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We examine acoustic radiation force and torque on a small (subwavelength) absorbing isotropic particle immersed in a monochromatic (but generally inhomogeneous) sound-wave field. We show that by introducing the monopole and dipole…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-11-06 I. D. Toftul , K. Y. Bliokh , M. I. Petrov , F. Nori

We derive general analytical expressions for the time-averaged acoustic radiation force on a small spherical particle suspended in a fluid and located in an axisymmetric incident acoustic wave. We treat the cases of the particle being…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-30 Bjørn G. Winckelmann , Henrik Bruus

Analytical expressions are derived for the time-averaged, quasi-steady, acoustic radiation force on a heated, spherical, elastic, solid microparticle suspended in a fluid and located in an axisymmetric incident acoustic wave. The heating is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-30 Henrik Bruus , Bjørn G. Winckelmann

The nonlinear interaction of a time-harmonic acoustic wave with an anisotropic particle gives rise to the radiation force and torque effects. These phenomena are at the heart of the acoustofluidics technology, where microparticles such as…

We calculate the acoustic radiation force from an ultrasound wave on a compressible, spherical particle suspended in a viscous fluid. Using Prandtl--Schlichting boundary-layer theory, we include the kinematic viscosity of the solvent and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-12-12 Mikkel Settnes , Henrik Bruus

The nonlinear interaction of ultrasonic waves with a nonspherical particle may give rise to the acoustic radiation torque on the particle. This phenomenon is investigated here considering a rigid prolate spheroidal particle of subwavelength…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-04-22 Jose P. Leao-Neto , Jose H. Lopes , Glauber T. Silva

A rigid spherical particle in an acoustic wave field oscillates at the wave period but has also a mean motion on a longer time scale. The dynamics of this mean motion is crucial for numerous applications of acoustic microfluidics, including…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-19 Jin-Han Xie , Jacques Vanneste

It is well known that acoustic fields can produce forces on single particles, however they can also induce inter-particle forces due to multiple scattering events. This multi-particle force -- here referred to as acoustic binding -- is…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-03-10 Nicholas St. Clair , Dominique Davenport , Arnold D. Kim , Dustin Kleckner

We present results of theoretical description of ultrasonic phenomena in molecular liquids. In particular, we are interested in the development of microscopical, i.e., statistical-mechanical framework capable to explain the long living…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-08-30 A. E. Kobryn , F. Hirata

We provide a detailed analysis on the acoustic radiation force and torque exerted on a homogeneous viscoelastic particle in the long-wave limit (the particle radius is much smaller than the incident wavelength) by an arbitrary wave. We…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-04-19 J. P. Leao-Neto , Glauber T. Silva

We present a theoretical analysis of the acoustic radiation force on a single small particle, either a thermoviscous fluid droplet or a thermoelastic solid particle, suspended in a viscous and heat-conducting fluid medium. Our analysis…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-02-02 Jonas Tobias Karlsen , Henrik Bruus

We present a theoretical expression for the acoustic interaction force between small spherical particles suspended in an ideal fluid exposed to an external acoustic wave. The acoustic interaction force is the part of the acoustic radiation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-02-02 Glauber T. Silva , Henrik Bruus

Optical and acoustic metasurfaces are two-dimensional arrays of subwavelength elements that locally modulate or phase shift incident waves. Acoustoplasmonic metasurfaces combine the physics of light and sound, producing acoustic wavefronts…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-04-11 Julia E. Holland , Nicholas Boechler , Lisa V. Poulikakos

Acoustophoresis deals with the manipulation of sub-wavelength scatterers in an incident acoustic field. The geometric details of manipulated particles are often neglected by replacing them with equivalent symmetric geometries such as…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Shahrokh Sepehrirahnama , Sebastian Oberst , Yan Kei Chiang , David Powell

Acoustic radiation force and torque arising from wave scattering are able to translate and rotate matter without contact. However, the existing research mainly focused on manipulating simple symmetrical geometries, neglecting the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 Tianquan Tang , Lixi Huang

Waves impart momentum and exert force on obstacles in their path. The transfer of wave momentum is a fundamental mechanism for contactless manipulation, yet the rules of conventional scattering intrinsically limit the radiation force based…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-11-03 Matthew Stein , Sam Keller , Yujie Luo , Ognjen Ilic

In this paper, the acoustic interaction forces and torques exerted by an arbitrary time-harmonic wave on a set of N spheres suspended in an inviscid fluid are theoretically analyzed. In so doing, we utilize the partial-wave expansion method…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 J. Henrique Lopes , M. Azarpeyvand , G. T. Silva

We demonstrate theoretically that acoustic forces acting on inhomogeneous fluids can be used to pattern and manipulate solute concentration fields into spatio-temporally controllable configurations stabilized against gravity. A theoretical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-29 Jonas T. Karlsen , Henrik Bruus

The study of sound propagation in a uniform duct having a mean flow has many applications, such as in the design of gas turbines, heating, ventilation and air conditioning ducts, automotive intake and exhaust systems, and in the modeling of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-03-26 D. Veerababu , Prasanta K. Ghosh

We theoretically investigate how the acoustic radiation force and torque arise on a small spheroidal particle immersed in a nonviscous fluid inside an ideal cylindrical chamber. The ideal chamber comprises a hard top and bottom (rigid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-12-30 Jose P. Leao-Neto , Mauricio Hoyos , Jean-Luc Aider , Glauber T. Silva
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