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Ultrasonic bounded beam reflection and transmission effects at a liquid/ solid-plate/liquid interface
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AeroacousticsEngineeringSurface WaveAcoustic MetamaterialFluid MechanicsMechanical EngineeringTransmission EffectsBeam Reflection EffectsPhysical AcousticOptical PropertiesReflectionReflectanceBeam ReflectionLiquid/ Solid-plate/liquid InterfaceUltrasoundInterface PropertySchlieren TechniquesApplied PhysicsWave ScatteringStructural MechanicsBounded Beam ReflectionMicromachined Ultrasonic Transducer
Schlieren techniques are used to show that bounded beam reflection effects occur at liquid/solid-plate/liquid (L/SP/L) interfaces which are analogous to the bounded beam reflection effects reported previously at liquid/solid (L/S) interfaces. At L/SP/L interfaces, nongeometric effects are shown to be present in both the reflected and transmitted beams when the incident angle of an ultrasonic beam corresponds to the Lamb angle. In addition, similarities between wave phenomena at L/SP/L interfaces and L/S interfaces are presented which suggest that the description of bounded beam reflection derived by Bertoni and Tamir for a L/S interface can be qualitatively applied to the L/SP/L interface case. This theory is shown to account for the lateral extent to which a leaky Lamb surface wave, excited by mode conversion, propagates. Subject Classification: [43]35.54; [43]20.40, [43]20.30.