Dynamic response of a monorail steel bridge under a moving train

This study proposes a dynamic response analysis procedure for traffic-induced vibration of a monorail bridge and train. Each car in the monorail train is idealized as a dynamic system of 15-degrees-of-freedom. The governing equations of motion for a three-dimensional monorail bridge-train interaction system are derived using Lagrange's formulation for monorail trains, and a finite-element method for modal analysis of monorail bridges. Analytical results on dynamic response of the monorail train and bridge are compared with field-test data in order to verify the validity of the proposed analysis procedure, and a positive correlation is found. An interesting feature of the monorail bridge response is that sway motion is caused by torsional behavior resulting from eccentricity between the shear center of the bridge section and the train load.     

Dynamic analysis of a coupled high-speed train and bridge system subjected to collision load

A dynamic analysis model is established for a coupled high-speed train and bridge system subjected to collision-load. A 7×32 m simply-supported high-speed railway bridge with box girders is considered as an illustrating case study. A high-speed China-Star train is traveling on the bridge. The time history curve of a drifting-floe collision force is obtained from a field experiment and introduced as the excitation load on the bridge piers. Then, the dynamic response of the coupled train–bridge system subjected to the measured drifting-floe collision is calculated. Afterwards, the running safety indices such as derailment factor, offload factor and lateral wheel-rail force of train vehicles are investigated. The results show that the dynamic response of the bridge subjected to a collision load is much greater than the one without a collision, resulting in a big influence on the running safety of high-speed trains. For the case study, a critical train speed curve is proposed to evaluate the running safety of train vehicles on the bridge under drifting-floe collision with various intensities.     

Concrete bridge-borne low-frequency noise simulation based on train–track–bridge dynamic interaction

Both the vibration of a railway bridge under a moving train and the associated bridge-borne noise are time-varying in nature. The former is commonly predicted in the time domain to take its time-varying and nonlinear properties into account, whereas acoustic computation is generally conducted in the frequency domain to obtain steady responses. This paper presents a general procedure for obtaining various characteristics of concrete bridge-borne low-frequency noise by bridging the gap between time-domain bridge vibration computation and frequency-domain bridge-borne noise simulation. The finite element method (FEM) is first used to solve the transient train–track–bridge dynamic interaction problem, with an emphasis on the local vibration of the bridge. The boundary element method (BEM) is then applied to find the frequency-dependent modal acoustic transfer vectors (MATVs). The time-domain sound pressure is finally obtained with the help of time–frequency transforms. The proposed procedure is applied to a real urban rail transit U-shaped concrete bridge to compute the bridge acceleration and bridge-borne noise, and these results are compared with the field measurement results. Both sets of results show the proposed procedure to be feasible and accurate and the dominant frequencies of concrete bridge-borne noise to range from 32 Hz to 100 Hz.     

An inversion modelling method to obtain the acoustic power of the noise sources in a large factory

A common problem for large factories that wish to decrease their environmental acoustic impact on neighbouring locations is to find out the acoustic power of every noise source. As these factories cannot stop their activity in order to measure each source individually, a procedure is needed to obtain the acoustic powers with the factory under normal operating conditions. Their contribution to the overall sound pressure level at each neighbouring location can then be found and it is possible to calculate the improvements obtained after any modification of the sources. In this paper an inversion modelling method is used to do so. Acoustic powers are obtained by means of field sound pressure level measurements and with the use of a sound propagation software. A careful analysis of the solution has been carried out by simulating errors on the measured data in order to detect possible correlations between the acoustic power of different sources and avoid misleading interpretations of the results. The whole methodology has been applied to a liquid-gas production factory.     

Identification of aero-acoustic scattering matrices from large eddy simulation. Application to a sudden area expansion of a duct

A methodology is presented which allows to determine the coefficients of transmission and reflection of plane acoustic waves at flow discontinuities in piping systems by combining large eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent compressible flows with system identification. The method works as follows. At first, an LES with external, broadband excitation of acoustic waves is carried out. Time series of acoustic data are extracted from the computed flow field and analyzed with system identification techniques in order to determine the acoustic scattering coefficients for a range of frequencies. The combination of broadband excitation with highly parallelized LES makes the overall approach quite efficient, despite the difficulties associated with simulation of low-Mach number compressible flows. The method is very general, here it is applied to study the scattering behavior of acoustic waves at a sudden change in cross-section in a duct system. The complex aero-acoustic interactions between acoustic waves and free shear layers are captured in detail by high resolution compressible LES, such that the scattering coefficients can be determined accurately from first principles. In order to demonstrate the reliability and accuracy of the method, the results for the scattering behavior and the acoustic impedance are presented and physically interpreted in combination with several analytical models and experimental data.     

