Effects of operating conditions on the Acoustic Emissions (AE) from planetary gearboxes

In the last decade, the use of acoustic emissions has received growing acceptance for its application in machine condition monitoring. This is because it offers good possibilities to diagnose failures at early stages and low rotational speeds. The use of acoustic emissions for condition monitoring of gears, however, is still an active field of research, because several questions remain unanswered. One of these questions is the effect of operating conditions on the AE generated during gear meshing. In this work, the results of experiments carried out on a non-faulty planetary gearbox test bench are presented. A planetary gearbox is considered, because of its usual application on machines subjected to variable operating conditions. The effects of lubricant temperature, load and rotational speed are investigated. The conclusions obtained from the experiments are used for the analysis of the AE measured on the planetary gearbox of a bucket wheel excavator.     

A Chebyshev–Lagrangian method for acoustic analysis of a rectangular cavity with arbitrary impedance walls

A general Chebyshev–Lagrangian method is proposed to obtain the analytical solution for a rectangular acoustic cavity with arbitrary impedance boundary conditions. The originality of the present paper is the successful attempt of applying orthogonal polynomials, such as Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind, to the analysis of a rectangular sound field with general wall impedance. The sound pressure is uniformly expressed as triplicate Chebyshev polynomial series which is independent in each direction. The Chebyshev polynomial series solution is obtained using the Rayleigh–Ritz procedure after considering the influence of boundary impedance on the cavity as the work done by the impedance surfaces in the Lagrangian function. The accuracy and reliability of the proposed method are validated against the analytical solutions and some numerical results available in the literature. Excellent orthogonality and complete properties of the Chebyshev polynomials ensure the rapid convergence, numerical stability, high accuracy of the current solution. The simplicity and low computational cost of the present approach make it preferable to obtain the results of complex models even in the relative high frequency range by choosing enough truncated terms in the sound pressure expression. Numerous cases with various uniform or non-uniform impedance boundary conditions are analyzed numerically and some of the results can be used as benchmark. It is shown that the impedance boundary condition can effectively influence or modify the acoustic characteristics and response of a cavity.     

Active control of aircraft fly-over sound transmission through an open window

This paper presents an experimental work on active control of sound transmission through a restricted opening bottom hinged window. The main goal of the work is to demonstrate the feasibility of the active technique to limit the loss of attenuation due to the aperture of windows, and its application to aircraft fly-over incident noise. The experimental window is placed in an exposed façade of a dwelling close to an airport and subject to fly-by aircraft noise. The active control is configured to cancel the pressure at the aperture using a single-input single-output feedforward adaptive system. As a result, a reduction of sound transmission is achieved with low power consumption. In global terms, an increase of almost 3 dB of transmission loss (with respect to the partially opened window insulation values) in the low frequency range (below 160 Hz and according to the National Danish Method for evaluating low frequency noise) is demonstrated, which is equivalent to a reduction of 50% in the loss of insulation caused by opening the window.     

Thermal effect on the acoustic behavior of an axisymmetric lined duct

This paper deals with the effect of the temperature and the frequency on the acoustic behavior of lined duct partially treated with usual material used in acoustic insulation.First, the effect of frequencies and temperature on the acoustic impedance of usual materials used in lined duct such as glass or rock wools in order to reduce acoustic level is investigated.Secondly, the variational formulation of the acoustic duct problem taking into account velocity and temperature effects is established. Then, a numerical model is derived which permits to compute the reflection and the transmission coefficients of such duct for different temperatures and several flow velocities. The acoustic power attenuation is then computed from these coefficients and the effect of the temperature and flow velocities on this energetic quantity is evaluated.The numerical results are obtained for three configurations of a lined duct treated for different temperature ranges and several velocities. Numerical coefficients of transmission and reflection as well as the acoustic power attenuation show the relative influence of temperature.     

Mechanical behavior and acoustic emission technique for detecting damage in sandwich structures

The present study investigates the mechanical behavior under static and dynamic loadings and assesses damage by the acoustic emission method of two types of sandwich composite materials. The sandwich structures under study are both made of cross-ply laminates as skins and PVC closed-cell as foam with different densities: 60 kg m⁻³ and 100 kg m⁻³. The mechanical behavior tests were conducted in static and cyclic fatigue loadings under 4-point bending. The sandwich structures considered in fatigue tests were damaged by a various number of shear damages in the foam. Static tests were performed to determine the failure parameters and characteristics used in fatigue tests. The damage density effect on the stiffness, hysteresis loops, dissipated energy and damping of sandwich structures, were studied for various numbers of cycles during cyclic fatigue tests. The acoustic emission method was used to identify and characterize the local damage in both types of sandwich materials under static 4-point bending tests.     

