bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Radiation efficiency of convected fluid-loaded plates
Authors: Frampton Kenneth D.
Published: May 2003

The radiation of sound from geometrically simple vibrating structures into stationary fluids is well understood. However, to date, very few investigations have considered the effects of fluid convection on structural acoustic radiation. The purpose of this investigation is to quantify the effects that fluid flow has on the sound radiated from rectangular vibrating plates. The discussion includes a description of the fundamental physics associated with a simply supported, vibrating, rectangular plate imbedded in an infinite baffle and radiating into a semi-infinite convected fluid field. This is followed by a discussion of the computational approach used to calculate the plate radiation efficiency. Finally, numerical results are presented which demonstrate the effect that convection has on the radiation efficiency. The primary effect is a significant increase in radiation efficiency in the mid-wave number region, which is attributable to an effective decrease in the critical frequency.
Effect of pulse polarity and energy on ultrasound-induced lung hemorrhage in adult rats
Authors: Frizzell Leon A. , Zachary James F. , O’Brien William D.
Published: May 2003

The objective of this study was to further assess the role of inertial cavitation in ultrasound-induced lung hemorrhage by examining the effect of pulse polarity at a common in situ (at the lung surface) peak rarefactional pressure [pr(in situ)] and at a common in situ pulse intensity integral (PIIin situ). A total of 60 rats was divided into three experimental groups of 20 animals per group and randomly exposed to pulsed ultrasound. The groups were exposed as follows: Group 1 to 0° polarity pulses (compression followed by rarefraction) at a pr(in situ) of 3.48 MPa and a PIIin situ of 4.78 Ws/m2, group 2 to 180° polarity pulses (rarefraction followed by compression) at a pr(in situ) of 3.72 MPa and a PIIin situ of 2.55 Ws/m2, and group 3 to 180° polarity pulses at a pr(in situ) of 4.97 MPa and a PIIin situ of 4.79 Ws/m2. For all experimental groups, the frequency was 2.46 MHz, the exposure duration was 240 s, the pulse repetition frequency was 2.5 kHz, and the pulse duration was 0.42 μs. Six sham animals were also randomly distributed among the experimental animals. The lesion surface area and depth were determined for each rat as well as lesion occurrence (percentage of rats with lesions) per group. It was found that lesion occurrence and size correlated better with PIIin situ than with pr(in situ), suggesting that a mechanism other than inertial cavitation was responsible for the damage.
Observations of acoustic surface waves in outdoor sound propagation
Authors: Albert Donald G.
Published: May 2003

Acoustic surface waves have been detected propagating outdoors under natural conditions. Two critical experimental conditions were employed to ensure the conclusive detection of these waves. First, acoustic pulses rather than a continuous wave source allowed an examination of the waveform shape and avoided the masking of wave arrivals. Second, a snow cover provided favorable ground impedance conditions for surface waves to exist. The acoustic pulses were generated by blank pistol shots fired 1 m above the snow. The resultant waveforms were measured using a vertical array of six microphones located 60 m away from the source at heights between 0.1 and 4.75 m. A strong, low frequency “tail” following the initial arrival was recorded near the snow surface. This tail, and its exponential decay with height (z) above the surface (∼e−αz), are diagnostic features of surface waves. The measured attenuation coefficient α was 0.28 m−1. The identification of the surface wave is confirmed by comparing the measured waveforms with waveforms predicted by the theoretical evaluation of the explicit surface wave pole term using residue theory.
Solving the hypersingular boundary integral equation in three-dimensional acoustics using a regularization relationship
Authors: Yan Zai You , Hung Kin Chew , Zheng Hui
Published: May 2003

Regularization of the hypersingular integral in the normal derivative of the conventional Helmholtz integral equation through a double surface integral method or regularization relationship has been studied. By introducing the new concept of discretized operator matrix, evaluation of the double surface integrals is reduced to calculate the product of two discretized operator matrices. Such a treatment greatly improves the computational efficiency. As the number of frequencies to be computed increases, the computational cost of solving the composite Helmholtz integral equation is comparable to that of solving the conventional Helmholtz integral equation. In this paper, the detailed formulation of the proposed regularization method is presented. The computational efficiency and accuracy of the regularization method are demonstrated for a general class of acoustic radiation and scattering problems. The radiation of a pulsating sphere, an oscillating sphere, and a rigid sphere insonified by a plane acoustic wave are solved using the new method with curvilinear quadrilateral isoparametric elements. It is found that the numerical results rapidly converge to the corresponding analytical solutions as finer meshes are applied.
Theory and experiment of Fourier–Bessel field calculation and tuning of a pulsed wave annular array
Authors: Fox Paul D. , Cheng Jiqi , Lu Jian-yu
Published: May 2003

