Instabilité non linéaire dans un milieu en expansionNonlinear instability in a expanding medium

We consider nonlinear acoustical phenomena, explosive instabilities and a formation of localized structures in nonstationary environment. An example of such a medium is our Universe in expansion considered as a fluid submissive to a gravitational self-concorded force field and governed by the classical hydrodynamics equations. We show that the taking into account of the nonlinear effects allow us to understand the causes of the appearance of the specific nonlinear instability, which is calling explosive instability. This type of instability is more fast, $～\ln [{(t_0?t)}^{\mathrm{?1}}]$ for density fluctuation, that the habitual instability (exponential, $～{\mathrm{e}}^{\gamma t}$): at the end of a finite time, all spatial inhomogeneity of the initials conditions lead to a formation of singularities in the fields. This phenomena will be appear if certains conditions for the initials amplitudes and wavelengths of the fluctuations are observed. To cite this article: F. Henon, V. Pavlov, C. R. Mecanique 334 (2006).     

Effect of listening level and background noise on the subjective decay rate of room impulse responses: Using time-varying loudness to model reverberance

Room impulse responses (RIRs) are used very widely to characterize the acoustic conditions of rooms, such as in the derivation of reverberation time, early decay time and clarity index. This study investigates the subjective decay rate (or reverberance) of RIRs when directly listened to (rather than convolved with a dry signal such as speech or music). Through a subjective experiment, it investigates the effects of gain (or listening level) and background noise level on the reverberance of RIRs that had been measured in three concert auditoria. The task of the experiment was to match the decay rate of RIRs to that of a reference RIR by ear, by adjusting the RIRs’ exponential decay rate. Based on objective loudness modeling, gain should have a positive effect on reverberance, and background noise has a negative effect. This is confirmed in the results of the experiment. Furthermore, the objectively calculated loudness decay function provides an effective predictor of subjective decay rate, which performs better than conventional early decay time or reverberation time for the RIRs tested.     

Verbal communication and noise in eating establishments

A new simple prediction model has been derived for the average A-weighted noise level due to many people speaking in a room with assumed diffuse sound field. Due to the feed-back influence of noise on the speech level (the Lombard effect), the speech level increases in noisy environments, and the suggested prediction model gives a 6 dB reduction of the noise level by doubling the equivalent absorption area of the room. This is in contrast to the lowering by 3 dB by doubling of the absorption area for a constant power sound source. The prediction model is verified by experimental data found in the literature. In order to achieve acceptable conditions for speech communication within a small group of people, a guide for the recommended minimum absorption area per person in eating establishments is provided.     

Picosecond acoustics in vegetal cells: Non-invasive in vitro measurements at a sub-cell scale

A 100 fs laser pulse passes through a single transparent cell and is absorbed at the surface of a metallic substrate. Picosecond acoustic waves are generated and propagate through the cell in contact with the metal. Interaction of the high frequency acoustic pulse with a probe laser light gives rise to Brillouin oscillations. The measurements are thus made with lasers for both the opto-acoustic generation and the acousto-optic detection, and acoustic frequencies as high as 11 GHz can be detected, as reported in this paper. The technique offers perspectives for single cell imaging. The in-plane resolution is limited by the pump and probe spot sizes, i.e. ∼1 μm, and the in-depth resolution is provided by the acoustic frequencies, typically in the GHz range. The effect of the technique on cell safety is discussed. Experiments achieved in vegetal cells illustrate the reproducibility and sensitivity of the measurements. The acoustic responses of cell organelles are significantly different. The results support the potentialities of the hypersonic non-invasive technique in the fields of bio-engineering and medicine.     

On the difference approximations of overdetermined hyperbolic equations of classical mathematical physics

Issues concerning difference approximations of overdetermined systems of hyperbolic equations are examined. The formulations of extended overdetermined systems are given for hydrodynamics equations, magnetohydrodynamics equations, Maxwell equations, and elasticity equations. Some approaches to the construction of difference schemes are discussed for these systems.     

FS水声遥控系统

本文介绍一种可实用的ＦＳ式编码的水声遥控系统，该系统采用９个频率点进行移频编码，可有效抗多途对译码的影响，编码设计能使遥控指令的码间距做得较大，通过自适应滤波器有效译码，可将误码率控制在希望值以下。理论分析和试验结果均表明，本系统误码率接近０，解码率１５００ｍ以内大于０．９，近距离大于０．９６本系统已应用于水下物理场测量系统中。     

A comparative study of different numerical models for predicting train noise in high-rise cities

Large-scale outdoor field measurements were carried out on a residential building to assess the noise levels caused by pass-by trains that run on a nearby viaduct. The experimental results were compared with different schemes for predicting noise from trains. The octave band sound power levels of the train passing by, which are required as input parameters for the Nordic prediction method for train noise (NMT), CSTB 92 and ISO 9613-2 provided in the Mithra software, were determined by an inversion method. The method of calculation of railway noise (CRN) from the UK gives the best agreement with the measured results. The NMT prediction scheme also provides a good prediction of the general trend of the experimental data, but it always overestimates the measured noise levels. As far as the quantitative agreement with experimental data is concerned, the CSTB 92 and ISO 9613-2 prediction schemes are comparatively less satisfactory.     

高频雷达海洋回波谱的数字模拟

根据Barrick导出的一阶和二阶高频雷达诲洋回波截面方程，以二阶雷达截面方程为基础、在极坐标条件下，把参与散射的二维海浪波数空间分解为无数一维海浪波数空间之和,与之对应．并将二阶海洋回波谱的模拟转化为固定波数下二阶回波子谱的模拟，再将各二阶回波子谱叠加就得到完整的二阶海洋回波谱．这一算法避免了传统的回波谱模拟过程中需求解非线性方程——等频线方程的麻烦．文中给出的模拟结果与其它模拟算法结果相一致，提出的模拟算法简洁，编程简单．模拟结果的精度容易控制．运算速度大大提高．     

水下复合层吸声结构中反向声能与振动能量传输的研究

本文对文献「１，２」所讨论了水下复合层吸声结构中能量的反向传输进行了研究。利用多层结构的文献矩阵求逆，导出声能和振动能的反向传输关系，给出传递损失。数值计算分析了结构的各层参数变化对能量传递损失的影响。     

基于2013年8月中国中东部地区持续高温的延伸期稳定分量提取及改进研究

基于2013年8月中国中东部地区持续高温及其减弱过程, 利用美国国家环境预报中心/美国国家大气研究中心逐日平均的500 hPa高度场、风场再分析资料和美国国家海洋和大气管理局的海温重建扩展资料进行分析, 通过前期海温强迫相似年的选取方法以及带通滤波和经验正交函数分解等方法提取出10–30 d的稳定分量, 并通过对稳定分量的诊断分析探究了这次持续高温及其减弱过程的维持机制. 研究发现: 通过选取与个例前期海温强迫最相似的30年来代替常规的气候态30 年(1981–2010 年), 所提取的气候态稳定分量所占的比重变化不大, 稍有减弱, 而异常型稳定分量占的比重显著性提高, 且其所刻画的影响异常事件的天气系统强度及稳定性明显提高, 能够更加清晰地显示延伸期天气过程的维持机制. 这表明在提取稳定分量时考虑前期的海温强迫作用是非常有必要的. 同时, 通过对延伸期稳定分量的分析, 表明此次持续高温及减退过程主要受到北极涛动、亚洲大陆中高纬纬向环流形势和西太平洋副热带高压(西太副高)强度、位置的共同影响.