Acoustics of a Liquid with Bubbles Covered by a Viscoelastic Shell

Abstract

The problem of propagation of acoustic waves in a liquid with gas bubbles covered by a viscoelastic shell has been considered. The dependence of the wave number on the perturbation frequency has been found. The low-frequency asymptotes for the phase velocity and the attenuation coefficient have been deduced. The dependence of the equilibrium sound velocity on the perturbation frequency and size of covered bubbles has been established and illustrated. A comparison of the theory with the known experimental data is presented.