Diffraction effects accompanying focused ultrasonic pulse propagation in a medium with a thermal inhomogeneityстатья
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Аннотация:Propagation of a probing pulse through a thermal inhomogeneity produced in the medium as a result of heating by a focused ultrasonic beam is considered. The wave equation is used to numerically calculate the waveform of the pulse arriving at the receiver whose focus coincides with that of the radiator. Calculations are performed for a pulse focused at the center of the inhomogeneity and crossing it in the transverse direction. The results of numerical simulation are compared with experimental data. Conditions under which the diffraction effects should be taken into account in calculating the pulse delay at the receiver are formulated.