The insertion loss of perforated porous plates in a duct without and with mean air flow

Measurements of the acoustic insertion loss of poroelastic plates with different perforation ratios, mounted transversely across a flow duct, without and with flow have been made at various locations in the duct. For the lower perforation ratio the insertion loss is found to be approximately 3 dB higher with air flow than without over the frequency range of the measurements. A parallel impedance model has been formulated to predict the effects of perforation on the insertion loss without flow. Measurements and predictions without flow have been found to be in reasonable agreement.     

A concise design of 16 × 16 polymer AWG with low insertion loss and crosstalk

In this paper, a 16-channel arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer (AWG) has been designed using polymer materials with 1.5% refractive index difference. Certain important parameters are optimized using the coupling mode theory and Beam Propagation Method. The factors that affect the insertion loss and the crosstalk are analyzed in this paper. In our design we introduced the parabolic taper structure and evaluated the suitable number of the arrayed waveguide, obtaining a total insertion loss of 2.19 dB. For obtaining a low crosstalk we evaluate the pitches of adjacent input/output waveguides ΔX and arrayed waveguides d as different values. We chose the value of ΔX about 2.5 times of d by enlarging the pitches of adjacent input/output waveguides. The crosstalk of the designed AWG is lower than −40 dB.     

脉冲响应法测量混响时间技术的研究

本文介绍了一种根据厅堂脉冲响应特性,利用计算机数字信号处理技术,迅速,准确地测量混响时间的实现方法。     

1.3μm光学环行器正向损耗及反向隔离比的理论及实验研究

在理论及实验上分析了影响光环行器插入损耗及反向隔离比的因素,讨论了环行器中起、检偏镜参数对其性能的影响.结果表明,起、检偏镜的各组参数存在最佳选择,以保证环行器具有低插损、高隔离比及与偏振无关的特性.作者研制的环行器正向损耗小于1dB,反向隔离比在25.5dB与28dB之间.     

A further study of a mathematical model for a screen in open-plan offices

In order to obtain a good acoustical environment in open-plan offices, the acoustic performance of a single screen needs to be well estimated. Based on the sound pressure or the sound energy summation, the models proposed by previous investigators provided the predictions of the speech intelligibility index (SII) at the receivers behind a single screen in the open-plan offices. In the development of these models, the expression describing the diffracted field of a screen was an empirical formula and the sound diffraction is assumed to be appeared in the shadow region of the screen. In the present study, the MacDonald analytical formula is applied to describe the diffracted field of a screen, and both the diffractions in the visible region and in the shadow region are considered in the proposed model though it seems that the diffraction in the visible region is small compared with that in the shadow region. The comparison of the predicted and experimental results of the Wang and Bradley and the predicted results of the improved model shows that the improved model can provide a more accurate prediction, and further calculations indicate that the improvement is mostly due to the application of the MacDonald analytical diffraction formula.     

新型高性能光控高温超导微波可变衰减器研制

 提出了一种用于高温超导系统的新型星载光控高温超导微波可变衰减器，详细介绍了设计过程，并针对测试结果进行了分析。该衰减器的实质是利用液氮温区高温超导薄膜极低的微波表面电阻和卓越的激光响应特性，实现优良的衰减功能。在器件结构的设计上引入过渡材料和透明有机材料以保证器件良好的接地性能以及激光光束的对准。主要结论如下：光控高温超导微波可变衰减器在液氮温区工作，电路尺寸为12 mm×8 mm×0.5 mm，可单独使用也可集成于高温超导系统中，可大幅减小系统的体积与质量；高温超导衰减器的插损小于0.2 dB，比常规衰减器低1个量级；高温超导衰减器的可变衰减步进值小于0.01 dB，比常规衰减器低1～2个量级。根据激光功率大小对衰减器插损变化特性的影响，该衰减器也可以实现步进式调谐。     