基于听觉感知的语音稀疏表示及压缩感知*

本文针对语音信号稀疏表示及压缩感知问题,将听觉感知引入稀疏系数筛选过程,用掩蔽阈值筛选重要系数,以得到更符合听觉感受的语音稀疏表示。通过对一帧浊音信号分别采用掩蔽阈值和能量阈值方法进行系数筛选对比实验,结果表明掩蔽阈值法具有更好的稀疏表示效果。为验证听觉感知对语音压缩感知性能的影响,与能量阈值法对照对测试语音进行压缩感知观测和重构,通过压缩比、信噪比、主观平均意见分等主客观指标评价其性能,结果表明,掩蔽阈值法可有效地提高压缩比且保证重构语音具有较高的主观听觉质量。     

双曲线调频在高速水下目标航行参数遥测中的应用研究

对于高速、强机动的水下目标来说,其航行参数信息的实时遥测具有重要意义。水声信号的多普勒频移估计与补偿是水声遥测的关键技术之一,它直接影响着水声遥测的效果与性能。本文针对双曲线调频信号及线性调频信号进行仿真分析,对比在相同情况下的多普勒频移可补偿性,仿真实验证明双曲线调频信号具备较高的多普勒容限,其时延值估计精度可达到1μs。结合工程实际,本文采用双曲调频信号与单频信号组合的方式进行水声遥测,充分发挥双曲线调频信号的多普勒不变性和单频信号对多普勒频移的敏感性,在获得较高定位精度的同时,也具备高精度的水声遥测功能。该组合信标信号经过湖上试验验证,具有遥测精度高、误码率低、易于实现等优点,可应用于相关水声工程中。     

一种基于声散射特性的有鳔鱼特征获取方法

鱼分类技术在渔业资源评估中的重要性日益凸显,而分类中能够得到不同鱼种的本质声散射特征尤为重要。文章基于鱼的声散射特性,提出一种有鳔鱼种特征获取新方法。鱼的目标强度反映了鱼的本质声散射特征,其主要取决于鱼鳔的大小、形状及声波入射角度、频率,文章基于基尔霍夫模式模型和图像处理方法进行建模,不仅可对鱼体和鱼鳔进行更真实的近似,而且可以得到精确的目标强度仿真结果。通过图像识别方法,对鱼体及鱼鳔图像进行灰度变换、二值化、边缘识别、轮廓提取等处理,得到鱼体及鱼鳔边缘坐标,利用得到的信息进行建模,并给出了相应的计算机仿真结果。最后进行了水池试验,对仿真数据与试验数据进行了对比分析,并提取得到有鳔鱼的目标强度特征,为鱼分类特征获取提供了一条新的途径。     

基于信号触发的电气线路漏电故障检测系统

低压电气线路漏电故障发掘电路是当电气网络中发生漏电故障时,通过对漏电触发信号进行检测,从而对故障位置进行定位,并切断电气线路电源的装置,确保了供电网络的安全性以及可靠性;在对目前低压电气线路漏电保护系统研究的基础上,提出了以STC15F2K60S2单片机为控制核心, 选定的测试模拟触发信号漏电流,不小于电气线路和设备的正常泄漏电流的最大值的2倍;漏电故障测试信号的灵敏度,优先考虑30 mA,当额定漏电动作电流等于或小于30 mA时要求保护动作时间小于0.1 s,当额定漏电动作电流大于30 mA时要求小于0.2 s;该装置是传统漏电保护装置的补充, 根据间接漏电检测与直接漏电检测结果与实际的漏电位置距离对比,误差在10%以内,满足实际需要,改善了低压电气线路漏电保护系统的保护性能。     

深海走航抛弃式测量仪器时变信道对传输性能的影响

由于环境的要求,深海走航抛弃式测量仪器信号传输大多使用有线信道,然而,信道的电阻抗随放线长度不断变化,严重影响了深海走航抛弃式测量仪器信道传输的稳定性.本文以国家海洋技术中心自主研发的走航抛弃式温度、盐度、湿度(XCTD)剖面仪的传输信道为原型,提出了一种动态分析有线信道对传输信号幅值和相位影响的方法.首先推导出各电路参数随信道长度变化的规律,建立简化的传输电路模型和该模型的传输函数.通过定性分析得出传输频率、分布电容和缠绕电感对信号相位的影响.利用MATLAB软件分析XCTD在动态放线过程中信道对信号幅值和相位的影响.研究结果可进一步指导抛弃式走航测量系统的电路设计,提高测量数据的精度和信号传输的稳定性.