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Mar 1951

Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 151-234


Determination of the Effects of Dissipation in the Cochlear Partition by Means of a Network Representing the Basilar Membrane

B. P. Bogert

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 151-154 (1951); (4 pages)

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Results are given of measurements made on a 175‐section network representing the basilar membrane, which was modified to include the effects of dissipation in the cochlear partition. The results show that the dynamical theory of the cochlea, when dissipation is considered, is in good agreement with experimental evidence.

Electrical Excitation of Nerves in the Skin at Audiofrequencies

Attell B. Anderson and W. A. Munson

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 155-159 (1951); (5 pages)

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This is a report of results obtained in preliminary tests of perception of signals applied directly to the skin in the form of electrical potentials. The lowest signal level that could be felt and the highest level that could be applied without extreme discomfort to the observers were determined for sine wave potentials ranging from 100 to 10,000 cps. The difference between the lowest and highest levels was about 25 db over this frequency range.
Difference limen measurements for intensity and frequency showed that intensity discrimination is not greatly different from what it is for hearing, but the ear is vastly superior in the matter of frequency discrimination.

An Ultrasonic Method for Outlining the Cerebral Ventricles

T. F. Hueter and R. H. Bolt

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 160-167 (1951); (8 pages) | Cited 1 time

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This paper discusses the general physical problems underlying the portrayal of ventricular geometry by ultrasonic techniques. This offers another means somewhat analogous to x‐ray ventriculography for the detection of brain tumors. Progress is reported on studies of ultra‐sound propagation properties in the tissues involved. Preliminary conclusions on safety thresholds of pain and damage are discussed. The most promising method to date is straight‐through transcranial transmission (not echo ranging) utilizing changes in attenuation owing to differing amounts of ventricle along the transmission path. The optimum compromise frequency appears to be about 2.5 megacycles for which frequency results are reported on studies of receiver sensitivity and dynamic range, resolution, shielding, transducers, and presentation problems.

Measurements of the Underwater Sound Field Generated by Quartz Transducers

Winfield Keck, G. S. Heller, and A. O. Williams, Jr.

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 168-172 (1951); (5 pages) | Cited 2 times

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The mean‐square pressure distributions in the ultrasonic fields generated in water by quartz transducers of various shapes were presented on an oscilloscope screen and photographed. The beams, pulsed at an audiofrequency, were swept back and forth across a small pressure‐sensitive microphone placed at various distances from the source. The pulse envelopes were square‐law detected and amplified before presentation. All the transducers were of X‐cut quartz, excited near their resonance frequency of about 1 mc. Square pieces with circular and ring‐shaped electrodes, as well as circular and ring‐shaped pieces, were used; all were about 2 cm in diameter. Comparisons with theory were made for radial and axial mean‐square pressure distributions. From study of the axial distributions it was concluded that simple piston theory adequately describes these transducers, provided the baffles and electrodes satisfy certain geometrical conditions. It appears that 18.5° X‐cut crystals tend to vibrate over the whole exposed surfaces, even outside the electrode regions.

Effects of Reflected Signals and Electric Pick‐Up at an Ultrasonic Microphone

A. O. Williams, Jr. and Winfield Keck

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 173-175 (1951); (3 pages)

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When a small microphone is used in an ultrasonic beam, the direct acoustic signal is mixed with electric pick‐up and reflected signals. The use of pulses may not entirely remove these interferences. The mixing process is analyzed here for a particular situation and experimental evidence is adduced to support these conclusions: (1) that the main response pattern of the microphone shows space variations of both half the acoustic wavelength and the full wavelength; (2) that the former variation dies out at sufficiently great distances from the source at a rate showing that a single echo path (source‐microphone‐source‐microphone) is responsible along with a constant electric signal; and (3) that the three signals can be resolved analytically.

Ultrasonic Velocities in Gases at Low Pressures

Robert A. Boyer

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 176-178 (1951); (3 pages)

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An ultrasonic interferometer with high sensitivity is used to measure acoustic velocities at 0°C in gases, as the wavelength approaches the mean free path of the molecules. Measurements are made of velocity as a function of pressure down to about 2 mm of Hg, the frequency being kept constant at approximately 970 kc. The following increases in velocity (at the lowest pressures) over that at standard conditions were observed: argon 27 percent, nitrogen 16 percent, oxygen 20 percent, and dry CO2‐free air 7 percent.

