Acoustic streaming, i.e. the flow induced by a propagating acoustic wave, is investigated here with both experiental and numerical approaches. The ultrasound source is a 2MHz transducer with a 29mm diameter. The transducer is introduced inside a water tank with two absorbing walls. An intermediate absorbing wall is used to separate the near field from the far field. An other absorbing wall is placed in the opposite side to teh source to avoid reflective waves. Both near field and far field are studied. The measurements concern the acoustic pressure field (hydrophone) and the velocity field (PIV). Numerical simulations are also performed with the software STARCCM+TM. They solve the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with an acoustic force source term. Ths term is obtained by time scale separation: the slow variations of the flow are neglected on an acoustic time scale with regard to the fast variations of the acoustic field. The procedure is then similar to that used in turbulence for Reynolds stress calculation. A good agreement is eventually obtained between the experimental and numerical results.