Insertion loss prediction of floating floors used in ship cabins

In this paper, vibration reduction in ship cabins by using floating floor is studied. Two theoretical models are developed and predicted insertion losses of floating floors are compared to experimental results, where measurements are done in the mock-up built for simulating typical ship cabins. The floating floor consists of upper board and mineral wool, which is in turn laid on the deck plate. The first model (M-S-Plate Model) is that upper plate and mineral wool are assumed as a one-dimensional mass-spring system lying on the simply supported elastic floor. The second model (Wave Model) is that mineral wool is assumed as elastic medium, in which longitudinal wave propagates. The comparisons show that M-S-Plate model is in good agreement with experimental results, while mass-spring model on the rigid floor behaves very poorly in the low frequency ranges, particularly near the natural frequency associated with mass-spring system. On the other hand, the wave model significantly underestimates the insertion loss. It is found that including elastic behavior of the deck plate is essential in improving accuracy of the insertion loss prediction for low frequency range below 100-200 Hz.     

Scale model study of balcony insertion losses on a building façade with non-parallel line sources

The screening effect of balconies on a building façade in the case where the noise source is not parallel to the façade is studied using scale model experiment in the present study. Results show that the angle of source inclination to the façade has substantial effects on the balcony insertion loss in the presence of a traffic noise spectrum. Less amount of noise amplification is observed when the source is inclined compared to the case of parallel source in the presence of balcony ceiling reflections. Regression formulae in terms of three independent angles which determine the positions of the balcony and its ceiling relative to the noise source are developed for the prediction of balcony insertion loss. The discrepancy between measurements and predictions is within engineering tolerance.     

Insertion loss of sound waves through composite acoustic window materials

This study evaluated the insertion loss of sound waves through composite acoustic window materials for sonar dome applications, and examined the influence of dome shape on the sonar performance. The insertion loss of sound waves through acoustic window materials was experimentally measured as a function of frequency at normal incidence. The insertion loss was also theoretically estimated with three- and four-medium layer models. The theoretical estimation of insertion loss showed good agreement with the experimental measurements. The insertion loss was also measured as a function of angle of incidence. The characteristics of longitudinal and converted shear waves were observed at various angles of incidence. This study will be useful to select acoustic window materials with the appropriate acoustic characteristics for practical sonar dome applications.     

Reduction of insertion loss after annealing of silicon oxynitride optical waveguides

The insertion losses of silicon oxynitride (SiON) waveguides have been measured in the 1550 nm wavelength region. The waveguide structure consisted of a 2.0μm SiON waveguide core with a refractive index of 1.50, a 0.5μm SiO₂ upper cladding and a 5.0μm SiO₂ lower cladding with a refractive index of 1.45. It was found that the wavelength-dependent insertion losses of the waveguide were greatly reduced by annealing, and the loss was decreased more than 5.7 dB/cm at 1550 nm after annealing at optimum conditions. The former was attributed to the reduction of the absorption caused by N-H and Si-H vibration modes, and the latter was due to the improvement of the interface roughness and homogeneity in the waveguides after annealing.     

测量白油中声透射损失的教学实验装置

通过实验发展：在测量范围内，声透射损失随含气量线性增大。在气泡大小、分布一定的情况下，可以由声透射损失来测量油中的含气量。     

MIRE-IL methodology applied to measuring the noise attenuation of earmuff hearing protectors

This article describes an objective methodology for measuring the noise attenuation of earmuff hearing protectors using as a reference the method known as microphone-in-real-ear (MIRE). The methodology implements the insertion loss (IL) paradigm, in which IL is measured using miniature microphones, specially designed to comply with ANSI and ISO standards for the MIRE technique. The results for four different hearing protectors are compared with the subjective method known as real-ear-attenuation-at-threshold (REAT). Correction factors are included in the methodology to account for external effects such as physiological noise and bone conduction. The objective method predicted well the real protection of the earmuffs and the proposed methodology showed lower standard deviation values than the REAT method.     

