Multi-harmonic active structural acoustic control of a helicopter main transmission noise using the principal component analysis

This paper evaluates the feasibility and effectiveness, under controlled conditions, of active structural acoustic control of a helicopter main transmission in order to attenuate the vibration of the receiving roof panel and its sound radiation into the cabin. The vibroacoustic analysis of a typical helicopter drive train is conducted to extract the dominant tones generated by the various transmission stages. A finite element model of a Bell 407 transmission and simplified roof structure is developed in order to investigate various active control arrangements using piezoceramic actuators to control wave propagation in the gearbox supporting struts or receiving panel. The principal component analysis is used to extract the most significant control paths and reduce the control effort. A multiple frequency principal component least mean square (PC-LMS) algorithm is implemented on a laboratory setup and is used to successfully reduce up to seven gearbox tones simultaneously.     

Scale effects in the bending vibrations of helicopter rotor blades

Scale effects and dynamic similarity in the bending vibrations of helicopter rotor blades are examined by expressing the first three modes of bending vibration of a uniform, conventional rotor blade by a series of Legendre polynomials as suggested by Wilde and others. The natural frequency ratios for these three modes are then determined as functions of a dynamic similarity parameter over the entire range of designs and operating conditions from very flexible, rapidly rotating blades to highly rigid, slowly turning conditions.     

On the stationary properties of an open system with internal coherent interactions

The asymptotic behaviour of an open system in which coherent and incoherent interactions interfere is discussed. It is shown that a stationary density operator exists which is diagonal with the coherent interaction, and that detailed balance is satisfied. A model-independent form for this density operator is given. A class of systems is identified for which the stationary solution can be constructed explicitly and in which some known models are contained.     

Hybrid acoustic synthesis – Assessment of rear final drives in an early stage of development,on the basis of transfer path analyses and test bench measurements

In order to be able to assess the acoustic characteristics of new rear axles respectively rear final drives at an early stage of development, a hybrid evaluation procedure was developed: this makes it possible to compare various construction stages on the basis of vehicle and test bench measurements. Transfer path analyses are used to calculate what contribution of the sound pressure on the driver’s ear is made up of structure-borne sound from the rear final drive (based on operational acceleration measured on the test bench and the bodywork’s transmission characteristics measured on the vehicle), which is used to classify the various construction stages. To use the test bench measurements for forecasting, the test object must have vibration characteristics that are as close as possible to those of the vehicle. In view of the above, comprehensive comparative measurements were taken with the help of artificial excitation and operational excitation. The measurement positions identified in the process were used to validate the calculation method by operating the very same rear final drive on the test bench and in a vehicle. In both cases, the rear final drive’s contribution of the total vehicle interior noise level was calculated, in one case on the basis of excitation from the vehicle measurement and in the other case on the basis of excitation from the test bench measurement. The good correlation between the vehicle-based and test bench-based calculations confirmed the applicability of the method. The “virtual” installation of the rear final drive enables faster construction stage comparisons because there is no need for alteration work on the vehicle and the rear final drive that is to be compared can simply be integrated into the existing test bench environment.     

Symmetry properties of fluctuations in an actively driven rotor

We investigate rotational dynamics of an actively driven rotor through experiments and numerical simulations. While probability density distributions of rotor angular velocity are strongly non-Gaussian, relative probabilities of observing rotation in opposite directions are shown to be linearly related to the angular velocity magnitude. We construct a stochastic model to describe transitions between different states from rotor angular velocity data and use the stochastic model to show that symmetry properties in probability density distributions are related to the detailed fluctuation relation(FR) of entropy productions.     

On the properties of small-world network models

We study the small-world networks recently introduced by Watts and Strogatz [Nature 393, 440 (1998)], using analytical as well as numerical tools. We characterize the geometrical properties resulting from the coexistence of a local structure and random long-range connections, and we examine their evolution with size and disorder strength. We show that any finite value of the disorder is able to trigger a “small-world” behaviour as soon as the initial lattice is big enough, and study the crossover between a regular lattice and a “small-world” one. These results are corroborated by the investigation of an Ising model defined on the network, showing for every finite disorder fraction a crossover from a high-temperature region dominated by the underlying one-dimensional structure to a mean-field like low-temperature region. In particular there exists a finite-temperature ferromagnetic phase transition as soon as the disorder strength is finite. [0.5cm] Received 29 March 1999 and Received in final form 21 May 1999     

风机盘管制冷性能试验台的研制

为方便对风机盘管进行制冷性能测试及试验研究,需研制调试方便、易于操作的风机盘管制冷性能试验台。通过参考国内标准中有关风机盘管的测试标准,基于其中方法设计了适用于测试风机盘管制冷性能的试验装置,实现了对风机盘管产品性能的有效评估。     

Experimental study of the acoustic navigation of a helicopter by its noise radiation

Results of experimental measurements of the coordinates and trajectories of an MI-8 helicopter flight are presented for various types of maneuvers and the landing approach. The current coordinates are measured in real time by acoustic differential navigation methods using the noise radiation of a helicopter. It is shown that, when a measuring base with a microphone spacing of 2 m or less is used, the spatial correlation coefficient for the signals in the frequency band from 200 to 5000 Hz approaches unity. This makes it possible to estimate the position of the helicopter with rms errors less than 0.4 m at all stages of flight and at the landing approach.     

