Abstract
The paper investigates the effect of fluid viscosity on wave reflection at sites of geometric and/or mechanical discontinuity in a system of liquid-filled tubes, when the transmission of pressure pulses along these tubes is governed by a linear medium wavelength (LMW) theory. This theory is capable of describing the propagation of pressure impulses that contain frequencies in the range 0–500 Hz. We derive formulae for the reflection coefficients at a junction between two dissimilar tubes and examine the influence of fluid viscosity on these coefficients. Over much of the frequency spectrum under consideration, viscosity changes the reflection coefficients very little. The influence of viscosity is significant, however, at frequencies below 1 Hz.
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