Theory of sound field in a room

In the normal-mode theory of Morse, it gives a series of normal modes as the solution of forced vibration in a room. But actually there is always the direct radiation besides the normal modes which represent the reverbrant sound field only. The reason is that the normal modes were assumed only in the source, and naturally normal modes only are obtained in the solution. A theory of double source is proposed, that the sound source is both the source of the direct radiation as if in free space before the boundary surfaces were reached by the direct radiation, and after the first reflection from the boundary surfaces, the source of the reflected wavelets, randomly distributed both in space an in time on the boundary surfaces that build up the normal modes after further reflections. The wave equation is formed accordingly, and the solution of the wave equation, the sound field in a room, contains explicitly both the direct radiation and the reverberant sound formed of normal modes. The approximate mean square sound pressure is found to be the dircet sound determined by the sound power of the source,and reverberant sound determined by the sound power reduced by a factor of π/2, different slightly from the result obtained from energy consideration, if the source is pure tone. There is essentially no difference for a source of band noise.     

Theory of sound field in a room—re-examination

The theory of steady-state sound field in a room is re-examined. It is shown that the normal-mode solution of the wave equation is not the exact solution, and the derivation is incorrect... The exact solution of the wave equation in a reflective room should contain both the free space solution (direct sound field) and the standing wave solution (reverberant sound field), the latter is formed by all the reflected waves to a group of allowed wave types (the normal modes of vibration ).     

Resonance modes in optical fibres

The weakly nonlinear boundary value problem of wave propagation in an optical fibere(for the transverse electric mode,for example)is formulated and a modified linear solution is obained.It is shown that a self-consistent theory of fibre optics should be weakly nonlinear,The mode of critical refraction that does not exist in the linear theory is obtained,showing that it is a mode consisting of resonance modes,It is shown that the signal carriers in a long fibre are of resonance modes,not normal modes,Some experimental data are given for comparison with the theoretical predictions and the agreement seems satisfactory.     

SCATTERING NEAR FIELD OF A RECTANGULAR COMPOSITE PLATE IMMERSED IN WATER

According to the extensive theory of flexural vibration of elastic-viscoelastic composite platesystem in a previous paper,the vibration and scattering sound near field of an immersed rectangularelastic-viscoelastic composite plate in an underwater sound are studied.The solution for deflectionof the composite plate is expanded into a series in terms of normal mode,whatever plate is vibratingin water under the influence of incident sound wave.The interaction between normal modes owingto sound field coupling is taken into consideration.As a function of(kl_1,r;m,n;p,q),the couplingcoefficients between(m,n);(p,q)modes of vibration are calculated numerically.Whith these coef-ficients,the vibration of composite plate and the sound irradiation from which may be characterized(where k is wave number,l_1,is length of one parallel edges,r=1_2/l_1 is parametric variable,l_2 is lengthof another parallel edges).And then,the complex values of amplitude of normal modes for flexuralmotion of a Steel-Rubber bilaminar plate     

Bubble nonlinear dynamics and stimulated scattering process

A complete understanding of the bubble dynamics is deemed necessary in order to achieve their full potential applications in industry and medicine. For this purpose it is first needed to expand our knowledge of a single bubble behavior under different possible conditions including the frequency and pressure variations of the sound field. In addition, stimulated scattering of sound on a bubble is a special effect in sound field, and its characteristics are associated with bubble oscillation mode. A bubble in liquid can be considered as a representative example of nonlinear dynamical system theory with its resonance, and its dynamics characteristics can be described by the Keller–Miksis equation. The nonlinear dynamics of an acoustically excited gas bubble in water is investigated by using theoretical and numerical analysis methods. Our results show its strongly nonlinear behavior with respect to the pressure amplitude and excitation frequency as the control parameters, and give an intuitive insight into stimulated sound scattering on a bubble. It is seen that the stimulated sound scattering is different from common dynamical behaviors, such as bifurcation and chaos, which is the result of the nonlinear resonance of a bubble under the excitation of a high amplitude acoustic sound wave essentially. The numerical analysis results show that the threshold of stimulated sound scattering is smaller than those of bifurcation and chaos in the common condition.     

