Impulse propagation in the nocturnal boundary layer: analysis of the geometric component

On clear dry nights over flat land, a temperature inversion and stable nocturnal wind jet lead to an acoustic duct in the lowest few hundred meters of the atmosphere. An impulsive signal propagating in such a duct is received at long ranges from the source as an extended wave train consisting of a series of weakly dispersed distinct arrivals followed by a strongly dispersed low-frequency tail. The leading distinct arrivals have been previously shown to be well modeled by geometric acoustics. In this paper, the geometric acoustics approximation for the leading arrivals is investigated. Using the solutions of the eikonal and transport equations, travel times, amplitudes, and caustic structures of the distinct arrivals have been determined. The time delay between and relative amplitudes of the direct-refracted and single ground reflection arrivals have been investigated as parameters for an inversion scheme. A two parameter quadratic approximation to the effective sound speed profile has been fit and found to be in strong agreement with meteorological measurements from the time of propagation.     

基于联合波叠加法的浅海信道下圆柱壳声辐射研究

针对浅海信道下弹性结构声辐射预报尚无高效可靠的研究方法,提出了一种浅海信道下弹性结构声辐射快速预报的联合波叠加法.该方法结合了浅海信道传输函数、多物理场耦合数值计算法和波叠加法理论,运用该方法可对浅海信道下弹性结构辐射声场进行快速预报.经数值法和解析解法验证后,从信道下辐射源、环境影响和辐射声场测量的角度研究分析了浅海信道下弹性圆柱壳的声辐射特性,阐释了进行浅海信道下结构声辐射研究的必要性.研究结果表明,仅在低频浅海信道下弹性结构可近似等效为点源,信道上下边界对声场产生显著的耦合影响,高频段的空间声场指向性分布尤为明显,垂直线列阵进行信道下结构辐射声功率测量时,测量结果受到信道环境边界和潜深的影响较大.     

Spectral shape discrimination of narrow-band sounds.

Measurements are reported on the detectability of signals added to narrow-band sounds. The narrow-band sounds had a bandwidth of 20 Hz and were either Gaussian noise with flat amplitude spectra or sets of equal-amplitude sinusoidal components whose phases were chosen at random. Four different kinds of sinusoidal signals were used. Two signals produced symmetric changes in the audio spectrum adding a component either at the center of the spectrum or at both ends. The other two signals produced asymmetric changes adding a component at either end of the spectrum. The overall level of the sound was randomly varied on each presentation, so that the presence of a signal was largely unrelated to the absolute level of the signal component(s). A model is proposed that assumes the detection of the symmetric signals is based on changes in the shape of the power spectrum of the envelope. Such changes in the envelope power spectrum are probably heard as changes in the "roughness" or "smoothness" of the narrow-band sound. The predictions of this model were obtained from computer simulations. For the asymmetric signals, the most probable detection cues were changes in the pitch of the narrow-band sound. Results from a variety of different experiments using three listeners support these conjectures.     

参量阵扬声器在管道噪声控制中的研究*

为了解决管道有源噪声控制中声反馈造成的系统复杂度和计算量的增加,文中引入参量阵扬声器作为次级声源,利用其强指向性减小控制系统的声反馈。为了验证该方法可行性,本文分别在直管和L管中,对600 Hz单频噪声和频率范围为500 Hz~1000 Hz的窄带噪声进行了管道有源噪声控制,同时测量了参量阵扬声器的管内声场和降噪范围。结果表明,参量阵扬声器声反馈小,在没有声反馈补偿的条件下对单频噪声的降噪效果基本达到了声反馈补偿条件下普通扬声器的降噪效果,对窄带噪声的降噪效果稍差。此外,通过测量管道声场和降噪量,确定了参量阵扬声器的降噪区域为误差传感器下游整个管道,降噪面积为管道整个截面。这说明参量阵扬声器作为次级声源降低了系统的复杂度和算法的计算量,并取得了较好的降噪效果。     

一种预测扩散声场在非规则形状刚性壁面附近干涉图样的方法

扩散声场会在反射边界附近形成干涉图样,研究方法包括平面波模型、简正模态分析、渐进模态分析等,但仅适用于尺度远大于声波波长的矩形声腔。提出一种预测扩散声场在非规则刚性壁面结构附近形成的干涉图样的数值方法,表明结构附近“受挡”声压的互谱矩阵取决于:(1)假定该结构在自由空间中振动辐射声音时其表面法向振速到表面及场点声压的边界元系数矩阵;(2)假定结构置于自由空间中且表面刚性时,点声源辐射声波入射到结构表面上产生的散射声场的边界元系数矩阵;(3)扩散声场均方声压。仿真表明,该途径预测的干涉图样与理论值完全吻合。该预测方法还可用于混响环境下声源附近直达声压均方值的空间分布估计,为混响环境下设备的声源定位提供帮助。      

