Real-time near-field acoustic holography for continuously visualizing nonstationary acoustic fields

Near-field acoustic holography (NAH) is an effective tool for visualizing acoustic sources from pressure measurements made in the near-field of sources using a microphone array. The method involving the Fourier transform and some processing in the frequency-wavenumber domain is suitable for the study of stationary acoustic sources, providing an image of the spatial acoustic field for one frequency. When the behavior of acoustic sources fluctuates in time, NAH may not be used. Unlike time domain holography or transient method, the method proposed in the paper needs no transformation in the frequency domain or any assumption about local stationary properties. It is based on a time formulation of forward sound prediction or backward sound radiation in the time-wavenumber domain. The propagation is described by an analytic impulse response used to define a digital filter. The implementation of one filter in forward propagation and its inverse to recover the acoustic field on the source plane implies by simulations that real-time NAH is viable. Since a numerical filter is used rather than a Fourier transform of the time-signal, the emission on a point of the source may be rebuilt continuously and used for other post-processing applications.     

Separation of nonstationary sound fields in the time-wavenumber domain

A number of sound field separation techniques have been proposed for different purposes. However, these techniques just consider the separation of sound fields in the space domain and are restricted to stationary sound fields. When the sound fields are nonstationary, it is also necessary to perform the separation in the time domain. Therefore, on the basis of the propagation principle of sound pressure in the time-wavenumber domain, a nonstationary sound field separation technique with two closely spaced parallel measurement surfaces is proposed. It can separate the nonstationary signals generated by the primary sources in both time and space domains when the disturbing sources exist on the other side of the measurement plane. The signals in time and space domains are separated by using the spatial Fourier transform method and the time domain deconvolution method. A simulation involving two monopoles driven by nonstationary signals demonstrates that the method proposed can remove the influence of disturbing sources in both time and space domains. The feasibility of this method is also demonstrated by an experiment with two loudspeakers located on two sides of measurement planes. Additionally, to comment more objectively on the separation results, some indicators are computed in both the simulation and experiment.     

基于支持向量回归的patch近场声全息研究

为了解决patch近场声全息中全息数据外推问题,提出一种基于支持向量回归的一步式patch近场声全息技术。该方法首先把初始全息面上的数据当成训练样本进行学习,构造出回归函数,然后利用回归函数实现全息数据外推,最后基于统计最优近场声全息进行重建。数值仿真和实验研究的结果表明:在各个分析频率下,该方法都可以实现小孔径全息面的近场外推。从近场声全息重建结果看,即使初始全息数据受到噪声干扰,该方法也是一种有效的patch近场声全息技术。      

单层传声器阵列重建相干声场的近场声全息方法研究

针对传声器阵列两侧存在相干声源的非自由声场重建问题,提出基于球面谐波函数扩展近场声全息理论的相干声场重建方法。该方法在已知测量面两侧声源几何位置时,使用单层传声器阵列获取测量面处的声压分布,通过最小二乘法获得与目标声源和干扰噪声源响应对应的最优球波函数扩展项数和最优系数向量,结合测点位置的空间坐标进行声波分解,并分别重建出各声源在测量面上的声压分布。为了验证方法的有效性,分别给出了相干噪声源为球形声源和非球形声源的仿真验证,并在全消声室内对双扬声器产生的相干声场的重建进行了实验验证。结果表明:该方法对球形声源和非球形声源干扰下的声场重建都具有较好的效果,球形声源干扰下的重建精度更高。      

Direct analysis of dispersive wave fields from near-field pressure measurements

Flexural waves play a significant role for the radiation of sound from plates. The analysis of flexural wave fields enables the detection of sources and transmission paths in plate-like structures. The measurement of these wave fields can be carried out indirectly by means of near-field acoustic holography, which determines the vibrational wave field from pressure information measured in a plane close to the plate under investigation. The reconstruction of the plate vibration is usually obtained by inverting the forward radiation problem, i.e., by inversion of an integral operator. In this article, it is shown that a pressure measurement taken in the extreme near-field of a vibrating plate can directly be used for the approximate analysis of the dispersive flexural wave field. The inversion step of near-field acoustic holography is not necessarily required if such an approximate solution is sufficient. The proposed method enables fast and simple analysis of dispersion characteristics. Application of dispersion compensation to the measured field allows for visualizations of propagating wavefronts, such that sources and scatterers in the plate can be detected. The capabilities of the described approach are demonstrated on several measurements.     

Partial field decomposition of multi-source cyclostationary sound field

The cyclostationary sound field is a kind of special non-stationary field which has obvious modulation phenomena. Conventional planar near-field acoustic holography (PNAH) technique cannot exactly reflect its modulation characteristics. If the cyclic spectral density (CSD) instead of the complex sound pressure is adopted as the reconstruction variable, the modulating wave and carrier wave components of the cyclostationary sound field can be extracted effectively. A new technique called cyclostationary PNAH utilizing the CSD is proposed in this paper. Based on this technique, the problem of partial field decomposition by singular value decomposition (SVD) of multiple incoherent cyclostationary sound sources is researched. The results of numerical simulation and experiments show that the CPNAH technique and SVD decomposition method are effective.     