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOUND FIELD IN SHALLOW WATER

The field of a harmonic point source in a layered medium has a certain angular distribution.Although the angular distribution of the sound field can be calculated for a given receiving point bythe ray theory,the effect of the frequency on the angular distribution function and the sound field inshadow zones can not be calculated.In this paper,the angular distribution of the sound field in layeredmedia is discussed based on the normal-mode theory,and the general expression of the angular dis-tribution function and the attenuation of the sound field with distance for directional reception areobtained.The results given in the paper can be used for the calculation of the sound field in shadowzones and they represent the influence of the frequency on the sound field.When the underwater acous-tic channel and the performance of signal detection in it are investigated,the optimum receiving direc-tion can be chosen by utilizing the obtained results.For a given medium model the numerical cal-culations are conducted     

The form-invariance of wave equations without requiring a priori relations between field variables

According to the principle of relativity,the equations describing the laws of physics should have the same forms in all admissible frames of reference,i.e.,form-invariance is an intrinsic property of correct wave equations.However,so far in the design of metamaterials by transformation methods,the form-invariance is always proved by using certain relations between field variables before and after coordinate transformation.The main contribution of this paper is to give general proofs of form-invariance of electromagnetic,sound and elastic wave equations in the global Cartesian coordinate system without using any assumption of the relation between field variables.The results show that electromagnetic wave equations and sound wave equations are intrinsically form-invariant,but traditional elastodynamic equations are not.As a by-product,one can naturally obtain new elastodynamic equations in the time domain that are locally accurate to describe the elastic wave propagation in inhomogeneous media.The validity of these new equations is demonstrated by some numerical simulations of a perfect elastic wave rotator and an approximate elastic wave cloak.These findings are important for solving inverse scattering problems in many fields such as seismology,nondestructive evaluation and metamaterials.     

Active control of radiated sound using nearfield pressure sensing

Based on nearfield sound pressure sensing to pick up error information, an approach for constructing active acoustic structure to effectively reduce radiated sound power at low frequency is proposed. The idea is that a nearfield pressure after active control is used as error signals and transformed into an objective function in adaptive active control process.Firstly sound power expression using near-field pressure radiated from a flexible structure is derived, and then three kind of nearfield pressure based active control strategies,i.e.minimization of radiated sound power, minimization of sound power for dominant radiation modes and minimization of sound power for modified dominant radiation modes are respectively presented and applied to active control of radiated single and broadband noise. Finally computer simulations on sound power reduction under three strategies are conducted and it is shown that the proposed active control strategies are invalid and considerable reduction in radiated sound power can be achieved.     

An improvement of the lattice theory of dislocation for a two-dimensional triangular crystal

The structure of dislocation in a two-dimensional triangular crystal has been studied theoretically on the basis of atomic interaction and lattice statics. The theory presented in this paper is an improvement to that published previously.Within a reasonable interaction approximation, a new dislocation equation is obtained, which remedies a fault existing in the lattice theory of dislocation. A better simplification of non-diagonal terms of the kernel is given. The solution of the new dislocation equation asymptotically becomes the same as that obtained in the elastic theory, and agrees with experimental data. It is found that the solution is formally identical with that proposed phenomenologically by Foreman et al, where the parameter can be chosen freely, but cannot uniquely determined from theory. Indeed, if the parameter in the expression of the solution is selected suitably, the expression can be well applied to describe the fine structure of the dislocation.     