三维浅海下弹性结构声辐射预报的有限元-抛物方程法

利用多物理场耦合有限元法对结构和流体适应性强、抛物方程声场计算高效准确的特点,提出了三维浅海波导下弹性结构声振特性研究的有限元-抛物方程法.该方法采用多物理场耦合有限元理论建立浅海下结构近场声辐射模型,计算局域波导下结构声振信息,并提取深度方向上复声压值作为抛物方程初始值;然后采用隐式差分法求解抛物方程以步进计算结构辐射声场.重点介绍了该方法对浅海下结构声辐射计算的准确性、高效性以及快速收敛性后,对Pekeris波导中有限长弹性圆柱壳的声振特性进行了分析.研究得出,当圆柱壳靠近海面(海底)时,其耦合频率比自由场下的要高(低),当潜深达到一定范围时,与自由场耦合频率基本趋于一致;在低频远场,结构辐射场与同强度点源声场具有一定的等效性,且等效距离随着频率增加而增加;由于辐射声场受结构振动模态、几何尺寸和简正波模式影响,结构辐射场传播的衰减规律按近场声影响区、球面波衰减区、介于球面波和柱面波衰减区、柱面波衰减区四个扩展区依次进行.     

A numerical halynometry experiment on an acoustic path in the Arctic ocean

It is shown that, in the Arctic-type deep-water waveguide, the first water mode can be used for acoustic halynometry at frequencies of about 40 Hz and higher. For this task, the stochastic sound scattering by the ice cover and the frequency dispersion of modes are the interfering factors. The data of numerical modeling are presented for the levels of the regular and stochastic components of the pseudo-noise signal and for the impulse response of the waveguide to narrow-band and broadband transmissions. To suppress the stochastically scattered component of the sound field, one can use a horizontal extended array. However, choosing the experimental site in a region with a mainly smooth ice cover may be more advantageous. It is shown that the frequency band of the received signal can be broadened by introducing a frequency-time correction of the propagation time of the first mode as a function of the sound frequency.     

A note on the modal kurtosis and the concentration factor in reverberation rooms

The effect known as "weak Anderson localization," "coherent backscattering," or "enhanced back-scattering" is a physical phenomenon that occurs in random systems, e.g., disordered media and linear wave systems, including reverberation rooms: The mean square response is increased at the drive point. In a reverberation room, this means that one can expect an increase of the reverberant sound field at the position of the source that generates the sound field. This affects the sound power output of the source and is therefore of practical concern. The relative increase of reverberant energy is described by the concentration factor, which is usually assumed to be 2. However, because of the stronger direct sound field at the source position, it is obviously very difficult to measure this quantity directly under steady-state conditions. A related parameter of crucial importance for the ensemble statistics of responses in rooms is the modal kurtosis, which is usually assumed to be 3. The modal kurtosis is also very difficult to measure directly. This paper presents the results of an indirect experimental estimation of the two parameters.     

Active noise cancellation of a spherical multipole source using a radially vibrating spherical baffled piston

The creation of quiet zones in a diffuse sound field due to a multipole spherical primary source by means of a radially vibrating surface set in the side of a rigid sphere (secondary source) is investigated in this article. The formulation utilizes the appropriate wave field expansions along with the translational addition theorems for spherical wave functions to develop a closed-form solution in the form of an infinite series. The numerical results reveal that using a baffled spherical piston model as a secondary source instead of a monopole control source will obviously improve the sound minimization efficiency of such noise-control systems in all cases, especially for a dipolar primary source.     

由小斜率近似计算空气声经粗糙海面透射至深海中的声场（英文）

The first-order small slope approximation is applied to the problem of the sound transmission from an airborne source into deep ocean through a rough sea surface,and expressions are derived for the transmitted sound field and its coherent component.Numerical calculations are performed.The sea surface is assumed to be random rough with a PiersonMoskowitz spectrum and to have height variations in only one dimension.For the case of the airborne line source,the small slope approximation results are in good agreement with those from integral equations,and show that the mean of sound intensity at observation direction with shallow depression angle increases and approaches a limit as the root-mean-square surface height increases,while the coherent field intensity consistently decreases.For the case of the point source,the small slope approximation results show that the mean of sound intensity depends significantly on the source-receiver bearing angle,but the coherent field intensity is independent of this angle.     