A one-dimensional (1D) Fourier–Bessel series method for computing and tuning (beamforming) the linear lossless field of flat pulsed wave annular arrays is developed and supported with both numerical simulation and experimental verification. The technique represents a new method for modeling and tuning the propagated field by linking the quantized surface pressure profile to a known set of limited diffraction Bessel beams propagating into the medium. This enables derivation of an analytic expression for the field at any point in space and time in terms of the transducer surface pressure profile. Tuning of the field then also follows by formulating a least-squares design for the transducer surface pressure with respect to a given desired field in space and time. Simulated and experimental results for both field computation and tuning are presented in the context of a 10-ring annular array operating at a central frequency of 2.5 MHz in water.
Numerical and experimental modal analysis of the reed and pipe of a clarinet
Authors: Facchinetti Matteo L. , Boutillon Xavier , Constantinescu Andrei
Published: May 2003

A modal computation of a complete clarinet is presented by the association of finite-element models of the reed and of part of the pipe with a lumped-element model of the rest of the pipe. In the first part, we compare modal computations of the reed and the air inside the mouthpiece and barrel with measurements performed by holographic interferometry. In the second part, the complete clarinet is modeled by adjoining a series of lumped elements for the remaining part of the pipe. The parameters of the lumped-resonator model are determined from acoustic impedance measurements. Computed eigenmodes of the whole system show that modal patterns of the reed differ significantly whether it is alone or coupled to air. Some modes exhibit mostly reed motion and a small contribution of the acoustic pressure inside the pipe. Resonance frequencies measured on a clarinet with the mouthpiece replaced by the cylinder of equal volume differ significantly from the computed eigenfrequencies of the clarinet taking the actual shape of the mouthpiece into account and from those including the (linear) dynamics of the reed. This suggests revisiting the customary quality index based on the alignment of the peaks of the input acoustical impedance curve.
Flexural waves on narrow plates
Authors: Norris Andrew N.
Published: May 2003

Flexural wave speeds on beams or plates depend upon the bending stiffnesses which differ by the well-known factor (1−ν2). A quantitative analysis of a plate of finite lateral width displays the plate-to-beam transition, and permits asymptotic analysis that shows the leading order dependence on the width. Orthotropic plates are analyzed using both the Kirchhoff and Kirchhoff–Rayleigh theories, and isotropic plates are considered for Mindlin’s theory with and without rotational inertia. A frequency-dependent Young’s modulus for beams or strips of finite width is suggested, although the form of the correction to the modulus is not unique and depends on the theory used. The sign of the correction for the Kirchhoff theory is opposite to that for the Mindlin theory. These results indicate that the different plate and beam theories can produce quite distinct behavior. This divergence in predictions is further illustrated by comparison of the speeds for antisymmetric flexural, or torsional, modes on narrow plates. The four classical theories predict limiting wave speeds as the plate width vanishes, but the values are different in each case. The deviations can be understood in terms of torsional waves and how each theory succeeds, or fails, in approximating the effect of torsion. Dispersion equations are also derived, some for the first time, for the flexural edge wave in each of the four “engineering” theories.
Coupled perturbed modes and internal solitary waves
Authors: Higham C. J. , Tindle C. T.
Published: May 2003

Coupled perturbed mode theory combines conventional coupled modes and perturbation theory. The theory is used to directly calculate mode coupling in a range-dependent shallow water problem involving propagation through continental shelf internal solitary waves. The solitary waves considered are thermocline depressions, separating well-mixed upper and lower layers. The method is fast and accurate. Results highlight mode coupling associated with internal solitary waves, and mode capture or loss to and from the discrete mode spectrum.
Finite difference computation of head-related transfer function for human hearing
Authors: Xiao Tian , Huo Liu Qing
Published: May 2003

Modeling the head-related transfer function (HRTF) is a key to many applications in spatial audio. To understand and predict the effects of head geometry and the surrounding environment on the HRTF, a three-dimensional finite-difference time domain model (3D FDTD) has been developed to simulate acoustic wave interaction with a human head. A perfectly matched layer (PML) is used to absorb outgoing waves at the truncated boundary of an unbounded medium. An external source is utilized to reduce the computational domain size through the scattered-field/total-field formulation. This numerical model has been validated by analytical solutions for a spherical head model. The 3D FDTD code is then used as a computational tool to predict the HRTF for various scenarios. In particular, a simplified spherical head model is compared to a realistic head model up to about 7 kHz. The HRTF is also computed for a realistic head model in the presence of a wall. It is demonstrated that this 3D FDTD model can be a useful tool for spatial audio applications.
Material property estimation in thin plates using focused, synthetic-aperture acoustic beams
Authors: Fei Dong , Chimenti D. E. , Teles Sorin V.
Published: May 2003

