Features of Pressure Gradient Elastic
Waves Propagation
We highlight the main differences between Pressure Gradient Elastic Waves
and ordinary “sound” waves.
Here the concept of “sound”
unites elastic oscillations regardless of their frequency.
To compare the properties, two types of waves are presented in the table.
Sound waves | Pressure Gradient Elastic Waves (PGEW) |
The sound waves always arise in compressible fluids when there is a sound source, creating density fluctuations. | Three conditions are necessary for PGEWs arising
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The source of the sound determines the characteristics of the sound wave | The external forces, which create a pressure gradient in a gas, |
The sound waves propagate out from the sound source. | Pressure Gradient Elastic Waves propagate along the vector of the pressure gradient. |
If the sound source pulsates or carries out oscillatory motion, the pressure in a point of space changes periodically and the molecules of gas carry out oscillatory motion | During the PGEWs propagation, the oscillatory motion of the gas molecules is absent. |
In sound wave, the compression and rarefaction zones alternate and move together in the same direction, moving away from the sound sours. | In the Pressure Gradient Elastic Waves, |
The process of “sound” waves propagation in a gas is an isentropic process. | The process of Pressure Gradient Elastic Waves propagation is adiabatic |
The energy of sound waves | The component, which is due to The energy of the PGEW |
Inside a bonded space, | Inside a bonded space, the compressed The PGEW cannot pass |