Transmission of acoustic waves through 2D phononic crystal: visco-thermal and multiple scattering effects

Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Université du Maine, UMR-CNRS 6613, Université du Maine, Av. Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9, France

Corresponding author: aroune.duclos@yahoo.fr

Received: 28 August 2008
Revised: 3 November 2008
Accepted: 5 November 2008
Published online: 16 January 2009

Abstract

In this paper, we are interested in the transition between regimes where either visco-thermal or multiple scattering effects dominate for the propagation of acoustic waves through a 2D regular square array of rigid cylinders embedded in air. An extension of the numerical method using Schlömilch series is performed in order to account for visco-thermal losses. Comparison with experimental data and results from classical homogenization theory allows to study the transition between a low frequency limit (where viscous and thermal effects dominate) and a high frequency regime (where multiple scattering effects become predominant). For this particular geometry, a large frequency domain where visco-thermal and multiple scattering effects coexist is found.