Experiments on Actively Suppressing Sound Reflection and Radiation by a Piston in a Water-Filled Pipeline

The physical foundations of an acoustic active cancellation system (ACS) that suppress self-radiation and reflection of sound is considered, which uses a local negative feedback (NF) method for acceleration. ACS with control of the total and incident field are compared. The possibility of controlling the acoustic impedance of the surface by changing the NF value for acceleration is demonstrated. Experiments were carried out with a single-channel ACS with control of the total field under conditions simulating normal incidence of a plane sound wave on a plane reflector. The results demonstrate the possibility of deep suppression of reflected and radiated waves. The stabilizing role of local NF has been experimentally confirmed.

     

Design and analysis of an acoustic demultiplexer exploiting negative density,negative bulk modulus and extra-ordinary transmission of membrane-based acoustic metamaterial

A typical membrane-based acoustic metamaterial has been reconfigured into an array of semi-flexi-walled membrane-based Helmholtz resonators to design a novel 4 port device which demultiplexes an incoming broadband acoustic signal into frequency ranges where negative modulus, density and extra-ordinary transmission behaviour exist. It has two ports exhibiting identical transfer functions and for input given in any of these ports, the device operates as a 3 port demultiplexer. The device is asymmetric in its functionality both in its degree of demultiplexing and bandwidths of the demultiplexed spectrum. Theoretical analysis of this acoustic demux is carried out by modelling it as a combination of two independent physical systems and is further validated by full-wave analysis.     

Ribs effects in acoustic radiation of a gearbox — their modelling in a boundary element method

Boundary element methods are nowadays currently used for acoustic radiation prediction of complex mechanic structures. Many of those structures contain an important account of ribs. The present paper deals with the acoustic influence of ribs and their modelling in a boundary element method. The influence of ribs is theoreticaly discussed and three different physical effects are distinguished : the “vibrating”, the “obstacle” and the ”source” effects. Further the modelling of ribs in boundary element meshes is discussed. An application to an automotive gearbox housing is then proposed. The vibrating behaviour of the structure is calculated with a finite element model, which has been updated thanks to an experimental modal analysis. The boundary element modelling necessity and the acoustic effects of the different ribs of the gearbox housing are studied.     

连接时序分类准则声学建模方法优化

对基于连接时序分类准则(connectionist temporal classification,CTC)的端到端声学建模方法进行研究和优化。研究分析了不同声学特征、建模单元以及神经网络结构对CTC声学模型性能的影响,针对CTC模型中blank符号共享导致的建模缺陷提出了建模单元相关的非共享blank方法进行改进,并引入融合建模单元关联信息的模型初始化方法进一步提高CTC模型的性能。在300小时标准英文数据集Switchboard的实验结果显示,结合非共享blank、时延神经网络以及融合建模单元关联信息的初始化方法,CTC声学模型相对于基线系统在词错误率上取得绝对1.1%的下降,同时在训练速度上取得3.3倍的提高,实验结果证明本文针对端到端声学建模提出的优化方法是有效的。      

存在声反馈的前馈有源噪声控制系统性能分析

在一些应用场合,前馈有源噪声控制系统中次级源产生的声信号会反馈至参考传声器,影响参考信号质量和系统稳定,导致控制性能下降。引入了等效次级路径的概念,并通过等效次级路径与实际路径的相位偏差分析存在声反馈时的收敛性能。若某些频率的相位偏差大于90°,则这些频率附近将较难收敛,降噪性能下降,甚至导致系统不稳定。通过仿真和实验对单指向传声器声学方法、自适应滤波u型最小均方差(FuLMS)算法、反馈中和算法和在线建模算法共4种解决声反馈问题的方法的性能进行了比较。结果表明,4种方法都能提高存在声反馈时的前馈有源噪声控制系统的性能,有效解决声反馈引起的问题,但各有优缺点。单指向传声器方法最为方便,但低频指向性较差。FuLMS算法运算量较低,但不能保证收敛。反馈中和算法性能最好,但当系统时变时鲁棒性较差。在线建模算法不需要额外滤波器,但由于参数调节复杂,降噪性能稍差。      

Vehicle–bridge interaction analysis under high-speed trains

The dynamic interaction between high-speed train and simply supported girders is studied by theoretical analysis and field experiment in this paper. The dynamic interaction model of the train–bridge system is established, in which the rigid-body dynamics theory, finite element method and wheel–rail displacement corresponding assumption are adopted for the vehicle model, bridge model and wheel–rail interaction model, respectively. The measured track irregularities are taken as the system excitation. The responses of a 24 m-span PC box girder bridge are calculated. The proposed analysis model and the solution method are verified through the comparison between the calculated results and the measured results.     

