Reduction methods of the reconstruction error for large-scale implementation of near-field acoustical holography.

New extrapolation methods in real and wave number spaces are proposed to extend near-field acoustical holography (NAH) toward a more quantitative technique applicable to the vibration measurement of actual large-scale structures. The finiteness of the measurement aperture is a serious impediment to such large-scale implementation of NAH because the measurement aperture sufficiently larger than the vibrating structure of interest is usually needed. We should thus investigate how to reduce the reconstruction error when the measurement aperture is restricted to a fraction of the vibrating structure. The following practical suggestions are derived from simulations and underwater experiments: (1) A wave number-space extrapolation method can reduce the reconstruction error to about 25% for the measurement aperture corresponding to 1/16th of the vibrating structure when 10,000 iterations of the extrapolation process are applied. (2) A real-space extrapolation method can reduce the reconstruction error to negligible degree (10(-10)%) for the measurement aperture corresponding to four times as large as the vibration structure when ten iterations of the extrapolation process are applied. (3) The former method may be widely and safely applied, but many iterations are necessary; the latter method can reduce the reconstruction error very quickly, but a wider measurement aperture than that in the former is needed. Therefore, when the measurement aperture cannot be larger than the vibrating structure, the former method is recommended, while when the measurement aperture is larger than the structure, the latter method is recommended. Summing up, the accuracy of our proposed methods, which is attributed to the property of data extrapolation method that the data inside the measurement aperture is conserved after adequately extrapolating the data outside the aperture, will be relevant to a more quantitative measurement and analysis of real large-scale structures.     

Measurement of structural intensity using boundary element method-based nearfield acoustical holography

The regularization method for measurement of structural intensity (SI) using boundary element method (BEM)-based nearfield acoustical holography (NAH) is proposed. Spatial derivatives of normal displacement are necessary to obtain the structural intensity. The derivative operations amplify high-wavenumber component of measurement noise and contaminate the measurement result of SI. To overcome this difficulty, regularization method for measurement of SI using fast Fourier transform-based NAH has been introduced. In this paper, this regularization method is modified for the BEM-based NAH. The BEM-based NAH avoids the aperture replication problem; therefore, measurement aperture for BEM-based NAH can be set smaller than that for FFT-based NAH. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by experiments.     

双面声场反向神经网络声压外推分离

针对有限测量孔径造成的窗效应和离散传声器阵列带来的卷绕误差对双面声场分离技术的影响,提出了一种利用反向传播神经网络的全息面声压外推方法。该方法首先利用孔径内部测点平面坐标和相应声压值组成的学习样本训练神经网络,拟合出两者的函数关系。接着代入孔径外部测点坐标得到对应声压值,实现有限孔径外推。最后将已有测量值和外推测量值组成的虚拟大孔径导入双面声场分离处理。与传统外推方法相比,该方法不需要先验知识,操作简单,计算抗干扰能力强,结果准确性高。数值仿真和实验进一步验证了该方法在改善声场分离结果方面的可行性和有效性。      

Patch nearfield acoustic holography combined with sound field separation technique applied to a non-free field

The conventional nearfield acoustic holography(NAH) is usually based on the assumption of free-field conditions, and it also requires that the measurement aperture should be larger than the actual source. This paper is to focus on the problem that neither of the above-mentioned requirements can be met, and to examine the feasibility of reconstructing the sound field radiated by partial source, based on double-layer pressure measurements made in a non-free field by using patch NAH combined with sound field separation technique. And also, the sensitivity of the reconstructed result to the measurement error is analyzed in detail. Two experiments involving two speakers in an exterior space and one speaker inside a car cabin are presented. The experimental results demonstrate that the patch NAH based on single-layer pressure measurement cannot obtain a satisfied result due to the influences of disturbing sources and reflections, while the patch NAH based on double-layer pressure measurements can successfully remove these influences and reconstruct the patch sound field effectively.     

Patch nearfield acoustic holography in a moving medium

To realize the accurate reconstruction of sound field in a moving medium under the condition of limited holographic aperture, a patch nearfield acoustic holography (NAH) in a moving medium is proposed. The proposed method not only reduces the influence caused by the limited aperture effects through sound field extrapolation, but also perfectly suits for sound field reconstruction in a moving medium by improving the shape of the modified Tikhonov regularization filter and the noise estimation method in accordance with flow effects. In the method, two cases that the flow direction is parallel to and perpendicular to the hologram surface are considered. Especially in the perpendicular case, the expression of the wavenumber component in the z direction is improved to make the proposed method suitable for the moving medium at a high Mach number. Simulations are investigated to examine the performance of the proposed method and show its advantages by comparing with NAH in a moving medium and the conventional patch NAH. It is found that, the proposed method is effective and robust at different flow velocities of the medium and different frequencies of the sound source.     