A New Expansion for the Velocity Potential of a Piston Source

A. H. Carter and A. O. Williams, Jr.

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 179-184 (1951); (6 pages) | Cited 4 times

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The Rayleigh surface integral, giving the velocity potential for a plane piston source surrounded by an infinite rigid flange, reduces to a line integral when the coordinates are suitably chosen. As shown by Schoch, for points within the geometrical cylinder whose base is formed by the piston surface, the line integral is expressible as a plane wave term plus a “perturbation” integral. For external points, a different integral results. In the present work, these two complementary expressions are evaluated for a circular piston, as series of half‐integral order Hankel functions in kz and polynomials in x/a; k is the propagation constant, a the piston radius, z the axial and x the radial coordinate of a field point. The resulting rigorous equation (valid for points not on the piston surface) converges for any value of ka, provided z>a. For large values of kz, where asymptotic formulas apply, the expression assumes a particularly simple form. Sample calculations have been made for ka = 10, z = 10a and ka = 50, z = 50a. Also, an approximate expansion has been derived which may be more useful than the rigorous result in paraxial regions.

On the Acoustical Radiation of an Emitter Vibrating in an Infinite Wall

Jaroslav Pachner

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 185-198 (1951); (14 pages)

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The velocity potential distribution of a circular emitter vibrating in an infinite wall is calculated by the King method for the points immediately before the wall. It is showed on the close connection between the Rayleigh formula and the expression for the velocity potential which follows from the King method. The equation for the space distribution of the velocity potential expanded in spherical wave functions is transcribed into an abstract form by means of the Dirac bra‐vector, ket‐vector, and linear operator represented by the corresponding matrices. The space distribution of the velocity potential is then computed from the known values in the plane immediately before the emitter by the well‐known method of undetermined coefficients written in its matrix form. Thereafter the space distribution of the velocity potential is determined by another, new method due to H. Stenzel. In both methods explicit expressions are given for the case of a vibrating rigid disk, membrane, and plate.

On the Acoustical Radiation of an Emitter Vibrating Freely or in a Wall of Finite Dimensions

Jaroslav Pachner

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 198-208 (1951); (11 pages) | Cited 1 time

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An acoustical radiation field excited by an emitter vibrating freely or in a wall of finite dimensions is considered as superposed by two fields. The first of these is that one where the same emitter is vibrating in an infinite wall and the second is that which (i) causes the resultant field in the free part of the plane going through the wall to vanish, and (ii) has a normal derivative which vanishes on the surface of the emitter and of the wall. While the first field may be considered as known from other papers, the second is computed from an integro‐differential equation that follows from Rayleigh's formula. The equations expressing the velocity potential distribution and those deduced from it are written in an abstract form by means of the Dirac bra‐vectors, ket‐vectors, and linear operators represented by the corresponding matrices. This method of solving the given special diffraction problem of a scalar wave may be used for any mode of vibrations of the emitter and for any shape of the wall, but the computation becomes far easier if the wall is circular. It may be applied also for any wavelength of the radiated sound, but the functions expressing the dependence on the azimuthal angle and containing the Legendre associated functions of the first kind converge faster, the longer the wavelength in comparison with the dimensions of the wall. Numerical calculations are not given. They will be adequate for the difficulty of the problem, i.e., very tedious; but they can be done, especially with the help of modern electronic calculating machines.

A Barium Titanate Transducer Capable of Large Motion at an Ultrasonic Frequency

W. P. Mason and R. F. Wick

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 209-214 (1951); (6 pages) | Cited 2 times

