Eur. Phys. J. B 43, 379-386 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2005-00067-9

Acoustic radiation force due to incident plane-progressive waves on coated spheres immersed in ideal fluids

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Foundation, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Ultrasound Research Laboratory, 200 First Street SW, Rochester MN 55905, USA

Corresponding author: ^a mitri@ieee.org

Received: 22 September 2004
Revised: 24 November 2004
Published online: 15 March 2005

Abstract

In this study, the acoustic radiation force resulting from the interaction of a plane progressive wave with a coated sphere was examined. The linear acoustic scattering problem was obtained first by solving the classical boundary conditions to obtain the required coefficients. The radiation force was then determined by averaging the momentum flux tensor expressed in terms of the total scattering pressure or velocity potential in an ideal fluid. Numerical calculations of the radiation force function Y_p , which is the radiation force per unit energy density and unit cross-section, were displayed versus the dimensionless size parameter (k₁ is the wave number in the exterior fluid and b the radius of the uncoated sphere) over a large range of frequencies. Particular emphasis has been focused on the coating thickness and the absorption of sound inside the outer covering layer. The fluid-loading effect on the radiation force function curves was also analysed.