基于声源预估的波叠加组合全息声源识别方法

为解决声源识别中旁瓣效应等因素引起的虚假识别结果问题,提出了基于声源位置预估的波叠加组合全息算法。应用波束形成算法进行声源位置的预估,将预估声压峰值点作为假定声源点,通过波叠加原理建立方程组,利用声源强度求解结果构造完整全息平面,通过声全息方法重新计算重建面声压。进行了仿真和实验验证,经该算法重构后,波束形成算法产生的虚假声源处的声压得以明显降低。表明该算法可以抑制旁瓣效应等因素的影响,提高声源识别的准确率。      

Sound field separation with a double layer velocity transducer array (L)

In near-field acoustic holography sound field separation techniques make it possible to distinguish between sound coming from the two sides of the array. This is useful in cases where the sources are not confined to only one side of the array, e.g., in the presence of additional sources or reflections from the other side. This paper examines a separation technique based on measurement of the particle velocity in two closely spaced parallel planes. The purpose of the technique is to recover the particle velocity radiated by a source in the presence of disturbing sound from the opposite side of the array. The technique has been examined and compared with direct velocity based reconstruction, as well as with a technique based on the measurement of the sound pressure and particle velocity. The double layer velocity method circumvents some of the drawbacks of the pressure-velocity based reconstruction, and it can successfully recover the normal velocity radiated by the source, even in the presence of strong disturbing sound.     

Uncertainty of array-based measurement of radiated and absorbed sound intensity

Patch near-field acoustic holography (NAH) coupled with an array of sound intensity probes allows separating the sound field incident on a surface from the one radiated by the surface itself. Although the measurement principle has been successfully used to separate the noise source contribution from disturbing sources and/or noise reflections, the method accuracy has not been investigated in the literature. We describe the results of experiments meant to evaluate the uncertainty in the identification of noise radiated by vibrating panels with different absorption characteristics in presence of an incident acoustic radiation using the statistically optimized near-field acoustic holography. Measurement errors were evaluated through tests performed in controlled acoustic conditions. Results evidenced that the measurement uncertainty depends on the accuracy of the microphone array positioning and on the incident sound field. These conclusions were in agreement with the results obtained by simulations in the phase of instrument optimization.     

Near-field acoustic holography analysis of modulated sound source

When conventional near-field acoustic holography(NAH) technique is applied to sound field induced by modulated signal,the modulating frequency can not be revealed by the reconstructed results.To solve the problem,a NAH analysis methodology for modulated sound source was proposed.Firstly,Hilbert transform was introduced to demodulate the signal,and then modulating component was reconstructed by NAH technique.Both numerical simulation and experiment results demonstrate that accurate reconstruction analysis can be obtained by the proposed method.     

基于时域多普勒修正的运动声全息识别方法

由于运动声源测量信号中多普勒效应的存在,一般声全息方法无法直接使用,而阵列信号波束成形处理方法无法进行定量分析.本方法建立了基于测量面、辐射面和全息面的运动学几何关系,提出了声源与测量信号之间的非线性时间映射方法,基于运动声源的声源特征函数,构造了消除多普勒效应的全息面时域声压分布.全息重建得到运动声源表面有效声压分布,实现了对主要声源处声压幅值的定量估计.实际运动声源的测量实验结果证明了该方法的有效性.     

近场反卷积聚焦波束形成声图测量

为了提高声图测量中对多个声源的分辨能力和定位精度,给出了一种近场二维反卷积聚焦波束形成声图测量方法。推导了水下声图测量的广义卷积模型,根据声图测量中点传播函数移变但可预测的特点,通过预存点传播函数字典的方式,将波束形成过程中的卷积问题转化成叠加积分问题,并应用二维Richardson-Lucy迭代算法实现了二维移变模型情况下的近场二维反卷积求解,从而实现高分辨声图测量。通过仿真和海试对比了反卷积、常规声图测量和MVDR声图测量的性能,结果表明反卷积算法在500次迭代情况下聚焦峰尺度小于另外两种算法的1/2,旁瓣级下降超过6 dB.      

空间声场全息重建的波叠加方法研究

提出了基于波叠加法的近场声场全息技术，并将其用于任意形状物体的声辐射分析.在声辐射计算问题中，边界元法是通过离散边界面上的声学和位置变量来实现，而波叠加方法则通过叠加辐射体内部若干个简单源产生的声场来完成.因而，基于波叠加法的声全息就不存在边界面上的参数插值和奇异积分等问题，而这些问题是基于边界元法的声全息所固有的.与基于边界元法的声全息相比较，基于波叠加法的声全息在原理上更易于理解，在计算机上更容易实现.实验结果表明：该种全息技术在重建声场时，具有令人满意的重建精度. 关键词： 声全息 逆问题 波叠加方法 正则化方法     

Underwater moving noise source identification based on hybrid near-field acoustical holography

Near-field acoustical holography (NAH) is a powerful tool for identifying noise sources and visualizing acoustic field. By recording the acoustic pressures in the near-field, the acoustic quantities in the whole 3-D field can be reconstructed and predicted. However, the current theory of NAH is not applicable to tracking large scale moving noise sources. Therefore, the hybrid near-field acoustical holography is developed for reconstructing acoustic radiation, which is derived from statistically optimized ne...     