由小斜率近似计算空气声经粗糙海面透射至深海中的声场

采用一级小斜率近似方法处理空气声经粗糙海面透射至深海中的声场问题,导出了透射场及其相干分量的表达式。假定海面高度一维变化且频谱满足PM谱,采用小斜率近似方法计算了相应的透射场。对于空气中的线源,小斜率近似与积分方程方法结果一致。当水下测量点距离较远且深度较浅时,平均声强随海面均方根高度增加而增加至一极限值,相干声强则随海面均方根高度增加而一致减小。对于空气中的点源,小斜率近似计算表明,水下平均声强还依赖于测量点相对于声源的方位,而相干声强则与测量点的方位无关。      

Liquid-surface relief: Its transient behaviour for pulse-excited transducers

The investigation of ultrasonically produced liquid-surface relief by means of double-exposure holography to determine the sound intensity has been extended to pulsed ultrasonic waves and the transient behaviour of the surface relief. The rise time and height of the surface elevation varies considerably with pulse duration, sound field structure, and sound pressure amplitude. For pulse repetition frequencies higher than 200 Hz a steady-state condition is achieved.     

Thermooptical Mechanism of Sound Generation by High-Power Laser Radiation Propagating in the Atmosphere

In the present paper, the results of experimental and theoretical investigations into the thermooptical mechanism of sound generation by high-power pulsed laser radiation (HPLR) propagating in the atmosphere are given. Experiments were performed with collimated and weakly-focused beams of a pulsed CO₂ laser with a wavelength of 10.6 m. A sound pulse was recorded with omnidirectional microphones placed at distances of 0.2–0.5 m from the laser beam axis and spaced along the laser beam propagation path whose length was a few hundred meters. A sound pressure level was measured with a precision impulse sound level meter, and time histories of acoustic pulses were also displayed on the screen of an oscilloscope. Based on these investigations, the methods of thermoacoustic sounding of the effective HPLR beam radius and divergence angle, the laser energy absorption coefficient, and the total laser energy have been suggested and realized together with the method of the diagnostics of HPLR propagation regime from the waveform or spectrum of the received acoustic signal.     

On the relation between the growth of loudness and the discrimination of intensity for pure tones

The intensity jnd is often assumed to depend on the slope of the loudness function. One way to test this assumption is to measure the jnd for a sound that falls on distinctly different loudness functions. Two such functions were generated by presenting a 1000-Hz tone in narrow-band noise (925-1080 Hz) set at 70 dB SPL and in wideband noise (75-9600 Hz) set at 80 dB SPL. Over a range from near threshold to about 75 dB SPL, the loudness function for the tone is much steeper in the narrow-band noise than in the wideband noise. At 72 dB SPL, where the two loudness curves cross, the tone's jnd was measured in each noise by a block up-down two-interval forced-choice procedure. Despite the differences in slope (and in sensation level), the jnd (delta I/I) is nearly the same in the two noises, 0.22 in narrow-band noise and 0.20 in wideband noise. The mean value of 0.21 is close to the value of 0.25 interpolated from Jesteadt et al. [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 61, 169-176 (1977)] for a 1000-Hz tone that had the same loudness in quiet as did our 72-dB tone in noise, but lay on a loudness function with a much lower slope. These and other data demonstrate that intensity discrimination for pure tones is unrelated to the slope of the loudness function.     

Sound fields near building facades - comparison of finite and semi-infinite reflectors on a rigid ground plane

The sound field in front of, and close to a building facade is relevant to the measurement and prediction of environmental noise and sound insulation. For simplicity it is often assumed that the facade can be treated as a semi-infinite reflector, however in the low-frequency range (50-200 Hz) this is no longer appropriate as the wavelengths are similar or larger than the facade dimensions. Scale model measurements and predictions using integral equation methods have been used to investigate the effect of diffraction on the sound field in front of finite size reflectors. For the situation that is commonly encountered in front of building facades, the results indicate that diffraction effects are only likely to be significant in the low-frequency range (50-200 Hz) when the façade dimensions are less than 5 m. This assumes that there is a point source close to the ground and microphones at a height of 1.2 or 1.5 m, at a distance between 1 and 2 m in front of the façade.     

