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.     

Scan-based near-field acoustical holography and partial field decomposition in the presence of noise and source level variation

Practical holography measurements of composite sources are usually performed using a multireference cross-spectral approach, and the measured sound field must be decomposed into spatially coherent partial fields before holographic projection. The formulations by which the latter approach have been implemented have not taken explicit account of the effect of additive noise on the reference signals and so have strictly been limited to the case in which noise superimposed on the reference signals is negligible. Further, when the sound field is measured by scanning a subarray over a number of patches in sequence, the decomposed partial fields can suffer from corruption in the form of a spatially distributed error resulting from source level variation from scan-to-scan. In the present work, the effects of both noise included in the reference signals, and source level variation during a scan-based measurement, on partial field decomposition are described, and an integrated procedure for simultaneously suppressing the two effects is provided. Also, the relative performance of two partial field decomposition formulations is compared, and a strategy for obtaining the best results is described. The proposed procedure has been verified by using numerical simulations and has been applied to holographic measurements of a subsonic jet.     

Direct analysis of dispersive wave fields from near-field pressure measurements

Flexural waves play a significant role for the radiation of sound from plates. The analysis of flexural wave fields enables the detection of sources and transmission paths in plate-like structures. The measurement of these wave fields can be carried out indirectly by means of near-field acoustic holography, which determines the vibrational wave field from pressure information measured in a plane close to the plate under investigation. The reconstruction of the plate vibration is usually obtained by inverting the forward radiation problem, i.e., by inversion of an integral operator. In this article, it is shown that a pressure measurement taken in the extreme near-field of a vibrating plate can directly be used for the approximate analysis of the dispersive flexural wave field. The inversion step of near-field acoustic holography is not necessarily required if such an approximate solution is sufficient. The proposed method enables fast and simple analysis of dispersion characteristics. Application of dispersion compensation to the measured field allows for visualizations of propagating wavefronts, such that sources and scatterers in the plate can be detected. The capabilities of the described approach are demonstrated on several measurements.     

Source characterization of a subsonic jet by using near-field acoustical holography

In the present study, patch near-field acoustical holography was used in conjunction with a multireference, cross-spectral sound pressure measurement to visualize the sound field emitted by a subsonic jet and to predict its farfield radiation pattern. A strategy for microphone array design is described that accounts for the low spatial coherence of aeroacoustic sources and for microphone self-noise resulting from entrained flow near the jet. In the experiments, a 0.8-cm-diameter burner was used to produce a subsonic, turbulent jet with a Mach number of 0.26. Six fixed, linear arrays holding eight reference microphones apiece were disposed circumferentially around the jet, and a circular array holding sixteen, equally spaced field microphones was traversed along the jet axis to measure the sound field on a 30-cm-diameter cylindrical surface enclosing the jet. The results revealed that the jet could be modeled as a combination of eleven uncorrelated dipole-, quadrupole-, and octupole-like sources, and the contribution of each source type to the total radiated sound power could be identified. Both the total sound field reconstructed in a three-dimensional space and the farfield radiation directivity obtained by using the latter model were successfully validated by comparisons to directly measured results.     

基于时域多普勒修正的运动声全息识别方法

由于运动声源测量信号中多普勒效应的存在,一般声全息方法无法直接使用,而阵列信号波束成形处理方法无法进行定量分析.本方法建立了基于测量面、辐射面和全息面的运动学几何关系,提出了声源与测量信号之间的非线性时间映射方法,基于运动声源的声源特征函数,构造了消除多普勒效应的全息面时域声压分布.全息重建得到运动声源表面有效声压分布,实现了对主要声源处声压幅值的定量估计.实际运动声源的测量实验结果证明了该方法的有效性.     

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。      

Video visualization for moving sound sources based on binoculars stereo and acoustic holography

The video visualization methods for moving sound sources are very important. The spatial positions in the sound filed measurement of moving sources arc measured by an automated method based on the binoculars stereo technique,the spatial coordinates of the surface of the moving sound source are determined automatically.The sound field of the surface of the moving source is reconstructed with a microphone array using the acoustic holography method for moving sound sources.The spatial mapping between the sound field and the video images is constructed,and also the time sequence of the sound field and the images is founded. Then,the reconstructed sound field and the real-world images are merged,and the visualized sound field video of the moving source is generated automatically.A sound field measurement system based on this method is developed,the measurement results of the moving sound source with this system indicate that the sound field video visualization is realized effectively with the proposed method,the sound sources and their changing process can be seen directly from the generated video,the identification and localization for the moving sound sources can be easier with this method.     

基于声全息方法和双目视觉实现运动声源声场可视化

运动声源声场的可视化是一种重要的运动声源定位的技术手段,利用双目视觉测量技术实现运动声源声场空间的自动测量,自动确定运动声源表面的空间位置,针对声源表面,利用传声器阵列,基于声全息方法实现运动声源声场的重建,建立视频图像与声场的空间映射,并建立视频与声场之间的时序,实现实景视频图像与声场重建结果的融合,可以自动生成声源运动过程的视频。基于该方法所开发了一套试验测量系统,对运动声源的测量试验结果表明,该方法可以有效实现运动声源的视频可视化,使人可以直接从视频中看到声源及其变化过程,使声源的定位和识别变得更加简单。      

高频聚焦换能器声场的激光测量法

本文描述了一种使用激光测振技术测量高频聚焦换能器声场布的方法，并给出了使用该方法对一种高频聚换能器进行测量的结果，通过理论计算对结果的正确性进行了验证。     

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.     