The method developed here exploits the wide angular range of focused acoustic probes and the large synthetic aperture of scanned transducers to permit a rapid and reliable estimation of material properties in thin plates. It is found in several tests with various materials that estimates of elastic behavior using this method agree with contact measurements to within less than 5%. The method utilizes transmission (or reflection) coefficient reconstruction for an infinite thin plate, across a wide range of frequency and wave number, from which elastic property estimates are made. Data collected over a large synthetic acoustic aperture are processed with temporal and spatial Fourier transforms applied to change the acquired data from the coordinate and time domains to the wave number and frequency domains. Extrinsic real-beam effects on the data are accounted for with a complex transducer point analysis. Transmission measurements yield reconstructed data extending to the mode cutoffs, permitting easy and nearly unambiguous estimation of a subset of the elastic stiffnesses. For anisotropic plates, elastic stiffnesses are estimated with an inversion procedure that uses only limited data carefully selected from different portions of the measured scattering coefficient. Estimates are made by reconstructing in a stepwise fashion, based on sensitivity studies, where only one stiffness is estimated from the data at any one time, restricting the optimization to a robust one-dimensional search.
Reciprocal maximum-length sequence pairs for acoustical dual source measurements
Authors: Xiang Ning , Schroeder Manfred R.
Published: May 2003

In this paper we propose and demonstrate a method to obtain simultaneous dual source–receiver impulse responses in acoustical systems using binary maximum-length sequences (MLS). A binary MLS and its reversed-order sequence form a reciprocal MLS pair. Their correlation property includes a two-valued “pulse-like” autocorrelation function and a relatively smaller-valued cross-correlation function. This unique property, along with other number-theory properties, makes the reciprocal MLS pair suitable for simultaneous dual source cross-correlation measurements. In the measurement of a dual source system, each of the reciprocal MLS pairs simultaneously excite one of two separate sources, one or several receiver signals cross-correlate in turn with each of the MLS pairs, resulting in impulse responses associated with two separate sources. The proposed method is particularly valuable for system identification tasks with multiple sound/vibration sources and receivers that have to be accomplished in a limited time period. A fast algorithm called a fast MLS transform is exploited for the cross-correlation. In this paper we propose a fast MLS transform pair for the reciprocal MLS pairs. Its efficiency lies in the requirement of one single permutation matrix for a pair of two fast MLS transforms. Its feasibility and usefulness in the acoustical measurements are demonstrated using experimental results.
Source motion mitigation for adaptive matched field processing
Authors: Zurk Lisa M. , Lee Nigel , Ward James
Published: May 2003

Application of adaptive matched field processing to the problem of detecting quiet targets in shallow water is complicated by source motion, both the motion of the target and the motion of discrete interferers. Target motion causes spreading of the target peak, thereby reducing output signal power. Interferer motion increases the dimensionality of the interference subspace, reducing adaptive interference suppression. This paper presents three techniques that mitigate source motion problems in adaptive matched field processing. The first involves rank reduction, which enables adaptive weight computation over short observation intervals where motion effects are less pronounced. The other two techniques specifically compensate for source motion. Explicit target motion compensation reduces target motion mismatch by focusing snapshots according to a target velocity hypothesis. And time-varying interference filtering places time-varying nulls on moving interferers not otherwise suppressed by adaptive weights. The three techniques are applied to volumetric array data from the Santa Barbara Channel Experiment and are shown to improve output signal-to-background-plus-noise ratio by more than 3 dB over the standard minimum-variance, distortionless response adaptive beam-former. Application of the techniques in some cases proves to be the difference between detecting and not detecting the target.
The resolution of complex spectral patterns by cochlear implant and normal-hearing listeners
Authors: Henry Belinda A. , Turner Christopher W.
Published: May 2003

The differences in spectral shape resolution abilities among cochlear implant (CI) listeners, and between CI and normal-hearing (NH) listeners, when listening with the same number of channels (12), was investigated. In addition, the effect of the number of channels on spectral shape resolution was examined. The stimuli were rippled noise signals with various ripple frequency-spacings. An adaptive 4IFC procedure was used to determine the threshold for resolvable ripple spacing, which was the spacing at which an interchange in peak and valley positions could be discriminated. The results showed poorer spectral shape resolution in CI compared to NH listeners (average thresholds of approximately 3000 and 400 Hz, respectively), and wide variability among CI listeners (range of approximately 800 to 8000 Hz). There was a significant relationship between spectral shape resolution and vowel recognition. The spectral shape resolution thresholds of NH listeners increased as the number of channels increased from 1 to 16, while the CI listeners showed a performance plateau at 4–6 channels, which is consistent with previous results using speech recognition measures. These results indicate that this test may provide a measure of CI performance which is time efficient and non-linguistic, and therefore, if verified, may provide a useful contribution to the prediction of speech perception in adults and children who use CIs.
Evaluation of decay times in coupled spaces: Bayesian decay model selection
Authors: Xiang Ning , Goggans Paul M.
Published: May 2003