Influence of particle packing structure on sound velocity

The anisotropy in the particle systems of different packing structures affects the sound velocity. The acoustic propagation process in four kinds of packing structures(denoted as S45, H60, S90, and D) of two-dimensional granular system is simulated by the discrete element method. The velocity v_(tof) obtained by the time of flight method and the velocity vc obtained from the stiffness tensor of the system are compared. Different sound velocities reflect various packing structures and force distributions within the system. The compression wave velocities of H60 and S90 are nearly the same, and transmit faster than that of D packing structure, while the sound velocity of S45 is the smallest. The shear wave velocities of S45 and H60 are nearly the same, and transmit faster than that of D packing structure. The compression wave velocity is sensitive to the volume fraction of the structure, however, the shear wave velocity is more sensitive to the geometrical structure itself. As the normal stress p is larger than 1 MPa, v_(tof) and vc are almost equal, and the stiffness tensors of various structures explain the difference of sound velocities. When the normal stress is less than 1 MPa, with the coordination number unchanged, the law v_(tof) ∝ p~(1/4) still exists. This demonstrates that apart from different power laws between force and deformation as well as the change of the coordination number under different stresses, there are other complicated causes of v_(tof)∝ p~(1/4), and an explanation of the deviation from v_(tof) ∝ p~(1/6) is given from the perspective of dissipation.     

指向性辐射器的简正波声场

本文讨论比较一般的指向性辐射器在分层介质中的声场,并将指向性概念应用于简正波计算。结果表明,对无方向性点源的简正波表示式补充以指向性激发函数,就可得到指向性辐射器的简正波声场,而指向性激发函数与辐射器的位置及指向特性有关。文中还分别计算了具有垂直对称性、反对称性、单边指向性以及尖锐指向性的辐射器的简正波声场。对于均匀水层中的垂直线阵,若源的分布函数正比于某一简正波的本征函数,则指向性激发函数的零点正好对应于其他简正波的本征射线的方向。 关键词：     

A review of research progress in air-to-water sound transmission

International and domestic research progress in theory and experiment and applications of the air-to-water sound transmission are presented in this paper. Four classical numerical methods of calculating the underwater sound field generated by an airborne source, i.e., the ray theory, the wave solution, the normal-mode theory and the wavenumber integration approach, are introduced. Effects of two special conditions, i.e., the moving airborne source or medium and the rough air-water interface, on the air-to-water sound transmission are reviewed. In experimental studies, the depth and range distributions of the underwater sound field created by different kinds of airborne sources in near-field and far-field, the longitudinal horizontal correlation of underwater sound field and application methods for inverse problems are reviewed.     

浅海内波影响下的波导不变量变化特性分析

针对浅海内波引起波导不变量变化的问题,利用声场波导不变量的概率分布并结合声场简正波的理论,研究了内波活动下波导不变量的时变性,给出了波导不变量变化的机理和规律.具体结论是,在负跃层波导中,声场的波导不变量的最大概率取值具有明显的频变特性.内波环境下,当声传播方向与内波波阵面平行时,接收声场简正波的幅度变化不大,但是简正波的相慢度差和群慢度差的变化却能引起波导不变量最大概率取值的变化;而当声传播方向与内波波阵面垂直时,内波引起的简正波耦合同样会导致波导不变量的最大概率取值的明显变化.     

一种可稳定计算Pekeris波导中声场的波数积分方法

提出一种可稳定计算Pekeris波导中声场的波数积分方法,并在此基础上开发出一个数值模型,可用于提供Pekeris波导中声场的精确、稳定的数值解。在这个方法中,由于与深度有关的波动方程齐次解中所有的上行波与下行波均采用了合理的归一化表示,从而得到的系统方程是无条件稳定的。在简正波方法中,割线积分一般只对近场有显著影响。因此,传统的简正波模型一般都忽略割线积分对声场的贡献。但是,如果某号简正波离割线非常近,则割线积分对非常远距离的声场仍可能有显著影响。在这种情况下,传统的简正波模型由于忽略割线积分的贡献,从而得到的声场结果是不准确的。本文通过数值算例比较本文提出的波数积分模型与传统的简正波模型。数值结果表明,本文提出的模型可以提供精确、稳定的Pekeris波导中声场的数值解,而在某些情况下传统的简正波模型得到的声场结果是不准确的。因此,本文提出的模型可以作为Pekeris波导中声传播问题的标准模型使用。      

