Theoretical and experimental examination of near-field acoustic levitation

A planar object can be levitated stably close to a piston sound source by making use of acoustic radiation pressure. This phenomenon is called near-field acoustic levitation [Y. Hashimoto et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 2057-2061 (1996)]. In the present article, the levitation distance is predicted...

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Published inThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol. 111; no. 4; p. 1578
Main Authors Nomura, Hideyuki, Kamakura, Tomoo, Matsuda, Kazuhisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2002
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Summary:A planar object can be levitated stably close to a piston sound source by making use of acoustic radiation pressure. This phenomenon is called near-field acoustic levitation [Y. Hashimoto et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 2057-2061 (1996)]. In the present article, the levitation distance is predicted theoretically by numerically solving basic equations in a compressible viscous fluid subject to the appropriate initial and boundary conditions. Additionally, experiments are carried out using a 19.5-kHz piston source with a 40-mm aperture and various aluminum disks of different sizes. The measured levitation distance agrees well with the theory, which is different from a conventional theory, and the levitation distance is not inversely proportional to the square root of the surface density of the levitated disk in a strict sense.
ISSN:0001-4966
DOI:10.1121/1.1453452