This paper applies Bayesian probability theory to determination of the decay times in coupled spaces. A previous paper [N. Xiang and P. M. Goggans, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110, 1415–1424 (2001)] discussed determination of the decay times in coupled spaces from Schroeder’s decay functions using Bayesian parameter estimation. To this end, the previous paper described the extension of an existing decay model [N. Xiang, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98, 2112–2121 (1995)] to incorporate one or more decay modes for use with Bayesian inference. Bayesian decay time estimation will obtain reasonable results only when it employs an appropriate decay model with the correct number of decay modes. However, in architectural acoustics practice, the number of decay modes may not be known when evaluating Schroeder’s decay functions. The present paper continues the endeavor of the previous paper to apply Bayesian probability inference for comparison and selection of an appropriate decay model based upon measured data. Following a summary of Bayesian model comparison and selection, it discusses selection of a decay model in terms of experimentally measured Schroeder’s decay functions. The present paper, along with the Bayesian decay time estimation described previously, suggests that Bayesian probability inference presents a suitable approach to the evaluation of decay times in coupled spaces.
Tongue-surface movement patterns during speech and swallowing
Authors: Green Jordan R. , Wang Yu-Tsai
Published: May 2003

The tongue has been frequently characterized as being composed of several functionally independent articulators. The question of functional regionality within the tongue was examined by quantifying the strength of coupling among four different tongue locations across a large number of consonantal contexts and participants. Tongue behavior during swallowing was also described. Vertical displacements of pellets affixed to the tongue were extracted from the x-ray microbeam database. Forty-six participants recited 20 vowel-consonant-vowel (VCV) combinations and swallowed 10 ccs of water. Tongue-surface movement patterns were quantitatively described by computing the covariance between the vertical time-histories of all possible pellet pairs. Phonemic differentiation in vertical tongue motions was observed as coupling varied predictably across pellet pairs with place of articulation. Moreover, tongue displacements for speech and swallowing clustered into distinct groups based on their coupling profiles. Functional independence of anterior tongue regions was evidenced by a wide range of movement coupling relations between anterior tongue pellets. The strengths and weaknesses of the covariance-based analysis for characterizing tongue movement are considered.
Energy analysis of a piezoelectric body under nonuniform deformation
Authors: Aronov Boris
Published: May 2003

One of the most powerful and clear methods for solving electromechanical transducer problems is the energy method based on the use of the Euler–Lagrange equations. The general expression is developed in a form convenient for applying the energy method to the calculation of the internal energy of a piezoelectric body under nonuniform deformation. The electrical and mechanical variables in this expression are separable under certain conditions and the underlying physics is illustrated with particular examples of bars made of piezoelectric ceramic for the case of transverse and axial polarization. In the case that the electrical and mechanical variables are not separable, the contribution of the mutual energy term to the total internal energy is expressed analytically.
An acoustic-logging transmission-network model (continued): Addition and multiplication ALTNs
Authors: Fa Lin , Castagna John P. , Suarez-Rivera Roberto , Sun Peng
Published: May 2003

On the basis of the acoustic-logging transmission-network (ALTN) model [Fa et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111(5), 2158–2165 (2002)] this paper puts forward concepts of addition and multiplication ALTNs, proves the reciprocity of two kinds of addition ALTNs, sets up the physical model of the multiplication acoustic array logging tool, calculates their acoustic-beam steering efficiencies, and performs experimental verification.
An iterative implementation of rotated coordinates for inverse problems
Authors: Neilsen Tracianne B.
Published: May 2003

A generalized inversion method is presented that uses a rotated coordinates technique [Collins and Fishman, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98, 1637–1644 (1995)] in simulated annealing to invert for both the location of an acoustic source and parameters that describe the ocean seabed. The rotated coordinates technique not only aids in the inversion process but also indicates the coupling of the source and environmental parameters and the relative sensitivities of the cost function to changes in the various parameters. The information obtained from the rotated coordinates provides insights into how the inversion problem can be effectively decoupled. An iterative process consisting of multiple simulated annealing runs that each use a different set of rotated coordinates is demonstrated. This multistep algorithm is called systematic decoupling using rotated coordinates and is especially helpful when inverting for a large number of unknown parameters. The cost function minimized in the inversion algorithm is model-data cross-hydrophone spectra summed coherently over frequency and receiver pairs. The results of applying this inversion method to simulated data are presented in this paper.
Guided waves propagating in sandwich structures made of anisotropic, viscoelastic, composite materials
Authors: Castaings Michel , Hosten Bernard
Published: May 2003