双声源位置和强度识别的三维声强方法

目前在远场识别声源空间位置和强度缺乏行之有效的方法。针对此问题,提出采用四传声器进行三维声强测量,从而构建出声强、声源坐标和声功率的非车线性方程组,求解方程得出声源空间坐标和强度的方法。以3个三维声强探头对两个同频率单极子声源的识别为例,分别利用数值仿真和半消声室内的实验进行方法验证,并对声源的识别空间分辨率做了测试,得出角度识别最大误差为3.83°,为真实值的8.5%,距离识别最大误差0.1 m,为真实距离的10%。结果表明采用该方法空间坐标和声功率识别均具有很高的准确度,双声源的空间位置分辨力也优于远场声全息方法。      

Statistically optimized near field acoustic holography using an array of pressure-velocity probes

Statistically optimized near field acoustic holography (SONAH) differs from conventional near field acoustic holography (NAH) by avoiding spatial Fourier transforms; the processing is done directly in the spatial domain. The main advantage of SONAH compared with NAH is that the usual requirement of a measurement aperture that extends well beyond the source can be relaxed. Both NAH and SONAH are based on the assumption that all sources are on one side of the measurement plane whereas the other side is source free. An extension of the SONAH procedure based on measurement with a double layer array of pressure microphones has been suggested. The double layer technique makes it possible to distinguish between sources on the two sides of the array and thus suppress the influence of extraneous noise coming from the "wrong" side. It has also recently been demonstrated that there are significant advantages in NAH based on an array of acoustic particle velocity transducers (in a single layer) compared with NAH based on an array of pressure microphones. This investigation combines the two ideas and examines SONAH based on an array of pressure-velocity intensity probes through computer simulations as well as experimentally.     

适用于循环平稳声场的基于波叠加法的近场声全息技术

在原有的平面循环平稳近场声全息基础上，提出一种基于波叠加法的循环平稳近场声全息技术，可以对具有复杂表面的声源进行全息重建，重建的声源表面声压谱相关密度函数能反映出调制信号的信息.声源表面声压谱相关密度函数全息图形象地反映了调制信号在表面的强弱分布情况，可由此确定调制信号源的产生位置.仿真分析和实验验证表明，基于波叠加法的循环平稳近场声全息技术可以更准确地反映循环平稳声场的调制特性.该方法继承了波叠加法的优点，无需计算边界奇异积分，计算效率高、精度好.     

声场分离技术及其在近场声全息中的应用

提出空间声场分离技术，突破了近场声全息（NAH）的应用局限.它们的局限在于全息面一侧的声场必须是自由声场，即要求所有的声源必须位于另一侧.利用波数域内的波场外推理论及声压的标量叠加原理，建立起声场分离技术的双全息面实现方法，利用波数域内的Euler公式及粒子振速的矢量叠加原理，建立起该技术的单全息面实现方法.该技术的一个突出优点是在具有背景噪声的全息测量情况下, 可以消除背景噪声对全息变换结果的影响.理论的推导表明该技术方法的正确性，而仿真算例和实验则显示该技术的可行性和有效性. 关键词： 声全息 波数域 声场分离 背景噪声     

适用于循环平稳声场的基于波叠加法的近场声全息技术

在原有的平面循环平稳近场声全息基础上,提出一种基于波叠加法的循环平稳近场声全息技术,可以对具有复杂表面的声源进行全息重建,重建的声源表面声压谱相关密度函数能反映出调制信号的信息.声源表面声压谱相关密度函数全息图形象地反映了调制信号在表面的强弱分布情况,可由此确定调制信号源的产生位置.仿真分析和实验验证表明,基于波叠加法的循环平稳近场声全息技术可以更准确地反映循环平稳声场的调制特性.该方法继承了波叠加法的优点,无需计算边界奇异积分,计算效率高、精度好. 关键词： 近场声全息 循环平稳信号 波叠加     

Patch nearfield acoustic holography combined with sound field separation technique applied to a non-free field

The conventional nearfield acoustic holography(NAH) is usually based on the assumption of free-field conditions, and it also requires that the measurement aperture should be larger than the actual source. This paper is to focus on the problem that neither of the above-mentioned requirements can be met, and to examine the feasibility of reconstructing the sound field radiated by partial source, based on double-layer pressure measurements made in a non-free field by using patch NAH combined with sound field separation technique. And also, the sensitivity of the reconstructed result to the measurement error is analyzed in detail. Two experiments involving two speakers in an exterior space and one speaker inside a car cabin are presented. The experimental results demonstrate that the patch NAH based on single-layer pressure measurement cannot obtain a satisfied result due to the influences of disturbing sources and reflections, while the patch NAH based on double-layer pressure measurements can successfully remove these influences and reconstruct the patch sound field effectively.