 Nonlinear Acoustics (Westervelt) .. 126 CONTENTS | 5 Background Pressure Field (for Transient Models) .. 129 Incident Pressure Field (for Transient Models).. 130 The Gaussian Pulse Source Type Settings.. 131 Normal Acceleration .. 132 Normal Velocity .. 133 Normal Displacement .. 133 Exterior Field Calculation (for Transient Models) .. 133 Interior Normal Acceleration .. 134 Interior Normal Velocity .. 135 Interior Normal Displacement.

8 135 The Pressure Acoustics , Boundary Mode Interface 137 Initial Values .. 138 Boundary, Edge, Point, and Pair Nodes for the Pressure Acoustics , Boundary Mode Interface .. 139 The Pressure Acoustics , Boundary Elements Interface 140 Domain, Boundary, Edge, and Pair Nodes for the Pressure Acoustics , Boundary Elements Interface .. 147 Pressure Acoustics .. 147 Background Pressure Field .. 148 Initial Values .. 149 Sound Hard Boundary (Wall) .. 149 Normal Acceleration.

9 149 Normal Velocity .. 150 Normal Displacement .. 150 Sound Soft Boundary .. 151 Impedance .. 151 Pressure .. 151 Interior Sound Hard Boundary (Wall) .. 151 Interior Normal Acceleration .. 152 Interior Normal Velocity .. 153 Interior Normal Displacement .. 153 Continuity .. 154 The Pressure Acoustics , Time Explicit Interface 155 Domain, Boundary, Edge, and Point Nodes for the Pressure Acoustics , Time Explicit Interface .. 1586 | CONTENTSP ressure Acoustics , Time Explicit Model.

10 158 Background Acoustic Field .. 160 Initial Values .. 162 Mass Source .. 162 Heat Source .. 162 Volume Force Source .. 163 Sound Hard Wall .. 163 Sound Soft Boundary .. 164 Pressure .. 164 Symmetry .. 164 Normal Velocity .. 164 Impedance .. 165 Exterior Field Calculation .. 165 Interior Sound Hard Boundary (Wall) .. 166 Interior Normal Velocity .. 166 General Flux/Source .. 167 Modeling with the Pressure Acoustics Branch (FEM-Based Interfaces) 168 Meshing (Resolving the Waves).