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By using a barium titanate cylinder poled radially a lengthwise motion can be excited in the cylinder whose resonant frequency is controlled by the length of the cylinder. By using a 4 percent lead titanate‐barium titanate combination, stresses up to 1000 pounds per square inch of cross‐sectional dimension and motions up to 50 parts in 106 times the length of the cylinder are available for static or slowly varying voltages of 15,000 volts per centimeter along the radial dimension. When such a cylinder is driven at its resonant frequency, the maximum strain appears to be limited to 10−4 by heating considerations if no cooling is used. For a cylinder 12 centimeters long, which resonates at 18 kilocycles, this corresponds to a displacement on each end of 3.9 × 10−4 cm, a particle velocity of 44 cm/sec and an acceleration of 5 × 10−6 cm/sec/sec. All of these quantities can be enhanced by a factor of 10 by soldering a solid brass “horn,” tapered exponential, to the end of the barium titanate cylinder. If the large end of the horn, which is soldered to the cylinder, is 10 times the diameter of the small end, the horn acts as a transformer to increase the particle motion by a factor of 10. Hence, a 1.5‐mil motion is possible with this combination at 18 kilocycles. This structure has been made the basis of several instruments used for testing wear, for measuring magnetic flux, for testing adhesion of films, and for boring odd‐shaped holes. A feedback amplifier system with a diode limiting element is used to keep the amplitude constant.

Analysis of Multiple-Echo Effect Arising from the Release of a Stored Wave Train

Louis Gold

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 214-218 (1951); (5 pages)

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A generalized theoretical treatment is presented of a problem which has direct application tothe phenomenon of multiple-echo patterns as employed for propagational studies of high frequency sound waves in various media. An analysis is made of the functional dependence of the number of observable echoes N in terms of a prescribed threshold sensitivity db* of a detecting device, and the storage medium parameters, which are the effective absorption coefficient a and the boundary reflection coefficient R. The equation derived is:
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, where d is the length of the storage system. This relation has values Ropt for which N is a maximum, and it is shown that Nmax  =  1/1 − Ropt. The solutions for Nmax are actually difficult to express explicitly since Ropt must be evaluated from the condition for a maximum
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. Asymptotic solutions are discussed, and detailed examination of the case of zero loss is given in the form of several graphical results.

The Velocity of Sound in Sea Water

Alfred Weissler and Vincent A. Del Grosso

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 219-223 (1951); (5 pages) | Cited 2 times

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Laboratory measurements of sound velocity in sea water samples from the Caribbean and Middle Atlantic have been made by means of a three‐megacycle ultrasonic interferometer. The results at various salinities and temperatures show that the velocity values in current use (Kuwahara's tables) are too low by approximately three meters/second.
In addition, variations in the dissolved air content were found to have negligible effect on sound velocity and absorption. The sulfate/chloride ratio was determined as quite constant in a given region of the sea. Finally, it was established that the velocity and adiabatic compressibility observed for sea water are explainable on the basis of a linear summation of the effects of the individual dissolved salts.

Some Effects of Cavitation near 30 cps

W. H. Pielemeier

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 224-228 (1951); (5 pages) | Cited 1 time

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Publications by other investigators on the production of cavitation in liquids and its effects are discussed. Several points in favor of low frequency cavitation studies are listed. Two methods were used by the author to feed power at about 30 cycles/sec into the liquids. In one method a thick‐walled Lucite tube containing the liquid was attached to the vibrating element of a Sonntag Universal Fatigue Machine. Similar results were obtained with a modified paint spraying compressor which had a vibrating diaphragm instead of a metal piston. Photographs show both methods. Emulsions and suspensions were made in a few minutes, the cleansing effect on cloth soiled in a standard manner was tested and the oxide coating on aluminum foil was removed. Probably greater corrosive effects could be obtained with the same power at higher frequencies.

On Multiple Excitation of an Elastic System

G. S. Bennett

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 229-231 (1951); (3 pages)

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The possibility of excitation of nonlinear elastic system by the combination frequencies produced when two forces of different frequencies act on the system is investigated, using the approximate method of Rayleigh. Experimental evidence is cited to support the results of the calculations, namely, that the combination frequencies need not be considered as potential sources of excitation.
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The Position of the Nodes of the Transverse Vibrations of a Uniform Thin Fixed‐Free Bar

Ralph Heller

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 232-232 (1951); (1 page)

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Sound Analysis without Resonance

Max F. Meyer

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 232-232 (1951); (1 page)

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Ultrasonic Studies of Gels

Arvind Mohan Srivastava

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 232-233 (1951); (2 pages)

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The 1950 International Ultrasonics Congress at Rome June 14–17, 1950

Francis E. Fox

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 233-234 (1951); (2 pages)

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Erratum: The Calculation of Vowel Resonances, and an Electrical Vocal Tract [J. Acous. Soc. Am. 22, 740 (1950)]

H. K. Dunn

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 234-234 (1951); (1 page)

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