The propagation of Lamb-like waves in sandwich plates made of anisotropic and viscoelastic material layers is studied. A semi-analytical model is described and used for predicting the dispersion curves (phase velocity, energy velocity, and complex wave-number) and the through-thickness distribution fields (displacement, stress, and energy flow). Guided modes propagating along a test-sandwich plate are shown to be quite different than classical Lamb modes, because this structure does not have the mirror symmetry, contrary to most of composite material plates. Moreover, the viscoelastic material properties imply complex roots of the dispersion equation to be found that lead to connections between some of the dispersion curves, meaning that some of the modes get coupled together. Gradual variation from zero to nominal values of the imaginary parts of the viscoelastic moduli shows that the mode coupling depends on the level of material viscoelasticity, except for one particular case where this phenomenon exists whether the medium is viscoelastic or not. The model is used to quantify the sensitivity of both the dispersion curves and the through-thickness mode shapes to the level of material viscoelasticity, and to physically explain the mode-coupling phenomenon. Finite element software is also used to confirm results obtained for the purely elastic structure. Finally, experiments are made using ultrasonic, air-coupled transducers for generating and detecting guided modes in the test-sandwich structure. The mode-coupling phenomenon is then confirmed, and the potential of the air-coupled system for developing single-sided, contactless, NDT applications of such structures is discussed.
The influence of large-scale seafloor slope and average bottom sound speed on low-grazing-angle monostatic acoustic scattering
Authors: Greaves Robert J. , Stephen Ralph A.
Published: May 2003

Variations in large-scale seafloor slope and average seabed sound speed account for a significant portion of the variations in scattering intensity observed in low-grazing-angle monostatic reverberation. Numerical modeling using a finite-difference solution to the elastic wave equation is used to quantify the effect of these large-scale parameters in interpretations of reverberation data. For hard rough seafloor (e.g., basalt), the results of the modeling suggest that the monostatic backscattering strength increases with increasing large-scale seafloor slope up to a slope of about 15° dipping toward the incident direction. Once the grazing angle of the incident wavefield exceeds the critical grazing angle for the flat reference seafloor the backscattering intensity increases only slowly with increasing grazing angle. Similarly, average subseafloor sound speed has a significant effect. Seafloor with low sound speeds characteristic of soft bottoms (e.g., sediment) generate significantly weaker backscatter signals than seafloor with sound speeds characteristic of hard bottoms (e.g., basalt). The difference is that the shear waves can always be passed into soft bottoms because even for a flat seafloor there is no shear wave critical grazing angle.
Ultrasonic absorption in aqueous solutions of amino acids at neutral pH
Authors: Nishikawa S. , Ohno T. , Huang H. , Yoshizuka K. , Jordan F.
Published: May 2003

Ultrasonic absorption coefficients in aqueous solutions of glycine, L-alanine, imidazole, L-phenylalanine, L-histidine and L-tryptophan at neutral pH were measured in the range from 0.8 to 220 MHz at 25 °C. A characteristic ultrasonic relaxation phenomenon was observed only in the solution of L-histidine with a relaxation frequency at around 2 MHz at neutral pH. It was proposed from the concentration independent relaxation frequency and the linear concentration dependence of the maximum absorption per wavelength that the relaxation mechanism was associated with a perturbation of the rotational isomeric equilibrium of the L-histidine molecule. The existence of two rotational isomeric forms of L-histidine in water was examined by semiempirical quantum chemical methods, in order to determine the free energy difference between the two states. The forward and backward rate constants were determined from the relaxation frequency and the energy change. Also, the standard volume change of the reaction was estimated from the concentration dependence of the maximum absorption per wavelength. It was speculated that L-histidine fulfills a specific function among amino acids because of the rotational motion in the molecule, in addition to its well-established acid-base properties.
Effects of prosodic boundary on /aC/ sequences: articulatory results
Authors: Tabain Marija
Published: May 2003

This study presents EMA (electromagnetic articulography) data on articulation of the vowel /a/ at different prosodic boundaries in French. Three speakers of metropolitan French produced utterances containing the vowel /a/, preceded by /t/ and followed by one of six consonants /b d g f s ∫/ (three stops and three fricatives), with different prosodic boundaries intervening between the /a/ and the six different consonants. The prosodic boundaries investigated are the Utterance, the Intonational phrase, the Accentual phrase, and the Word. Data for the Tongue Tip, Tongue Body, and Jaw are presented. The articulatory data presented here were recorded at the same time as the acoustic data presented in Tabain [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 516–531 (2003)]. Analyses show that there is a strong effect on peak displacement of the vowel according to the prosodic hierarchy, with the stronger prosodic boundaries inducing a much lower Tongue Body and Jaw position than the weaker prosodic boundaries. Durations of both the opening movement into and the closing movement out of the vowel are also affected. Peak velocity of the articulatory movements is also examined, and, contrary to results for phrase-final lengthening, it is found that peak velocity of the opening movement into the vowel tends to increase with the higher prosodic boundaries, together with the increased magnitude of the movement between the consonant and the vowel. Results for the closing movement out of the vowel and into the consonant are not so clear. Since one speaker shows evidence of utterance-level articulatory declension, it is suggested that the competing constraints of articulatory declension and prosodic effects might explain some previous results on phrase-final lengthening.
Noncontacting lateral transportation using gas squeeze film generated by flexural traveling waves—Numerical analysis
Authors: Minikes Adi , Bucher Izhak
Published: May 2003

