析古戏台下设瓮助声之谜

传统古戏台下设瓮助声乃广为流传的说法，在国外亦有类似记述。作者对此作了考据和声学分析，认为事属妄传，当予澄清。     

A time-domain approach to estimating the plucking point of guitar tones obtained with an under-saddle pickup

A method for estimating the plucking point of guitar tones is proposed. The algorithm is based on investigating the time lag between two consecutive pulses arriving at the bridge of the guitar. The signal is detected with an under-saddle pickup attached to the bridge. The method determines the minimum of the autocorrelation function for one period of the signal. The time lag of the minimum can be converted into the distance from the bridge where the string was plucked. The results obtained with the method are good, the error remains smaller than one centimetre, except for a few outliers. The algorithm is easy to implement and can be used to analyse playing styles. The efficiency of the method gives the potential to also use it in real-time computer music applications.     

Full-wave numerical simulation of nonlinear dissipative acoustic standing waves in wind instruments

A finite volume full-wave method is used to simulate nonlinear dissipative acoustic propagation in ducts with a circular cross-section. Thermoviscous dissipative effects, due to bulk viscosity and shear viscosity in the boundary layer adjacent to the duct walls, are also considered. The propagation is assumed to be axisymmetric, and two different geometries are considered: a straight cylindrical tube, and a cylindrical tube joined smoothly to a slowly-flaring bell. Of special interest is the study of the onset of standing waves in the nonlinear regime. The full-wave numerical scheme is particularly well-adapted for this purpose, as it is not necessary to impose boundary conditions at the open end of the duct. A simplified model of excitation is adopted, where the lips are replaced by a spring–mass system which behaves like a pressure valve with a single degree of freedom. The full system behaves as expected, with a feedback cycle established between the pressure valve and the air column. The simulation is validated successfully in the linear regime using a theoretical solution. It is shown that increasing the stiffness of the lips leads to discrete jumps in playing frequency, which is behaviour typical of brass instruments. In the nonlinear regime, shock formation is observed for sufficiently high amplitudes of oscillation, and the radiation of these shock waves by the open end of the ducts can be visualised in the time-domain, along with edge-diffraction effects. The formation and evolution of standing waves in the nonlinear regime, where the effect of these shocks is very noticeable, is also examined.     

Backing effects on the underwater acoustic absorption of a viscoelastic slab with locally resonant scatterers

Backing effects on the underwater acoustic absorption of a viscoelastic polymer slab embedded with locally resonant scatterers are reported. The polymer slab is embedded with two layers of locally resonant scatterers, i.e. Al spheres coated by soft silicon rubber. Theoretical absorption coefficients of the polymer slab under different backings using a layer multiple scattering method show good agreement with the experimental results, which supports unambiguously the experimental observation. Then relations between the resonance modes and the low-frequency absorption peaks of the composite slab are clarified to address the absorption mechanisms. It shows that the mass of the steel backing affects evidently the low-frequency absorption, the absorption peak shifts to lower frequency range while increasing the backing mass.     

Homogenization of high frequency nonlinear acoustics equations

High frequency nonlinear acoustics equations proposed in [1] are considered. The acoustic characteristics of the medium rapidly oscillate. This model describes the propagation of pulses of sound shocks generated by supersonic planes, blast waves in atmosphere and ocean, continuous radiation of sound sources. An asymptotic solutions of high frequency nonlinear acoustics equations is constructed (when the characteristic size of inhomogeneity is small with respect to the height of the layer where the problem is posed     

Numerical simulation of flow‐induced noise using LES/SAS and Lighthill's acoustic analogy

We present a finite element (FE) formulation of Lighthill's acoustic analogy for the hybrid computation of noise generated by turbulent flows. In the present approach, the flow field is computed using large eddy simulation and scale adaptive simulation turbulence models. The acoustic propagation is obtained by solving the variational formulation of Lighthill's acoustic analogy with the FE method. In order to preserve the acoustic energy, we compute the inhomogeneous part of Lighthill's wave equation by applying the FE formulation on the fine flow grid. The resulting acoustic nodal loads are then conservatively interpolated to the coarser acoustic grid. Subsequently, the radiated acoustic field can be solved in both time and frequency domains. In the latter case, an enhanced perfectly matched layer technique is employed, allowing one to truncate the computational domain in the acoustic near field, without compromising the numerical solution. Our hybrid approach is validated by comparing the numerical results of the acoustic field induced by a corotating vortex pair with the corresponding analytical solution. To demonstrate the applicability of our scheme, we present full 3D numerical results for the computed acoustic field generated by the turbulent flow around square cylinder geometries. The sound pressure levels obtained compare well with measured values. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Magnetic microbubble:A biomedical platform co-constructed from magnetics and acoustics

Generation of magnetic micrbubbles and their basic magnetic and acoustic mechanism are reviewed. The ultrasound （US） and magnetic resonance （MR） dual imaging, the controlled therapeutic delivery, as well as theranostic multifunctions are all introduced based on recent research results. Some on-going research is also discussed.     

The propagating solutions and far-field patterns for acoustic harmonic waves in a finite depth ocean

The existence of extremal solutions of the Nonlinear Integro-differential system of the initia-Value problem with singular coefficients are proved by monotone iterative technique. This is achieved by developing a comparison result. This does not require the usual classical assumption of the increasing nature of the integral term. This is turn includes the earlier known scalar results asa special case.     

On the dynamics of moving single bubble sonoluminescence

It is well known that the primary Bjerknes force is the origin of the trapping of sonoluminescing bubble in the sound field in liquid. In the present Letter, the quantitative investigation of the behavior of hydrodynamic force on the moving sonoluminescing (SL) bubble introduces the new role of stabilizing the trajectory motion of the bubble for primary Bjerknes force. Using a complete force balanced radial-translational dynamics, it is analytically discussed that by increasing the bubble distance from the antinode of the sound field the increase of the magnitude of inward Bjerknes force, controls the size of the domain of the bubble trajectory. At this time the wake produced by the rapid variation of the bubble's relative translational velocity to the surrounding liquid, changes the bubble direction of motion through the effect of history force. The required momentum for accelerating the SL bubble around the central antinode is produced by the added mass force at the bubble collapse. It is revealed in a re-examination of the coupled radial-translational dynamics for a trapping bubble that because of the bubble lower translational acceleration caused due to the lower added mass force and the bubble attraction towards the acoustic antinodes in presence of inward Bjerknes force, the small bubble will be trapped at the antinode of the sound field.