Simulation of the Ultrasonic Diffraction in Viscous Fluids

In this paper, Impulse Response Method (IRM) and Finite Difference (FD) are used to model the acoustic radiation in a viscous fluid where the attenuation is obeying a squared frequency law. Some results are presented to illustrate the attenuation effect on the diffraction. A good agreement between the IRM results and those numerically predicted by FDM is observed.© 2003 ASME