This paper presents the theory describing the dynamical behavior of a noncontacting lateral transportation of planer objects by means of a gas squeeze film created by traveling flexural waves of a driving surface. An oscillating motion in the normal direction between two surfaces can generate a gas film with an average pressure higher than the surrounding. This load-carrying phenomenon arises from the fact that a viscous flow cannot be instantaneously squeezed; therefore, fast vibrations give rise to a cushioning effect. Equilibrium is established through a balance between viscous flow forces and compressibility forces. When the oscillatory motion between two surfaces creates traveling waves, lateral viscous forces are generated in addition to the normal levitation forces. These forces are produced as a result of nonuniform pressure gradients in the lateral direction between the surfaces. The combination of normal and lateral forces could be used for transporting objects without any direct contact with the driving surface. The numerical algorithm in this work couples the squeeze film phenomenon, which is represented by means of finite difference equations, to model a variant of the Reynolds equation, together with the equations describing the dynamics of the floating object. Numerical simulations are presented and investigated to highlight noteworthy topics.
Antiplane shear wave propagation in fiber-reinforced composites
Authors: Kim Jin-Yeon
Published: May 2003

A self-consistent method for analyzing antiplane shear wave propagation in two-dimensional inhomogeneous media is presented. For applications in the high-frequency range, the self-consistent condition for the effective medium is solved being supplemented with the theory of quasidynamic effective density. Comparisons with other theoretical calculations and experimental data for fiber-reinforced composites demonstrate the merits of using the present method.
Broadband matched-field processing: Coherent and incoherent approaches
Authors: Soares Cristiano , Jesus Sérgio M.
Published: May 2003

Matched-field based methods always involve the comparison of the output of a physical model and the actual data. The method of comparison and the nature of the data varies according to the problem at hand, but the result becomes always largely conditioned by the accurateness of the physical model and the amount of data available. The usage of broadband methods has become a widely used approach to increase the amount of data and to stabilize the estimation process. Due to the difficulties to accurately predict the phase of the acoustic field the problem whether the information should be coherently or incoherently combined across frequency has been an open debate in the last years. This paper provides a data consistent model for the observed signal, formed by a deterministic channel structure multiplied by a perturbation random factor plus noise. The cross-frequency channel structure and the decorrelation of the perturbation random factor are shown to be the main causes of processor performance degradation. Different Bartlett processors, such as the incoherent processor [Baggeroer et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 80, 571–587 (1988)], the coherent normalized processor [Z.-H. Michalopoulou, IEEE J. Ocean Eng. 21, 384–392 (1996)] and the matched-phase processor [Orris et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107, 2563–2375 (2000)], are reviewed and compared to the proposed cross-frequency incoherent processor. It is analytically shown that the proposed processor has the same performance as the matched-phase processor at the maximum of the ambiguity surface, without the need for estimating the phase terms and thus having an extremely low computational cost.
Elastic wave thermal fluctuations, ultrasonic waveforms by correlation of thermal phonons
Authors: Weaver Richard L. , Lobkis Oleg I.
Published: May 2003

It is widely recognized that acoustic degrees of freedom coupled to a thermal bath have amplitudes which fluctuate with a mean square proportional to temperature; this is the basis for the Debye theory of the heat capacity of insulating solids. It is shown here that these elastic wave thermal phonons have correlation functions identical to the system’s ultrasonic Green’s function, and furthermore that thermal noise in ultrasonic detectors should have correlation functions equivalent to conventional waveforms obtained by active transmission and reception. This suggests the possibility of doing ultrasonics without a source. Theory for the identity is presented, and several room temperature laboratory confirmations are conducted in the frequency range 0.1–1.0 MHz. The thermal nature of the origin of these correlations is established by comparing their strength with theoretical expectations. Applications are discussed.
Approximation of the Struve function H1 occurring in impedance calculations
Authors: Aarts Ronald M. , Janssen Augustus J. E. M.
Published: May 2003

The problem of the rigid-piston radiator mounted in an infinite baffle has been studied widely for tutorial as well as for practical reasons. The resulting theory is commonly applied to model a loudspeaker in the audio-frequency range. A special function, the Struve function H1(z), occurs in the expressions for the rigid-piston radiator. This Struve function is not readily available in programs such as Matlab or Mathcad, nor in computer languages such as FORTRAN and C. Therefore a simple and effective approximation of H1(z) which is valid for all z is developed. Some examples of the application of the Struve function in acoustics are presented.
Testing the concept of a modulation filter bank: The audibility of component modulation and detection of phase change in three-component modulators
Authors: Sek Aleksander , Moore Brian C. J.
Published: May 2003