An investigation on the acoustic characteristics of microperforated muffler

I.lntroductionTheac0usticperformanccofmicropcrforatedmumerhasbeengreatlynoticedinre-ccntyears.Especially,itshighsi1encingva1ueandbroadsi1encingfrequencyrangeenableittobeusedwidelyinmanyyiclds,suchasvehicleexhaustsystem,ventilator.Butitisdifficulttodesignagoodsilcnccrbecauseoritscomp1exacousticperformanccwithinPerforatedtubes.Thegoverningwaveequationofmicroperforatedmufflerisnotlinearduetothenonuniformmassflowofgasaswc11asthetcmpcraturegradientalongthePerforatedducts.Inordertoutilizethegoodsi…     

Preparation and transmission loss of the nano-crystal and polymer composite film BTO/PMMA

Bismuth titanate, Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ (BTO), is a typical ferroelectric material with useful properties for optical memory, piezoelectric and electro-optic devices. Its nano-crystals were compounded by the chemical solution decomposition technique. The structure and size of BTO were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and transmissive electron microscopy. Two sorts of composite films BTO/polymethylmethacrylate with different weight ratio of BTO were prepared by spin-coating method at certain conditions. In this article, the scattering loss in thin films was obtained using an imaging technique.     

Lithium insertion behaviour of Li1+xV3O8 prepared by precipitation technique in CH3OH

Li_1+xV₃O₈ (LT-M sample) was obtained by the sol-gel method in CH₃OH. This sample, prepared at 350°C, possessed a smaller grain size and better electrochemical performance than the HT sample prepared by conventional high temperature synthesis. High discharge capacity (372 mAh g⁻¹: x=4.0) and reversible discharge and charge cycles were attained owing to improvement of insertion and extraction kinetics. When heated at 200°C, CH₃OH molecules remained in the compound and crystallinity became lower by lithium insertion over x=2.0. The lithium deintercalation was irreversible.     

Evaluation of splice loss in single-mode graded index fibres by a simple technique

We present simple and accurate analytical expressions for the evaluation of splice loss in single-mode graded index fibres. Our analysis is based on simple series expression for fundamental mode of such fibres which we have developed recently. Since splices are highly tolerant for longitudinal separation, we restrict our analysis to cases of transverse offset and angular tilt only. The concerned calculations require much less computations. With examples of step and parabolic index fibres, we show that our predictions agree excellently with the exact results. A useful collection of integration and differentiation formulae involving Bessel functions is presented in the appendix for ready reference to engineering problems of similar computational context.     

聚焦换能器自由场互易校准的冲击响应积分法衍射系数计算

在聚焦换能器的会聚球面波自由场互易校准法中，衍射损失修正系数是获得互易常数的一个关键参数。本文利用冲击响应函数积分法系统地计算了超声治疗头、机械扫描B超探头以及多普勒诊断探头的衍射损失系数，得出了一些典型参数下的计算曲线，可供不同类型的聚焦换能器会聚球面波互易校准时引用。与传统的瑞利积分法分析比较显示，本文中所采用的冲击响应函数积分法显著地提高了运算速度，同时基本保持了与瑞利积分算法计算结果的一致性。     

测量单模光纤模场直径的一种新方法

本文根据单模光纤模场直径的横向位移定义,提出了一种测量模场直径的新方法——远场高斯掩模匹配法.讨论了几种测量及数据处理方法.最后给出了初步的实验结果.     

等效电流方法计算单模光纤的辐射损耗

本文将无源的不规则波导看作有源的理想波导,求等效极化电流电场,直接得到单一光波导模间耦合和辐射损耗问题的解。用这个方法计算了阶跃单模光纤折射率轴向不均匀变化的损耗。这种方法完全脱离了耦合波的概念,它不但物理意义明确,而且求解问题的方法简洁。最后以单模光纤弯曲和微弯损耗为例,说明等效电流方法还适用于广义耦合波理论才能求解的问题。