水声学与海洋工程

声波是唯一能在海水中远距离传播的信息载体，在海洋环境观测、海洋测绘和资源勘探、水下定位、水下通信中起了重要作用．文章介绍了水声学研究的对象和它的特点，综述了水声信道、声系统及水声信息检测识别等方面研究的最新进展．在２１世纪———海洋世纪，水声学将在海洋工程中作出更大贡献．     

Hearing myself with others: Sound levels in choral performance measured with separation of one's own voice from the rest of the choir

The choir singer has two acoustic signals to attend to: the sound of his or her own voice (feedback), and the sound of the rest of the choir (reference). The balance in loudness between feedback and reference is governed mainly by the room acoustics. Although earlier experiments have shown that singers have a fairly large tolerance for imbalance, with references ranging from −23 to +5 dB, experience suggests that, when singers are given control over this parameter, their preferences are much narrower. A quantification of the optimum balance would be useful in the design of concert stages and rehearsal halls. A method is described for measuring the feedback and reference levels as experienced by singers under live performance conditions. Recordings were made using binaural microphones worn by choir singer subjects. With the given combination of choir and room, it was possible to achieve adequate separation of the feedback and reference signals with simple signal processing. The feedback-to-reference ratio averaged over the 12 singers was found to be +3.9 dB, with extremes of +1.5 and +7.3 dB.     

A numerical study of noise reduction in ducts with flow by anti-sound

I.IntroductionAnti-soundisalsocal1edactivenoisecontro1(ANC).Itsbasicidea,presentedintheLueg'spatentinl936l'l,isthatthenoisereductionisobtainedbyuseofthesignalpro-cessingofthepreliminarysoundsource(i.e.noisesource)toformcoherenceinfluencebe-twccnthepreliminarysoundsourceandthesecondarysoundsourcc(i.c.anti-soundsource).Therearesomeadvantagesofanti-soundsuchasactivecontro1,lcsseffectonthecharacteristicsofnoisesourccandmorereductionoflowfrequcncynoisc.Inrecentyears,therewerealotoftheoreticalande…     

Calculation of acoustic scattering of a nonrigid surface using physical acoustic method

In this paper the physical acoustic method or the Kirchhoff approxima-tion is extended to treat the scattering of a nonrigid surface in order to estimatethe target strength of targets with absorbing coatings.By using the locally planewave approximation,the relationship between the sound pressure and its normalderivative on the surface can be represented by the plane wave reflectioncoefficient and the acoustic impedance of the surface.The resulting modifiedKirchhoff approximation involves the plane wave reflection coefficient.For aimpedance sphere,a comparison between the physical acoustic method and theexact solution shows that the physical acoustic method still is a good approxima-tion at higher κα values.     

水下均匀材料复合层吸声特性研究

本文对水下阻尼板和其它介质层复合的多层吸声和结构吸声，反声性能进行了研究，利用各层界面压力，振速的四端网络矩阵及层间边界条件导出吸声结构表面阻抗和反射系统数随频率的变化关系，数值计算分析了不同边界条件，多种层以及改变各层参数情况，反声，吸声系数的变化，发现多层结构中厚的水层引起强烈的共振反射峰，并提出了抑制共射的方法。     

厅堂声学一百周年(1895—1994)

本文介绍自Ｗ．Ｃ．Ｓａｂｉｎｅ以来１００年厅堂声学的发展简史，包括室内声学理论，音指标与评价，声学测试方法，缩尺模型技术，计算机仿真技术及厅堂设计的发展，现状及关于今后研究方向的前瞻。     

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。     

Acoustic Analysis of the Interaction of Choral Arrangements, Musical Selection, and Microphone Location

Acoustic differences were evaluated among three choral arrangements and two choral textures recorded at three microphone locations. A choir was recorded when singing two musical selections of different choral texture, one homophonic and one polyphonic. Both musical selections were sung in three choral arrangements: block sectional, sectional-in-columns, and mixed. Microphones were placed at the level of the choristers, the conductor, and the audience. The recordings at each location were analyzed using long-term average spectrum (LTAS). The LTAS from the mixed arrangement exhibited more signal amplitude than the other arrangements in the range of 1000-3500Hz. When considering the musical selections, the chorus produced more signal amplitude in the region of 1800-2200Hz for the homophonic selection. In addition, the LTAS produced by the choir for the homophonic selection varied across the microphone locations. As for the microphone location, the LTAS of the signal detected directly in front of the chorus had a greater slope than the other two locations. Thus, the acoustic signal near the choristers differed from the signals near the conductor and in the audience. Conductors may be using acoustic information from the region of the second and third formants when they decide how to arrange a choir for a particular musical selection.     

岩石等非线性介观弹性固体材料的谐波特性的超声研究

岩石、混凝土等非线性介观弹性固体材料显示出与经典的非线性声学不同的非经典非线性声学现象，比如滞后现象、离散记忆等。本文实验研究了超声波在岩石材料中产生的基波、二次、三次谐波随声源幅度的依赖关系，研究了岩石的超声衰减，与金属材料的进行了对比；并且将浸水后的混凝土与浸水前的混凝土的超声谐波特性进行了对比，对此实验现象作出了定性的解释。此研究有利于岩石等非线性介观弹性固体材料的无损检测的研究。     

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.