Two experiments were performed to test the concept that the auditory system contains a “modulation filter bank” (MFB). Experiment 1 examined the ability to “hear out” the modulation frequency of the central component of a three-component modulator applied to a 4-kHz sinusoidal carrier. On each trial, three modulated stimuli were presented. The modulator of the first stimulus contained three components. Within a run the frequencies of the outer two components were fixed and the frequency of the central (“target”) component was drawn randomly from one of five values. The modulators of second and third stimuli contained one component. One had a frequency equal to that of the target and the other had a frequency randomly selected from one of the other possible values. Subjects indicated whether the target corresponded to the second or third stimulus. Scores were around 80% correct when the components in the three-component modulator were widely spaced and when the frequencies of the target and comparison differed sufficiently. Experiment 2 examined the ability to hear a change in the relative phase of the components in a three-component modulator with harmonically spaced components, using a 3IFC task. The frequency of the central component, fc, was either 50 or 100 Hz. Scores were 80%–90% correct when the component spacing was ⩽0.5fc, but decreased markedly for greater spacings. Performance was only slightly impaired by randomizing the overall modulation depth from one stimulus to the next. The results of both experiments are broadly consistent with what would be expected from a MFB with a Q value of 1 or slightly less.
Negative group velocity Lamb waves on plates and applications to the scattering of sound by shells
Authors: Marston Philip L.
Published: May 2003

Symmetric Lamb waves on plates exhibit anomalies for certain regions of frequency. The phase velocity appears to be double-valued [M. F. Werby and H. Überall, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 2686–2691 (2002)] with one of the branches having a negative group velocity relative to the corresponding phase velocity. The classification of the symmetric plate modes for frequencies appearing to have a double-valued phase velocity is reviewed here. The complication of a double-valued velocity is avoided by examining mode orthogonality and the complex wave-number spectra. Various authors have noted an enhancement in the backscattering of sound by elastic shells in water that occurs for frequencies where symmetric leaky Lamb waves (generalized to case of a shell) have contra-directed group and phase velocities. The ray diagram for negative group velocity contributions to the scattering by shells [G. Kaduchak, D. H. Hughes, and P. L. Marston, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 3704–3714 (1994)] is unusual since for this type of mode the energy on the shell flows in the opposite direction of the wave vector. Circumnavigation of the shell is not required for the leaky ray to be backward directed.
Reliability of sound attenuation in Florida scrub habitat and behavioral implications
Authors: Nelson Brian S.
Published: May 2003

Attenuation over distance in natural habitat is often difficult to predict when measured without respect to sound frequency. The physical-acoustic structure of Florida scrub habitat is described and both attenuation and reliability of attenuation are measured as a function of sound frequency, over several distances, speaker elevations, and microphone elevations. The spatial context of sound propagation in Florida scrub habitat is discussed and a model designed to describe contributions to overall attenuation from individual factors is presented. Sound frequencies below ∼3.5 kHz attenuate more reliably than higher sound frequencies, suggesting that animals should pay greatest attention to relatively low sound frequencies when they assess attenuation or estimate sound-pressure level.
Helmholtz and parabolic equation solutions to a benchmark problem in ocean acoustics
Authors: Larsson Elisabeth , Abrahamsson Leif
Published: May 2003

The Helmholtz equation (HE) describes wave propagation in applications such as acoustics and electromagnetics. For realistic problems, solving the HE is often too expensive. Instead, approximations like the parabolic wave equation (PE) are used. For low-frequency shallow-water environments, one persistent problem is to assess the accuracy of the PE model. In this work, a recently developed HE solver that can handle a smoothly varying bathymetry, variable material properties, and layered materials, is used for an investigation of the errors in PE solutions. In the HE solver, a preconditioned Krylov subspace method is applied to the discretized equations. The preconditioner combines domain decomposition and fast transform techniques. A benchmark problem with upslope–downslope propagation over a penetrable lossy seamount is solved. The numerical experiments show that, for the same bathymetry, a soft and slow bottom gives very similar HE and PE solutions, whereas the PE model is far from accurate for a hard and fast bottom. A first attempt to estimate the error is made by computing the relative deviation from the energy balance for the PE solution. This measure gives an indication of the magnitude of the error, but cannot be used as a strict error bound.
Transmission mode time-reversal super-resolution imaging
Authors: Lehman Sean K. , Devaney Anthony J.
Published: May 2003