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.     

单层传声器阵列重建相干声场的近场声全息方法研究

针对传声器阵列两侧存在相干声源的非自由声场重建问题,提出基于球面谐波函数扩展近场声全息理论的相干声场重建方法。该方法在已知测量面两侧声源几何位置时,使用单层传声器阵列获取测量面处的声压分布,通过最小二乘法获得与目标声源和干扰噪声源响应对应的最优球波函数扩展项数和最优系数向量,结合测点位置的空间坐标进行声波分解,并分别重建出各声源在测量面上的声压分布。为了验证方法的有效性,分别给出了相干噪声源为球形声源和非球形声源的仿真验证,并在全消声室内对双扬声器产生的相干声场的重建进行了实验验证。结果表明:该方法对球形声源和非球形声源干扰下的声场重建都具有较好的效果,球形声源干扰下的重建精度更高。      

统计最优平面近场声全息原理与声场分离技术

测量孔径尺寸的有限性，在基于空间傅里叶变换的平面近场声全息中会带来窗效应和卷绕误差. 为了克服窗效应和卷绕误差，引入了统计最优平面近场声全息技术. 运用声场叠加原理，证明了统计最优平面近场声全息的理论公式.通过在空间波数域限定kx,ky的取值范围，并离散其确定的空间波数面的途径，提出了一种确定波数矢量的方法.为了克服常规统计最优平面近场声全息技术的应用局限性——全息面一侧的声场必须为自由声场，提出了适用于统计最优平面近场声全息的、基于双全息面测量的空间声场分离技术. 通过实验和数值仿真对理论推导的正确性进行了验证. 关键词： 统计最优 平面近场声全息 波数矢量 声场分离     

Uncertainty of array-based measurement of radiated and absorbed sound intensity

Patch near-field acoustic holography (NAH) coupled with an array of sound intensity probes allows separating the sound field incident on a surface from the one radiated by the surface itself. Although the measurement principle has been successfully used to separate the noise source contribution from disturbing sources and/or noise reflections, the method accuracy has not been investigated in the literature. We describe the results of experiments meant to evaluate the uncertainty in the identification of noise radiated by vibrating panels with different absorption characteristics in presence of an incident acoustic radiation using the statistically optimized near-field acoustic holography. Measurement errors were evaluated through tests performed in controlled acoustic conditions. Results evidenced that the measurement uncertainty depends on the accuracy of the microphone array positioning and on the incident sound field. These conclusions were in agreement with the results obtained by simulations in the phase of instrument optimization.     

三维空间非同步测量高分辨率声成像方法

为解决三维空间中声源成像分辨率低的问题,提出一种基于非同步测量的三维空间声成像方法.该方法首先通过移动球形传声器阵列扫描空间分布的声源,然后利用非同步测量技术近似得到大孔径、高密度的传声器阵列测量结果,最后通过传统波束形成算法成像.仿真及实验结果表明,该方法与单次测量下的波束形成方法相比,聚焦性能更好,空间分辨率高,可...     

Reconstruction of ultrasonic fields by deconvolving the hydrophone aperture effects. II. Experiment

The correction of the averaging effect of finite-size hydrophones is at present realized by various methods which are based on idealized models for the sound field and thus are valid only to a limited extent. In the present article three methods for inverting the aperture effects of the hydrophone viz. the Wiener method, the power spectral equalization (PSE) method and the maximum a posteriori (MAP) method, are experimentally tested and their efficiency is compared. It is shown that both for a rectangular and for a circular hydrophone aperture all three methods are suitable to reconstruct complex sound field structures from spatially averaged data. The results of this paper confirm the finding of Part I [Ultrasonics 39 (2002) 603], i.e. the quality of reconstruction depends on the spatial frequency bandwidth of the sound field investigated. Good quality reconstructions are obtained when the effective dimensions of the hydrophone's sensing area are directly derived from the spatial frequency spectrum of the measurement signal. The Wiener method and the MAP method are superior to the PSE method, since the PSE filter does not take phase information into account. For the Wiener and the MAP method normalized correlation coefficients, r(pp), between the reconstructed sound pressure field and that of a reference measurement of typically 0.97 are obtained provided that the axial distance is not too small. Although the working frequency used for the experiments is rather low, it can be expected that the results obtained are applicable at higher frequencies provided that the complex spatial transfer function is determined with the necessary high precision.     

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.     

单层传声器阵列信号空间重采样的声波分离方法

为了重构非自由声场中目标声源的声场响应,提出单层传声器阵列信号空间重采样的声波分离方法.以球面波函数为基函数,建立由系列球面波函数叠加表达的声场数学模型.基于近场声全息原理,利用单层传声器阵列面上空间重采样形成的两组声压测量信号,求解基函数系数,并重构出传声器阵列两侧声源各自的声场响应,实现声波分离.使用脉动球和振动球共同作用的非自由声场,检验了数学模型以及传声器信号信噪比、传声器阵列形状和面积、声源中心位置、频率等关键参数对声波分离精度的影响,并在全消声室内进行了实验验证.最后,对单层传声器阵列重采样的声波分离方法的实施给出了建议.     

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.