Experimental implementation of a low-frequency global sound equalization method based on free field propagation

An experimental implementation of a global sound equalization method in a rectangular room using active control is described in this paper. The main purpose of the work has been to provide experimental evidence that sound can be equalized in a continuous three-dimensional region, the listening zone, which occupies a considerable part of the complete volume of the room. The equalization method, based on the simulation of a progressive plane wave, was implemented in a room with inner dimensions of 2.70 m × 2.74 m × 2.40 m. With this method, the sound was reproduced by a matrix of 4 × 5 loudspeakers in one of the walls. After traveling through the room, the sound wave was absorbed on the opposite wall, which had a similar arrangement of loudspeakers, by means of active control. A set of 40 digital FIR filters was used to modify the original input signal before it was fed to the loudspeakers, one filter for each transducer. The optimal arrangement of the loudspeakers and the maximum frequency that can be equalized is analyzed theoretically in this paper. The presented experimental results show that sound equalization was possible from 10 Hz to approximately 425 Hz in the listening zone. A flat frequency response with deviations within ±5 decibels from the desired value was achieved. A higher demanding performance with deviations within ±1.5 decibels from a flat frequency response was attained in the interval between 20 Hz and 280 Hz. At the same time, the impulse response was quite well approximated to a delayed delta function in the listening zone. Examples of the spatial distribution of the sound field are also shown.     

Sound radiation and sound quality characteristics of refrigerator noise in real living environments

The characteristics of various types of refrigerator noise were investigated in an anechoic chamber and in a real living environment - a 100 m² apartment which is a common size in Korea. It was found that the sound pressure level of the refrigerator noise in the real living room was about 10 dB higher than the level in the anechoic chamber at the same position (1 m in front of refrigerator). In addition, a tolerance level for refrigerator noise was determined by subjective evaluation experiments. Refrigerator noise was presented by a loudspeaker placed in the kitchen where the refrigerator is normally located. Level 2 responses to the subjective evaluation (“hardly perceivable”) corresponded to a sound pressure level of about 26 dB(A), for which 90% of participants were satisfied with the level of refrigerator noise. A semantic differential test using various adjectives was also conducted to evaluate the sound quality of refrigerator noise. With the semantic differential and the factor analysis, adjectives used in this experiment were grouped into three factors. From the results of correlation and multiple regression analyses on the psychoacoustical parameters and subjective evaluations of 30 kinds of refrigerators, sound quality index which predict the subjective rating score were proposed.     

Estimation of directivity and sound power levels emitted by aircrafts during taxiing, for outdoor noise prediction purpose

Integrated noise model (INM) is the most internationally used software to calculate noise levels near airports. Take off, landing or pass by operations can be modeled by INM, but it does not consider aircrafts taxiing, which, in some cases, can be important to accurately evaluate and reduce airports’ noise assessment.Aircraft taxiing noise emission can be predicted using other prediction tools based on standards that describe sound attenuation during propagation outdoors. But these tools require data inputs that are not known: directivity and sound power levels emitted by aircraft during taxiing.This paper describes methods used to calculate directivity indexes and sound power levels, based on field measurements made in Madrid-Barajas Airport (Spain). Obtained results can be used as inputs for general purpose outdoor sound prediction software, which will be able to evaluate noise at airports vicinity as industrial noise.Directivity and sound power levels have been estimated in octave and third octave band terms, for several aircraft families.     

The characteristics of acoustic line array prototypes for scale model experiments

The sound fields created by three different settings of a 5 m long linear loudspeaker array were studied experimentally in the present investigation in an attempt to find out a method to produce a reasonable sound field for scaled down model experiments. The first setting was with all the loudspeakers facing vertically upward, while the second setting was with all the loudspeakers facing the horizontal. The last one resembled the first setting but the loudspeakers were put inside a small partial enclosure whose opening was facing vertically upward. Results show that the last setting can produce a sound field with characteristics close to those of a two-dimensional sound field. The second setting results in a sound directivity pattern relevant to that of the measured A-weighted traffic noise.     

基于桥域理论的Cu单晶纳米切削跨尺度仿真研究

桥域方法是一种典型的跨尺度仿真研究方法.基于桥域理论,本文分析了原子和连续介质耦合区域的处理问题,即在耦合区采用不同的权重计算系统的能量,通过Lagrange乘子法对原子和连续介质位移进行约束.采用桥域方法,建立了单晶Cu米纳切削的跨尺度仿真模型,获得了单晶Cu纳米切削的材料变形机理.同时,研究了不同切削速度对纳米切削过程和原子受力分布的影响,仿真结果表明:随着切削速度的提高,切削区原子所受的力值增大,切屑变形系数减小,已加工表面变质层厚度增加.本文基于桥域理论,实现了Cu单晶纳米切削跨尺度的建模和仿真, 关键词： 桥域法 纳米切削 单晶Cu 切削速度     

基于二次剩余序列的扩散吸声体的研究

本文对基于二次剩余序列的声学结构的吸声性能进行实验研究，并定性分析了它的吸声机理．研究表明，除了结构振动所产生的损耗之外，更重要的吸收源是结构表面由于声干涉所形成的附加声阻抗的影响．     

用声透射损失测气一水混相介质中的含气量

本文利用超声检测中的穿透法,用频率为０．５ ＭＨｚ、 １ＭＨｚ、 １．２５ＭＨｚ、 ２ＭＨｚ、 ２．５ＭＨｚ的声波,测量了气一水混相介质中的声速比值和声透射损失。结果表明：在气泡大小、分布一定的情况下,可能用声透射损失来确定混相介质中的含气量,但不宜用声速比值．     

5.1通路(3/2)环绕声系统的改进

本文利用环绕声重发的声像定位理论,探讨了对５．１通路（３／２０环绕声系统的改进方法。理论和实验结果表明,通过改变系统现有的分立－对信号馈给方法,而采用文中所提出的新的信号馈给方法,就可以在一定的程度上克服现有方法的缺陷,使系统不但可重发稳定、明晰的前方声像,而且可重发稳定的侧向声像,并且听音区域有所扩大,因而改进后的系统既可用于伴随图像的声音重发,又可作为通用系统（兼容地）用于不伴随图像伯声音重发     

The benefit of practice for sound localization without sight

An experiment was designed to determine whether normally sighted human subjects would be able to adapt to the handicapping effects of sudden deprivation of visual cues on horizontal plane sound localization. Two groups of sighted normal-hearing young adults participated. One group was allowed the benefit of sight. The other group was blindfolded. Measurements of accuracy and the time to respond were made daily over the course of five consecutive days, in a semi-reverberant sound proof booth that modeled listening in a small office. Sound localization was assessed using an array of eight speakers that surrounded the subject in space. Each day, one block of 120 trials was presented for each of three stimuli, two one-third octave noise bands, centred at 0.5 and 4 kHz, and broadband noise, to assess the utilization of interaural temporal difference cues, interaural level difference cues and binaural and spectral cues in combination. Blindfolded subjects were relatively less accurate than sighted subjects. Both groups showed gains with practice, the blindfolded group to a greater degree, largely due to improvements in the use of spectral cues. The blindfolded group took longer to respond than the sighted group, but showed greater decrements in response time with practice.