The theory of time-reversal super-resolution imaging of point targets embedded in a reciprocal background medium [A. J. Devaney, “Super-resolution imaging using time-reversal and MUSIC,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (to be published)] is generalized to the case where the transmitter and receiver sensor arrays need not be coincident and for cases where the background medium can be nonreciprocal. The new theory developed herein is based on the singular value decomposition of the generalized multistatic data matrix of the sensor system rather than the standard eigenvector/eigenvalue decomposition of the time-reversal matrix as was employed in the above-mentioned work and other treatments of time-reversal imaging [Prada, Thomas, and Fink, “The iterative time reversal process: Analysis of the convergence,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 97, 62 (1995); Prada et al., “Decomposition of the time reversal operator: Detection and selective focusing on two scatterers,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99, 2067 (1996)]. A generalized multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm is derived that allows super-resolution imaging of both well-resolved and non-well-resolved point targets from arbitrary sensor array geometries. MUSIC exploits the orthogonal nature of the scatterer and noise subspaces defined by the singular vectors of the multistatic data matrix to form scatterer images. The time-reversal/MUSIC algorithm is tested and validated in two computer simulations of offset vertical seismic profiling where the sensor sources are aligned along the earth’s surface and the receiver array is aligned along a subsurface borehole. All results demonstrate the high contrast, high resolution imaging capabilities of this new algorithm combination when compared with “classical” backpropagation or field focusing. Above and beyond the application of seismo-acoustic imaging, the time-reversal super-resolution theory has applications in ocean acoustics for target location, and ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of parts.
Optimal detection of crack echo families in elastic solids
Authors: Asraf Daniel E. , Gustafsson Mats G.
Published: May 2003

Optimal detection of a striplike crack residing in an isotropic elastic solid with coarse microstructure by means of ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) is considered. A physics-based approach to derive an optimal detector, which achieves the theoretical limitations constrained by the underlying physics, is presented. State-of-the-art physical models of crack echoes and of stochastic backscattering from the material structure in elastic solids are introduced and unified with the theory of optimal detection to yield a practically useful nonlinear filter bank implementation of the optimal detector. Monte Carlo simulations of the detection performance for the special case of a striplike crack with uncertain angular orientation are presented in the form of receiver operating characteristics (ROCs). These new results represent the physical limitations for detecting a crack under the stated conditions and serve as performance bounds to which other detectors should be compared. A physics-based generalized likelihood ratio (GLR) detector, which relies on the same nonlinear filter bank as the optimal detector, is also presented for the special case of a striplike crack. A comparison between the optimal and the GLR detectors shows that the GLR detector only slightly reduces the performance.
Diffraction of sound from a dipole source near to a barrier or an impedance discontinuity
Authors: Buret Marc , Li Kai Ming , Attenborough Keith
Published: May 2003

Pierce’s formulation for the diffraction of spherical waves by a hard wedge has been extended to the case of the sound field due to a dipole source. The same approach is also used to extend a semiempirical model for sound propagation above an impedance discontinuity due to a dipole source. The resulting formulas have been validated by comparing their numerical solutions with that computed by summing the sound fields due to two closely spaced monopole sources of equal magnitude but opposite in phase. These new formulations are then used to develop a simple model for calculating the dipole sound field diffracted by a barrier above an impedance ground. Applications of these models relate to transportation noise prediction, particularly railway noise abatement, for which dipole sources are commonly used. The numerical predictions have been found to compare reasonably well with indoor measurements using piezoceramic transducers as dipole sources.
An optical fiber infrasound sensor: A new lower limit on atmospheric pressure noise between 1 and 10 Hz
Authors: Zumberge Mark A. , Berger Jonathan , Hedlin Michael A. H. , Husmann Eric , Nooner Scott , Hilt Richard , Widmer-Schnidrig Rudolf
Published: May 2003

A new distributed sensor for detecting pressure variations caused by distant sources has been developed. The instrument reduces noise due to air turbulence in the infrasound band by averaging pressure along a line by means of monitoring strain in a long tubular diaphragm with an optical fiber interferometer. Above 1 Hz, the optical fiber infrasound sensor (OFIS) is less noisy than sensors relying on mechanical filters. Records collected from an 89-m-long OFIS indicate a new low noise limit in the band from 1 to 10 Hz. Because the OFIS integrates pressure variations at light-speed rather than the speed of sound, phase delays of the acoustical signals caused by the sensor are negligible. Very long fiber-optic sensors are feasible and hold the promise of better wind-noise reduction than can be achieved with acoustical-mechanical systems.
Expression for the estimation of time-averaged acoustic energy density using the two-microphone method (L)
Authors: Ghan Justin , Cazzolato Ben S. , Snyder Scott D.
Published: May 2003

Acoustic energy density has been shown to exhibit lower spatial variance in reactive sound fields compared to the acoustic potential energy estimate offered by microphones, making it a very useful measure of the acoustic energy within an enclosure. Previously, frequency domain time-averaged energy density estimates have come about by estimating the pressure average and particle velocity between two closely spaced microphones using either analog or digital electronics. A frequency domain expression can be obtained by adding the weighted sum of the auto-spectral densities of both the pressure and particle velocity magnitude. The purpose of this letter is to derive an expression for the time-averaged acoustic energy density in the frequency domain using the auto- and cross-spectral densities between the two closely spaced microphones. The resulting expression is validated numerically.