电磁声实验平台的研制与实验研究

研制了一个多功能的电磁声实验平台,在此实验平台,进行了"减小盲区"、"钢层下多层橡胶层脱粘检测"、"线性调频脉冲压缩"等方面的实验研究。实验结果表明,该平台可精确控制实验参数,提供单一频率脉冲串和线性调频脉冲两种激励波形,具有信噪比高盲区小的优点和线性调频脉冲压缩的功能。将该实验平台应用在钢层与多层橡胶层粘接件的脱粘检测,取得了与压电检测相当的结果。作为一个电磁声方法和技术研究的工具,该实验平台对开展电磁声检测方法和技术研究以及实际检测应用都是有意义的。      

Interaction response of maglev masses moving on a suspended beam shaken by horizontal ground motion

As a maglev transport route has to cross a region with occasional earthquakes, the train/guideway interaction is an issue of great concern in dominating safety of the maglev system. This paper intends to present a computational framework of interaction analysis for a maglev train traveling over a suspension bridge shaken by horizontal earthquakes. The suspended guideway girder is modeled as a single-span suspended beam and the maglev train traveling over it as a series of maglev masses. Due to motion-dependent nature of magnetic forces in a maglev suspension system, appropriate adjustments of the magnetic forces between magnets and guide-rail require the air gaps be continuously monitored. Thus an on-board hybrid LQR+PID controller with constraint rule base is designed to control the dynamic response of a running maglev mass. Then the governing equations of motion for the suspended beam associated with all the controlled maglev masses are transformed into a set of generalized equations by Galerkin's method, and solved using an incremental-iterative procedure. Numerical investigations demonstrate that when a controlled maglev train travels over a suspended guideway shaken by horizontal earthquakes, the proposed hybrid controller has the ability to adjust the levitation gaps in a prescribed stable region for safety reasons and to reduce the vehicle's acceleration response for ride quality.     

Sound field phase front variations in shallow water in the presence of intense internal waves

The method of vertical modes and horizontal rays and the method of parabolic equation in the horizontal plane are used to study space-time fluctuations of the phase front of the sound field in the presence of a train of internal waves passing through the acoustic path. The possibility of measuring the distortions of the phase front with a simultaneous filtering of modes by a horizontal array is analyzed. A numerical simulation is carried out for the conditions corresponding to the Eastern coast of United States and the Barents Sea.     

Finite element modelling for fatigue stress analysis of large suspension bridges

Fatigue is an important failure mode for large suspension bridges under traffic loadings. However, large suspension bridges have so many attributes that it is difficult to analyze their fatigue damage using experimental measurement methods. Numerical simulation is a feasible method of studying such fatigue damage. In British standards, the finite element method is recommended as a rigorous method for steel bridge fatigue analysis. This paper aims at developing a finite element (FE) model of a large suspension steel bridge for fatigue stress analysis. As a case study, a FE model of the Tsing Ma Bridge is presented. The verification of the model is carried out with the help of the measured bridge modal characteristics and the online data measured by the structural health monitoring system installed on the bridge. The results show that the constructed FE model is efficient for bridge dynamic analysis. Global structural analyses using the developed FE model are presented to determine the components of the nominal stress generated by railway loadings and some typical highway loadings. The critical locations in the bridge main span are also identified with the numerical results of the global FE stress analysis. Local stress analysis of a typical weld connection is carried out to obtain the hot-spot stresses in the region. These results provide a basis for evaluating fatigue damage and predicting the remaining life of the bridge.     