开孔对封闭空间共振特性的影响

研究了开孔对封闭空间声场的影响。通过将孔内振动空气等效为点源,用模态展开法建立了开孔封闭空间的声场模型,计算了开孔封闭空间高阶共振频率和在共振频率激励下的声压分布。结果显示:开孔等效于孔处声质量减小,一般使得开孔封闭空间的共振频率增加;但当孔位于某模态节点时,由于该阶模态与任一模态在开孔处未发生耦合,该模态共振频率不变;由于在开孔区域对应于激励频率的模态声压和其余各阶模态声压之和的相位相反,高阶共振频率激励下靠近小孔位置的声压减小。因此,开孔对封闭空间声场有影响,其影响程度与开孔位置和开孔尺寸有关。      

矩形单元声场波函数构造及其应用

在波叠加法中,结构外部声场是在离散边界上对Green函数进行积分并叠加得到,但数值积分的计算效率较低。而等效源法虽然提高了计算效率,但其面源简化为点源的过程中存在较大的积分近似误差。针对上述两种方法的缺陷,构造了一种波函数以替代离散单元关于Green函数积分的声场。首先,利用球坐标系下Helmholtz方程的解,推导了替代矩形单元积分的一般形式波函数及效率更高的内推波函数。其次,当离散单元为正方形时,将其近似成圆形域,进一步简化了内推波函数的表达式。最后,将所构造的波函数应用于声场计算。数值结果表明,在计算单个矩形单元外部辐射声场时,构造的波函数不仅保证了计算精度,而且相比于直接积分大幅度提高了计算效率。其中,矩形域一般形式和内推形式的波函数计算效率是直接积分的5～6倍,圆形域内推波函数计算效率达到了直接积分的12～13倍。在简支板声源和立方箱体辐射声源数值算例中,圆形域内推波函数在整个计算频段的声场计算精度均高于等效源法。     

Matched field processing with data-derived modes

The authors demonstrate MFP using data-derived modes and the sound speed profile, using no a priori bottom information. Mode shapes can be estimated directly from vertical line array data, without a priori knowledge of the environment and without using numerical wave field models. However, it is difficult to make much headway with data-derived modes alone, without wave numbers, since only a few modes at a few frequencies may be captured, and only at depths sampled by the array. Using a measured sound speed profile, the authors derive self-consistent, complete sets of modes, wave numbers, and bottom parameters from data-derived modes. Bottom parameters enable modes to be calculated at all frequencies, not just those at which modes were derived from data. This process is demonstrated on SWellEx-96 experiment data. Modes, wave numbers, and bottom parameters are derived from one track and MFP based on this information is demonstrated on another track.     

Mean field of a low-frequency sound wave propagating in a fluctuating ocean

Statistical characteristics of low-frequency sound waves propagating over long distances in a fluctuating ocean are important for many practical problems. In this paper, using the theory of multiple scattering, the mean field of a low-frequency sound wave was analytically calculated. In these calculations, the ratio of the sound wavelength and the scale of random inhomogeneities can be arbitrary. Furthermore, the correlation function of inhomogeneities is expressed in terms of a modal spectrum (e.g., internal waves modes). The obtained mean sound field is expressed as a sum of normal modes that attenuate exponentially. It is shown that the extinction coefficients of the modes are linearly related to the spectrum of random inhomogeneities in the ocean. Measurements of the extinction coefficients can therefore be used for retrieving this spectrum. The mean sound field is calculated for both 3D and 2D geometries of sound propagation. The results obtained can be used to study the range of applicability of the 2D propagation model.     

空气中声源激发水下声场的水平纵向相关性

声场的空间相关特性是声场的重要特征,对水下探测、水声通讯等各种设备在实际海洋环境中应用的参数选择具有重要意义,是水声工程技术研究的重要基础之一。相比于水中声源激发声场的相关特性研究,空气中声源的相关研究很少。本文推导了空气中声源激发水下声场的水平纵向相关的简正波表达式,并通过数值仿真分析,比较了声源分别位于空气中和水中时水下声场的水平纵向相关特性。对南海海域进行的一次悬挂汽笛空气声源、海底水平阵接收信号海上实验获得的数据进行分析,结果表明:空气中声源位于不同距离时,其发射的声信号激发水下声场的水平纵向相关均存在明显的起伏结构,基于本文提出的空气中声源激发水下声场的水平纵向相关系数的简正波表达式能够较好地解释该现象.