A one-step patch near-field acoustical holography procedure

When performing holography measurements over a limited area of a source, the hologram pressure typically remains finite at the edge of the measurement aperture. Patch near-field acoustical holography (NAH) has been developed specifically to mitigate the effects related to that windowing. In iterative patch NAH, the source distribution is reconstructed in two steps: first, the partially measured sound field is extended iteratively, and then the extended pressure is projected onto the source surface by using conventional NAH procedures. In the present work, a one-step procedure for performing that combined task is described. In this approach, the acoustical property to be reconstructed on a surface of interest is related to the partially measured pressure on the hologram surface in terms of sampling and bandlimiting matrices, and the reconstructed result is obtained by finding the regularized least squares solution of the latter relation; a procedure for determining the cutoff wave number of the bandlimiting matrix without a priori knowledge of the signal bandwidth is suggested. The proposed procedure was validated by using a synthetic sound field created by a point-driven, simply supported plated.     

Statistically optimized near field acoustic holography using an array of pressure-velocity probes

Statistically optimized near field acoustic holography (SONAH) differs from conventional near field acoustic holography (NAH) by avoiding spatial Fourier transforms; the processing is done directly in the spatial domain. The main advantage of SONAH compared with NAH is that the usual requirement of a measurement aperture that extends well beyond the source can be relaxed. Both NAH and SONAH are based on the assumption that all sources are on one side of the measurement plane whereas the other side is source free. An extension of the SONAH procedure based on measurement with a double layer array of pressure microphones has been suggested. The double layer technique makes it possible to distinguish between sources on the two sides of the array and thus suppress the influence of extraneous noise coming from the "wrong" side. It has also recently been demonstrated that there are significant advantages in NAH based on an array of acoustic particle velocity transducers (in a single layer) compared with NAH based on an array of pressure microphones. This investigation combines the two ideas and examines SONAH based on an array of pressure-velocity intensity probes through computer simulations as well as experimentally.     

Fast Fourier transform and singular value decomposition formulations for patch nearfield acoustical holography

Nearfield acoustical holography (NAH) requires the measurement of the pressure field over a complete surface in order to recover the normal velocity on a nearby concentric surface, the latter generally coincident with a vibrator. Patch NAH provides a major simplification by eliminating the need for complete surface pressure scans-only a small area needs to be scanned to determine the normal velocity on the corresponding (small area) concentric patch on the vibrator. The theory of patch NAH is based on (1) an analytic continuation of the patch pressure which provides a spatially tapered aperture extension of the field and (2) a decomposition of the transfer function (pressure to velocity and/or pressure to pressure) between the two surfaces using the singular value decomposition (SVD) for general shapes and the fast Fourier transform (FFT) for planar surfaces. Inversion of the transfer function is stabilized using Tikhonov regularization and the Morozov discrepancy principle. Experimental results show that root mean square errors of the normal velocity reconstruction for a point-driven vibrator over 200-2700 Hz average less than 20% for two small, concentric patch surfaces 0.4 cm apart. Reconstruction of the active normal acoustic intensity was also successful, with less than 30% error over the frequency band.     

基于支持向量回归的patch近场声全息研究

为了解决patch近场声全息中全息数据外推问题,提出一种基于支持向量回归的一步式patch近场声全息技术。该方法首先把初始全息面上的数据当成训练样本进行学习,构造出回归函数,然后利用回归函数实现全息数据外推,最后基于统计最优近场声全息进行重建。数值仿真和实验研究的结果表明:在各个分析频率下,该方法都可以实现小孔径全息面的近场外推。从近场声全息重建结果看,即使初始全息数据受到噪声干扰,该方法也是一种有效的patch近场声全息技术。      

子孔径拼接中系统误差的修正方法

为了提高大口径光学元件子孔径拼接测量的检测精度,提出一种平面绝对测量技术,修正子孔径拼接过程中产生的系统误差。利用改进的三面互检法获得参考平面的面形数据,采用这些测量数据构建基于Zernike多项式的参考面面形误差修正波面,在拼接过程中运用误差修正波面对获得的子孔径测量数据进行实时修正,并与全口径直接测量结果进行对比,结果PV（peak value,PV,峰谷值）误差从0.072 1 减少到0.028 6 。结果表明该方法有效减少了参考平面系统误差对拼接测量精度的影响,提高了大口径光学元件的检测精度。     