On the incoherent scattering of an acoustic or electromagnetic wave

A random configuration of objects in space, or a stochastically rough boundary, is considered to scatter an incident acoustic or electromagnetic wave having harmonic time dependencee ^iwt . In the case of a stochastic surface, Beckmann has compared the Kirchhoff solution with his approach, which employs random walk. The latter approach is used to demonstrate the Rayleigh-distributed amplitude of a field scattered by a very rough surface. This demonstration requires the conjecture that large standard deviations in the random phases of the scattered elementary waves result in an incoherent scattered field. Beckmann's conjecture has not been rigorously proven. However, in this paper, incoherence of the scattered field and broad distributions, over many cycles, in the phases of the elementary waves are both shown to be implied by a third condition, which is defined. Furthermore, the random phase of an incoherent field is shown to be statistically independent of its amplitude and uniformly distributed on a 2-rad interval.     

Procedures for determining the acoustic efficiency of edge-modified noise barriers

This paper describes the noise shielding efficiency of barriers with an acoustic device mounted on their top edge for reducing sound diffraction. Diffraction behind the edge-modified barrier is investigated by scale model experiments in which the positions of a source and a receiver are aligned along a circular arc around the barrier top. The result indicates that the acoustic efficiency of the edge device is a function of the angles of the source and receiver and independent of their radii. Based on this finding, a novel procedure for determining the efficiency of manufactured edge devices is established. This procedure is very beneficial for estimating the edge device efficiency by eliminating ground and meteorological effects. The measured efficiency of the device will be quite useful for the prediction of noise propagation behind the edge-modified barriers.     

Measuring the acoustic properties of ducts

A short review, with examples, is given of a two-microphone transfer function method intended for making measurements in a tube or duct system. The method, originally proposed by Chung and Blaser, has proved useful in measuring the absorption coefficient, impedance and transmission loss, when dealing with plane wave propagation, i.e. for frequencies below the duct cut-off frequency. For the purpose of measuring the transmission loss of duct elements, a possible means of extending the useful frequency range by two or three octaves is proposed, based on subdividing the actual duct, at the measurement site, into a bundle of smaller, parallel ducts.     

基于构件的开放式网络化自动测试技术研究

针对当前网络化自动测试系统的软件复用局限于代码复用的问题,提出基于构件的开放式网络化自动测试系统软件开发方法,实现测试软件的更高层次复用。引入领域工程的思想,将软件开发过程划分为三个阶段：领域分析阶段运用UML建模语言对网络化自动测试系统进行需求分析、静态分析和动态分析;领域设计阶段完成可复用构件的辨识和提取,并建立可复用构件框架模型;领域实现阶段对关键的可复用构件进行实现。     

Effect of the open roof on low frequency acoustic propagation in street canyons

This paper presents an experimental, numerical and analytical study of the open roof effect on acoustic propagation along a 3D urban canyon. The experimental study is led by means of a street scale model. The numerical results are performed with a 2D-Finite Difference in Time Domain approach adapted to take into account the acoustic radiation losses due to the street open roof. An analytical model, based on the modal decomposition of the pressure field in the street width mixed with a 2D image sources model including the reflection by the open roof, is also presented. Results are given for several frequencies in the low frequency domain. The comparison of these approaches shows a quite good agreement until f = 100 Hz at full scale. For higher frequency, experimental results show that the leakage, due to the street open roof, is not anymore uniformly distributed on all modes of the street. The notion of leaky modes must be introduced to model the acoustic propagation in a street canyon.     

On the horizontal wobbling of an object levitated by near-field acoustic levitation

A circular planar object can be levitated with several hundreds of microns by ultrasonic near-field acoustic levitation (NFAL). However, when both the sound source and the levitated object are circularly shaped and the center of the levitated object does not coincide with the source center, instability problem often occurs. When this happens, it becomes difficult to pick up or transport the object for the next process. In this study, when the center of the levitated object was offset from the source center, the moving direction of the levitated object was predicted by using the time averaged potential around the levitated object. The wobbling frequency of the levitated object was calculated by analyzing the nonlinear wobbling motion of the object. It was shown that the predicted wobbling frequencies agreed with measured ones well. Finally, a safe zone was suggested to avoid the unstable movement of an object.