Interaction of a Gaussian acoustic wave with a turbulent non-premixed flame

A Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of a turbulent non-premixed flame interacting with a Gaussian acoustic wave is carried out in this work. This numerical simulation takes into account detailed transport phenomena including the Soret effect as well as complete chemical kinetics on a very fine mesh. Turbulent non-premixed flame calculations are carried out both with and without an acoustic wave and results are recorded at the same time. By a simple difference it is then possible to obtain the influence of the acoustic wave/turbulent flame interaction. Using an extension of the non-linear Rayleigh criterion to a system with many species and elementary reactions, the obtained results can be further analysed. The initially planar acoustic wave develops strong perturbations along its transverse direction because of the interaction process, even at very early times. The amplitude of the pressure perturbation presents locally high positive as well as negative values, demonstrating the importance of focussing/defocussing effects and local amplification (resp. damping) phenomena. In the same way, the heat release rate is locally modified (either increased or decreased) during the interaction process. Finally, the presented Rayleigh criterion is used to identify regions where local amplification (respectively damping) takes place. Both amplification and damping zones coexist directly close to each other inside the reaction zone. The observed, resulting global effect is thus based on an average over highly varying local conditions within the flame front, leading to a smoothing effect. The complexity of the coupling procedure leading to this global wave amplification or damping is demonstrated by the present analysis.     

A Trefftz-based numerical modelling framework for Helmholtz problems with complex multiple-scatterer configurations

The aim of the work presented in this paper is the numerical solution of low- and mid-frequency time-harmonic acoustic multiple-scattering problem. A novel so-called ‘multi-level’ modelling approach is proposed which is applicable to the study of a configuration of well separated obstacles of arbitrary shape on which any type of acoustic boundary condition can be applied. The generic character of the method is obtained by embedding the superposition principle for the multiple-scattering influence in a state-of-the-art acoustic modelling technique, the so-called Wave Based Method. The resulting approach successfully alleviates the geometrical limitations of the underlying Trefftz-based method and preserves the method’s computational efficiency, resulting in a generic multiple-scattering modelling framework with a superior computational efficiency in the low- as well as the mid-frequency range. Several numerical validation examples show that the proposed approach is as accurate as the classical single-scattering Wave Based Method and illustrate the computational efficiency as compared to Boundary Element Methods.     

Acoustic field imaging by light reflection at the free surface of a liquid

In this paper we present a novel technique for acoustic field imaging. This technique is based on reflection of a collimated laser beam at the free surface of a liquid. The reflected beam becomes phase modulated by the acoustic wave as in acoustical holographic systems. We do not use a reference acoustical beam for holographic reconstruction but we observe this phase modulation using dark-field techniques. It gives a measurement of the acoustic field power as a function of the position. The authors have built an optical imaging system and carried out experiments with piezocomposite transducers. The technique presented in this work is able to give fast quantitative information about the performance of individual ceramic rods of the piezocomposite.     

Experimental and numerical study of transcritical oxygen-hydrogen rocket flame response to transverse acoustic excitation

The response of a transcritical oxygen-hydrogen flame to transverse acoustic velocity was investigated using a combination of experimental analyses and numerical modelling. The experiment was conducted on a rectangular rocket combustor with shear coaxial injectors and continuously forced transverse acoustic field. Simultaneous high-speed shadowgraph and filtered OH* radiation images were collected and reduced using dynamic mode decomposition in order to characterise the flame response to the acoustic disturbance. CFD modelling of a representative single injector under forcing conditions was carried out to gain insights into the three-dimensional features of the reacting flow field. Invisible in the 2D projection, the model reveals that the excited LOX jet develops into a flattened and widened structure normal to the imposed acoustic velocity. The comparison of co-located structures allowed features in the imaging to be attributed to the deformation and transverse displacement of lower density oxygen surrounding the denser liquid oxygen core by the transverse acoustic velocity.     

Optimising flat-walled multi-layered anechoic linings using evolutionary algorithms

Previous investigations indicated that a flat-walled, multi-layered anechoic lining system, with an overall thickness slightly less than a quarter of a wavelength, could be used to achieve a required cut-off frequency. However, the work proved to be tedious and time consuming because of the numerous trial-and-error measurements involved. On the other hand, the successful application of a method of calculating the overall acoustic impedance of multi-layered absorbing systems has indicated that the design of multi-layered absorbing systems can be carried out on a desktop computer. In the present work, a MATLAB genetic and evolutionary algorithm toolbox is implemented as the optimiser to aid and speed up the design process. The optimisation results indicate that a three-layered lining system can achieve results comparable with quality wedge-type anechoic linings with overall thickness slightly less than a sixth of a wavelength at the 100 Hz cut-off frequency.