Approximations of inverse boundary element methods with partial measurements of the pressure field

Boundary element methods (BEMs) based near-field acoustic holography (NAH) requires the measurement of the pressure field over a closed surface in order to recover the normal velocity on a nearby conformal surface. There are practical cases when measurements are available over a patch from the measurement surface in which conventional inverse BEM based NAH (IBEM) cannot be applied directly, but instead as an approximation. In this work two main approximations based on the indirect-implicit methods are considered: Patch IBEM and IBEM with Cauchy data. Patch IBEM can be applied with a continuation procedure, which as its predecessor patch NAH (a well known technique that can be used on separable geometries of the wave equation) continues the pressure field using an iterative procedure, or it can be applied by a direct procedure. On the other hand, IBEM with Cauchy data requires measurements over two conformal patches and it will be shown that this technique will be reliable regardless of the position of the source. The theory behind each method will be justified and validated using a cylindrical surface with numerical data generated by point sources, and using experimental data from a cylindrical fuselage excited by a point force.     

Reconstruction of vibroacoustic fields in half-space by using hybrid near-field acoustical holography

In this paper we examine the accuracy and efficiency of reconstructing the vibroacoustic quantities generated by a vibrating structure in half-space by using hybrid near-field acoustic holography (NAH) and modified Helmholtz equation least squares (HELS) formulations. In hybrid NAH, we combine modified HELS with an inverse boundary element method (IBEM) to reconstruct a vibroacoustic field. The main advantage of this approach is that the majority of the input data can be regenerated but not measured, thus the efficiency is greatly enhanced. In modified HELS, we expand the field acoustic pressure in terms of outgoing and incoming spherical waves and specify the corresponding expansion coefficients by solving a system of equations obtained by matching the assumed-form solution to the measured acoustic pressure. Here the system of equations is ill conditioned and Tikhonov regularization is implemented through singular value decomposition (SVD) and the generalized cross-validation (GCV) method. Numerical examples of a dilating and oscillating spheres and finite cylinder are demonstrated. Test results show that hybrid NAH can yield a more accurate reconstruction than does a modified HELS, but a modified HELS is more efficient than is hybrid NAH [Work supported by NSF].     

Identification of source velocities on 3D structures in non-anechoic environments: Theoretical background and experimental validation of the inverse patch transfer functions method

In noise control, identification of the source velocity field remains a major problem open to investigation. Consequently, methods such as nearfield acoustical holography (NAH), principal source projection, the inverse frequency response function and hybrid NAH have been developed. However, these methods require free field conditions that are often difficult to achieve in practice. This article presents an alternative method known as inverse patch transfer functions, designed to identify source velocities and developed in the framework of the European SILENCE project. This method is based on the definition of a virtual cavity, the double measurement of the pressure and particle velocity fields on the aperture surfaces of this volume, divided into elementary areas called patches and the inversion of impedances matrices, numerically computed from a modal basis obtained by FEM. Theoretically, the method is applicable to sources with complex 3D geometries and measurements can be carried out in a non-anechoic environment even in the presence of other stationary sources outside the virtual cavity. In the present paper, the theoretical background of the iPTF method is described and the results (numerical and experimental) for a source with simple geometry (two baffled pistons driven in antiphase) are presented and discussed.     

激光跟踪仪检验非球面面形的方法

通过扩充激光跟踪仪的现有功能,提出了一种适用于非球面研磨和粗抛光阶段以及中低准确度非球面面形的快速检测方法.分析了测试原理,设计规划了检测流程.利用激光跟踪仪的靶标球对非球面表面进行多点接触测量,并将测量的结果与非球面CAD模型进行分析对比、处理和运算,获得非球面的面形分布信息.结合实例对一口径为420 mm×270 mm的离轴非球面进行了面形检测,并与零位补偿结果进行对比,结果表明,两种方法测试的面形误差分布是一致的,其峰谷值和均方根值的相对偏差分别仅为6.22%和3.37%.该方法无需其它辅助光学元件就能够准确地实现对大口径非球面面形的检测,测试数据处理和数学运算简单,实验操作简单易行.     

