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Stimulated by ongoing discussions about the relevance of mechanical motion in the propagation of nerve signals capillary waves of water-based electrolytes in elastic tubular systems are considered as an essential ingredient. Their…
This paper was initiated by publication of Ref. [1] and can be considered as Comments on Ref. [1]. Authors of Ref. [1] investigate analytically the propagation of sound waves in one component monatomic gas (especially for the intermediate…
We theoretically study the propagation of sound waves in GaAs/AlAs superlattices focussing on periodic modes in the vicinity of the band gaps. Based on analytical and numerical calculations, we show that these modes are the product of a…
We (re)cosider the propagation of small disturbances (sound waves) in the presence of a pinned irrotational vortex in a superfluid with the help of the formalism of acoustic spacetimes. We give closed formulas for the scattering angle for…
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The propagation of intense acoustic waves in a one-dimensional phononic crystal is studied. The medium consists in a structured fluid, formed by a periodic array of fluid layers with alternating linear acoustic properties and quadratic…
Biological signaling is imagined as a combination of activation and transport. The former is triggered by local molecular interactions and the latter is the result of molecular diffusion. However, other fundamental physical principles of…
This letter presents a numerical investigation of acoustic modes propagating in an LiNbO$_3$/sapphire substrate under a periodic Al grating, demonstrating the occurrence of longitudinal leaky SAWs (LLSAWs) with a unique combination of very…
Lipid domains are found in systems such as multi-component bilayer membranes and single component monolayers at the air-water interface. It was shown by Andelman et al. (Comptes Rendus 301, 675 (1985)) and McConnell et al. (Phys. Chem. {\bf…
Based on our previous work, we propose a homogenized model of acoustic waves propagating through periodically perforated elastic plates with metamaterial properties due to embedded arrays of soft elastic inclusions serving for resonators.…
The propagation of acoustic waves in a poro-elastic medium of infinite extension containing spherical cavities randomly distributed is investigated. The scattering coefficients are computed in the low frequency limit using the sealed pore…
The weakly nonlinear dynamics of the free surface of a dielectric liquid in an electric field directed tangentially to the unperturbed boundary is investigated numerically. Within the framework of the strong field model, when the effects of…
The aim of this work is to study the energy transport by means of MHD waves propagating in quiet Sun magnetic topology from layers below the surface to the corona. Upward propagating waves find obstacles, such as the equipartition layer…
Ultrasound wave propagation in a nonhomogeneous linearly elastic layer of constant thickness is considered. The resonances for the corresponding acoustic propagator are studied. It is shown that the distribution of the resonances depends on…
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The primary contribution of this paper is to characterize the propagation of acoustic signal carrying information through any medium and the interaction of the travelling acoustic signal with the surrounding medium. We will use the concept…
Some facets of the way sound waves travel through glasses are still unclear. Recent works have shown that in the low-temperature harmonic limit a crucial role in controlling sound damping is played by local elastic heterogeneity. Sound…
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This study experimentally validates a numerical model of electromagnetic propagation through the human head during the pronunciation of different vowels, with the goal of improving our understanding of the underlying physical phenomena. A…