The invention discloses a simulation method for a rectangular ultrasonic transducer sound field. The simulation method includes the following steps of 1, establishing a space rectangular coordinate system; 2, regionalizing a fourth quadrant; and 3, simulating a sound field of a rectangular ultrasonic transducer under a simulation software environment by a computer. Specifically, 301, setting and storing initial parameters; 302, setting a coordinate of an arbitrary point P (x,y,z) in sound field radiation space, 303, judging and mapping the position of the point P (x,y,z), 304, determining function relationship h (x,y,z,t)=rec_response (x,y,z,a,b), 305, determining space pulse response h (x,y,z,t) of the transducer by the space point P (x,y,z), 306, determining transient sound pressure p (x,y,z,t) of the transducer by the space point P (x,y,z), 307, determining sound pressure maximum pmax (x,y,z) of the transducer by the space point P (x,y,z), and 308, determining sound pressure distribution rule of the rectangular ultrasonic transducer. The simulation method for the rectangular ultrasonic transducer sound field is novel and reasonable in design, convenient to be realized, low in cost, high in simulation efficiency and high in accuracy, provides theoretical basis for optimizing the design of the rectangular transducer and making nondestructive testing process, and is high in practicability.