激光跟踪仪检验非球面面形的方法

通过扩充激光跟踪仪的现有功能,提出了一种适用于非球面研磨和粗抛光阶段以及中低准确度非球面面形的快速检测方法.分析了测试原理,设计规划了检测流程.利用激光跟踪仪的靶标球对非球面表面进行多点接触测量,并将测量的结果与非球面CAD模型进行分析对比、处理和运算,获得非球面的面形分布信息,结合实例对一口径为420 mm×270 mm的离轴非球面进行了面形检测,并与零位补偿结果进行对比,结果表明,两种方法测试的面形误差分布是一致的,其峰谷值和均方根值的相对偏差分别仅为6.22％和3.37％.该方法无需其它辅助光学元件就能够准确地实现对大口径非球面面形的检测,测试数据处理和数学运算简单,实验操作简单易行.     

Study of the comparison of the methods of equivalent sources and boundary element methods for near-field acoustic holography

Boundary element methods (BEM) based near-field acoustic holography (NAH) has been used successfully in order to reconstruct the normal velocity on an arbitrarily shaped structure surface from measurements of the pressure field on a nearby conformal surface. An alternative approach for this reconstruction on a general structure utilizes the equivalent sources method (ESM). In ESM the acoustic field is represented by a set of point sources located over a surface that is close to the structure surface. This approach is attractive mainly for its simplicity of implementation and speed. In this work ESM as an approximation of BEM based NAH is studied and the necessary conditions for the successful application of this approach in NAH is discussed. A cylindrical fuselage surface excited by a point force as an example to validate the results is used.     

全息声压场的加权范数外推方法

全息声压外推是Patch近场声全息技术的关键步骤.本文提出了全息声压的加权范数外推方法,该方法首先通过实测声压数据的功率谱信息构造频域加权范数,然后通过极小化频域加权范数实现全息声压外推.由于外推过程中同时利用了声压信号的波数域带宽和波数谱形状信息,因此其外推结果优于传统带限外推方法.数值仿真结果表明,该方法无论在外推精度还是计算效率上都明显优于经典的全息声压波数域外推方法.刚性箱体上的声激励固支板声压外推实验进一步验证了该方法的有效性和实用性. 关键词： 近场声全息 全息声压外推 加权范数     

Underwater hybrid near-field acoustical holography based on the measurement of vector hydrophone array

Hybrid near-field acoustical holography(NAH) is developed for reconstructing acoustic radiation from a cylindrical source in a complex underwater environment. In hybrid NAH,we combine statistically optimized near-field acoustical holography(SONAH) and broadband acoustical holography from intensity measurements(BAHIM) to reconstruct the underwater cylindrical source field. First,the BAHIM is utilized to regenerate as much acoustic pressures on the hologram surface as necessary,and then the acoustic pressures are taken as input to the formulation implemented numerically by SONAH. The main advantages of this technology are that the complex pressure on the hologram surface can be reconstructed without reference signal,and the measurement array can be smaller than the source,thus the practicability and efficiency of this technology are greatly enhanced. Numerical examples of a cylindrical source are demonstrated. Test results show that hybrid NAH can yield a more accurate reconstruction than conventional NAH. Then,an experiment has been carried out with a vector hydrophone array. The experimental results show the advantage of hybrid NAH in the reconstruction of an acoustic field and the feasibility of using a vector hydrophone array in an underwater NAH measurement,as well as the identification and localization of noise sources.     

基于分布源边界点法的局部近场声全息技术

为了克服基于分布源边界点法的近场声全息技术在小全息孔径条件下造成的重建误差问题,提出了基于分布源边界点法的局部近场声全息技术.该技术运用分布源边界点法,采用测得的较小全息面上的声压数据来外推较大全息面上的声压数据,然后用外推的数据进行全息重建.仿真和实验结果验证了采用该技术在小全息孔径条件下进行声源局部重建的有效性.     

Research on the cyclostationary nearfield acoustic holography based on boundary element method

Cyclostationary sound field is a special kind of nonstationary sound field, in which the pressure signal is modulated seriously and sidebands exist in its spectrum. The reconstructed sound field can＇t figure the cyclostationary features in conventional Nearfield Acoustic Holography （NAH） procedure. On the basis of planar cyclostationary NAH, the cyclostationary NAH based on boundary element method is proposed which can be utilized to analyze radiators with complicated surface. Replacing the Fourier＇s transform with the second-order cyclic statistics, the Cyclic Spectral Density （CSD） functions is used as the reconstructed physical quantity in the proposed NAH technique, instead of the spectrum or power spectral density of pressure signal. By virtue of the demodulation ability of CSD function, the reconstructed CSD can effectively express the information of modulating and carrier wave respectively. The simulation and experiment illustrate that the validity and accuracy of this cyclostationary NAH technique satisfy the request of engineering.