Inlet boundary condition for acoustic wave
Inlet boundary condition for acoustic wave
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Dear all,
I want to simulate the propagation of an acoustic wave with a spherical wave source outside my computational domain using Finite Element Method. The governing equation is a linearized acoustic equation with velocity potential as the primary variable ( the secondary variable is thus velocity). In order to let the wave propagate into the domain, I might need to add an impedance condition on the boundary by setting the predicted fluid particle velocity on the boundary nodes (natural boundary condition). However, the discretization of FEM only allows the normal component of the velocity be prescribed on the boundary (divergence theorem).
My question is:
Is it physical to enforce only normal component of fluid particle velocity on the boundary?
Would it decrease the wave magnitude or distort the wave?
If so, is there any way to circumvent that?
Thank you all very much for your attention.
I want to simulate the propagation of an acoustic wave with a spherical wave source outside my computational domain using Finite Element Method. The governing equation is a linearized acoustic equation with velocity potential as the primary variable ( the secondary variable is thus velocity). In order to let the wave propagate into the domain, I might need to add an impedance condition on the boundary by setting the predicted fluid particle velocity on the boundary nodes (natural boundary condition). However, the discretization of FEM only allows the normal component of the velocity be prescribed on the boundary (divergence theorem).
My question is:
Is it physical to enforce only normal component of fluid particle velocity on the boundary?
Would it decrease the wave magnitude or distort the wave?
If so, is there any way to circumvent that?
Thank you all very much for your attention.





RE: Inlet boundary condition for acoustic wave
Both Longitudinal and Transverse waves exists, but the for liquids and gases, the transverse wave impart little force to the solid boundary, and resulting in reflection of the wave. The longitudinal waves exert pressure and momentum forces on the surface as your FEA package descibes.
RE: Inlet boundary condition for acoustic wave
RE: Inlet boundary condition for acoustic wave
That's how I see it, transverse "acoustic", longitudinal "pressure" waves. The transverse is only significant if the material is characterized by an elastic behavior in the transverse.
RE: Inlet boundary condition for acoustic wave
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