运动小孔径水平基阵估计目标深度

针对浅海动态声场,基于简正波模型提出了一种利用运动小孔径水平基阵估计目标深度的方法。通过合成孔径算法将运动小孔径水平基阵扩展成虚拟的大孔径水平基阵,利用稀疏近似最小方差准则可以在相对较小的合成孔径上估计各阶简正波模态能量,不同深度的模态匹配度由Camberra距离的负指数度量,目标深度估计结果是模态匹配度最大值对应深度。数值仿真与实验结果表明,在简正波声场结构基础上,声源频率越低则实现目标深度估计需要的合成孔径距离越小,当声源与阵列端射方向成一定角度时,对所需合成孔径的影响与其相对速度变化时的影响相同,在典型浅海水平分层波导中,当单阵元输入信噪比为10 dB时,准确估计200 Hz和350 Hz声源的深度,分别要求合成孔径大于12倍和16倍波导深度。利用实验数据验证了该方法对水下低频线谱声源的深度估计能力。      

Room acoustical model of external reverberation

A theory of external reverberation in urban built-up environments is developed, based on a classical room acoustical model. In the model, external reverberation is analyzed as a special limiting case of internal reverberation in rooms. Explicit formulae are deduced for the statistical value of the external reverberation time, and the spatial distribution of the external sound field amplitude with distance from a fixed, constant power, sound source, for which comparison with published experimental results is possible. Predictions of the theory compare reasonably well with the experimental values. It is found that the external reverberation time in a built-up area depends chiefly on the average building height, and to a lesser extent on the packing fraction, and the ratio of surface area to cross-sectional area of buildings which make up the built-up environment, apart from the absorptive properties of the building and ground plane surfaces. For the spatial distribution of the steady state sound field amplitude in a built-up environment, it is found that the diffuse field amplitude attenuates with distance from a fixed, constant power source exponentially faster than the inverse square law.     

Stream ambient noise, spectrum and propagation of sounds in the goby Padogobius martensii: sound pressure and particle velocity

The most sensitive hearing and peak frequencies of courtship calls of the stream goby, Padogobius martensii, fall within a quiet window at around 100 Hz in the ambient noise spectrum. Acoustic pressure was previously measured although Padogobius likely responds to particle motion. In this study a combination pressure (p) and particle velocity (u) detector was utilized to describe ambient noise of the habitat, the characteristics of the goby's sounds and their attenuation with distance. The ambient noise (AN) spectrum is generally similar for p and u (including the quiet window at noisy locations), although the energy distribution of u spectrum is shifted up by 50-100 Hz. The energy distribution of the goby's sounds is similar for p and u spectra of the Tonal sound, whereas the pulse-train sound exhibits larger p-u differences. Transmission loss was high for sound p and u: energy decays 6-10 dB10 cm, and sound pu ratio does not change with distance from the source in the nearfield. The measurement of particle velocity of stream AN and P. martensii sounds indicates that this species is well adapted to communicate acoustically in a complex noisy shallow-water environment.     

水平阵信号压缩感知用于简正波分离

针对水平阵信号简正波分离过程中常规波束形成分辨率低以及warping模态滤波不适用于复杂声信号的问题,提出水平阵信号压缩感知用于简正波分离的方法。利用压缩感知在方位估计中的高分辨特性,通过估计水平阵接收信号在频率方位角上的二维分布,分离得到各阶简正波的方位谱,并逆Fourier变换得到时域波形。仿真孔径1 km、阵元间隔10 m水平阵接收20~200 Hz伪随机声信号和脉冲声信号,所提方法分离出的各阶简正波与理论波形的相关系数在0.97~1.0。对2011年北黄海声学实验中的海底28元水平阵接收的气枪信号,在合成至1 km孔径后使用压缩感知方法分离简正波,其与warping模态滤波分离得的前5阶简正波相关系数在0.82~0.93。仿真与实验都说明了水平阵信号压缩感知简正波分离方法的有效性。      

考虑噪声源深度分布的海洋环境噪声模型及地声参数反演

考虑到海洋环境噪声源深度分布不集中,建立了噪声源随深度分布的海洋环境噪声模型,分析了源深度对噪声场垂向特征的影响并从简正波角度予以解释,发现海底声阻抗和声源深度都显著影响由海洋环境噪声获得的等效海底反射损失大掠射角部分,进而将该模型用于地声参数反演.两段实测噪声数据200—525 Hz频段的反演结果表明:基于海洋环境噪声的地声参数反演最优值与声传播的反演结果相近;源平均深度最优值随频率增加有变小的趋势,说明随频率增加环境噪声主要贡献源逐渐由航船转为风浪;当海况大于3级时,400 Hz以上频段噪声源深度平均值很小,与Monahan气泡理论的描述一致.