The Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain (acpr) interface (
), found under the
Pressure Acoustics branch (
) when adding a physics interface, is used to compute the pressure variations for the propagation of acoustic waves in fluids at quiescent background conditions. It is suited for all frequency-domain simulations with harmonic variations of the pressure field.
The sound pressure p, which is solved for in pressure acoustics, represents the acoustic variations (or acoustic perturbations) to the ambient pressure. In the absence of flow, the ambient pressure
pA is simply the static absolute pressure.
The governing equations and boundary conditions are formulated using the total pressure pt with a so-called scattered field formulation. In the presence of a
Background Pressure Field defining a background pressure wave
pb (this could, for example, be a plane wave), the total acoustic pressure
pt is the sum of the pressure solved for
p (which is then equal to the scattered pressure
ps) and the background pressure wave:
pt =
p+
pb. The equations then contain the information about both the scattered field and the background pressure field.
When the geometrical dimensions of the acoustic problems are reduced from 3D to 2D (planar symmetry or axisymmetric) or to 1D axisymmetric, it is possible to specify an out-of-plane wave number kz and an azimuthal mode number
m (sometimes referred to as the circumferential mode number), when applicable. In this case, the wave number used in the equations
keq contains both the ordinary wave number
k as well as the out-of-plane wave number
kz and azimuthal wave number
km =
m/
r, when applicable.
In the following descriptions of the functionality in this physics interface, the subscript c in
ρc and
cc (the density and speed of sound, respectively) denotes that these can be complex-valued quantities in models with damping.
Then, from the Physics toolbar, add other nodes that implement, for example, boundary conditions and point conditions. You can also right-click
Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain to select physics features from the context menu.
The Label is the default physics interface name.
The Name is used primarily as a scope prefix for variables defined by the physics interface. Refer to such physics interface variables in expressions using the pattern
<name>.<variable_name>. In order to distinguish between variables belonging to different physics interfaces, the
name string must be unique. Only letters, numbers, and underscores (_) are permitted in the
Name field. The first character must be a letter.
The default Name (for the first physics interface in the model) is
acpr.
Expand the Equation section to see the equations solved for with the
Equation form specified. The default selection for
Equation form is
Study controlled. The available studies are selected under
Show equations assuming.
Select to Enable physics symbols (selected per default). This shows the physics symbols, like for example, normals or symmetry planes in the Graphics window when applicable.
For all component dimensions, and if required, click to expand the Equation section, then select
Frequency domain as the
Equation form and enter the settings as described below.
The default Scaling factor Δ is 1/
ω2 and
Nonreflecting boundary condition approximation is
Second order. These values correspond to the equations for a Frequency Domain study when the equations are study controlled.
Select to enable the Activate port sweep option (not selected per default). This option is used to compute the full scattering matrix when
Port conditions are used. For more details see
The Port Sweep Functionality subsection. The section only exists for 3D and 2D axisymmetry.
The zero level on the dB scale varies with the type of fluid. That value is a reference pressure that corresponds to 0 dB. This variable occurs in calculations of the sound pressure level
Lp based on the root mean square (rms) pressure
prms, such that
where pref is the reference pressure and the star (*) represents the complex conjugate. This is an expression valid for the case of harmonically time-varying acoustic pressure
p.
Enter a value or expression for the Typical wave speed for perfectly matched layers cref (SI unit m/s). The default is 343 m/s.
This physics interface defines one dependent variable (field), the Pressure p. If required, edit the name, which changes both the field name and the dependent variable name. If the new field name coincides with the name of another pressure field in the model, the interfaces share degrees of freedom and dependent variable name. The new field name must not coincide with the name of a field of another type, or with a component name belonging to some other field.