Archives of Acoustics, 48, 4, pp. 465–473, 2023
10.24425/aoa.2023.146643

Modulation Mechanism of Acoustic Scattering in Underwater Corner Reflectors with Acoustic Metasurfaces

Jiaman DU
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
China

Zilong PENG
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
China

Lili GE
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
China

Shijin LYU
1) Jiangsu University of Science and Technology 2) China Ship Science Research Center
China

Fulin ZHOU
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China

Yan LIU
Shanghai Research Institute of Materials
China

Using the tunderwater corner reflector (CR) to simulate the acoustic scattering characteristics of the military target is a new technology to counter active sonar detection. Existing underwater CRs only have the ability to interfere with the acoustic field, but have limitations in acoustic wave modulation. Therefore, acoustic metasurfaces applied on CRs to enhance the ability of acoustic wave modulation has a great application prospect. A fast prediction method based on the Kirchhoff approximation (KA) and the ray tracing theory is proposed to calculate the acoustic scattering characteristics of CR with acoustic metasurfaces in grooves array type. The accuracy of the method is verified by the finite element method (FEM) simulation. The modulation effect of CR with grooves array in different gradient combinations on the structural scattering acoustic field is analyzed. The research shows that the CR with different combinations of the acoustic metasurface has an obvious modulation effect on the amplitude of the acoustic waves and the deflection of acoustic field. In particular, the grooves array in combination with positive and negative gradients has an obvious deflection impact on the scattering acoustic field.
Keywords: acoustic scattering; metasurface; ray tracing; corner reflector; virtual source method.
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DOI: 10.24425/aoa.2023.146643