A lumped‐parameter equivalent circuit of a tonpilz transducer is used to predict element amplitude and phase tolerance for different radiation loadings, based on in‐air measurements of the transducers. Relationships...
A lumped‐parameter equivalent circuit of a tonpilz transducer is used to predict element amplitude and phase tolerance for different radiation loadings, based on in‐air measurements of the transducers. Relationships among the measurable parameters of a transducer and its performance characteristics have been explored. Preliminary estimates of acceptable tolerances for each circuit parameter have been established. A two‐part technique to determine the placement of transducer elements in an array which minimizes the impact of element tolerances on the directional beam pattern has been developed. This technique has been used to place, in an array, elements with tolerances of ± 9% in amplitude and ± 11° in phase. The resulting theoretical array response achieved sidelobe levels that were within 1 dB of the −40‐dB design. The first half of the technique selects four elements at a time from a larger selection pool, and places them in a manner that partially cancels their respective amplitude and phase variations. The second half of the technique uses a permutation search algorithm which rearranges the initial placement of elements in and out of the array looking for improvements in the array response.
In a previous paper at the 99th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Atlanta in 1980 a new viscoelastometer was described. This instrument enables the Young's modulus and loss factor to be easily obtain...
In a previous paper at the 99th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Atlanta in 1980 a new viscoelastometer was described. This instrument enables the Young's modulus and loss factor to be easily obtained over a wide range of frequencies and temperatures. The prototype of this instrument is being used in a continuing project for the systematic evaluation of the properties of a wide variety of commercially available materials. The method will be. described and some examples given.
Refined models for plate deformation allow for new types of thickness and extensional displacements not currently feasible in the classical or Timoshenko‐Mindlin plate theories. An infinite bilaminar composite plate ...
Refined models for plate deformation allow for new types of thickness and extensional displacements not currently feasible in the classical or Timoshenko‐Mindlin plate theories. An infinite bilaminar composite plate is fabricated in such a way that the two plates, made of different isotropic, homogeneous materials, are perfectly bonded. A new mathematical model of the vibration of an infinite bilaminar composite plate has been obtained by using energy methods. The displacement field is based on symmetric and antisymmetric displacement functions in both the thickness stretch and the thickness shear of each layer. From this model, the Timoshenko‐Mindlin thick plate theory and the Bernoulli‐Euler classic plate theory for a single plate can be recovered as special limiting cases. For this model, a six‐branched frequency‐wavenumber spectrum of the composite layer is computed. This allows the introduction of suitable correction coefficients to correct the resulting frequency spectra so that they correspond to those of the exact elasticity theory.
This paper theoretically and experimentally examines the effect of a downstream ventilated gas cavity on the spectrum of turbulent boundary layer wall pressure fluctuations. The theoretical model predicts that the rat...
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The relationship between the signal bandwidth and the correlation of a single surface reflected arrival with the transmitted signal has been investigated experimentally and compared with two theories. The dependence o...
The relationship between the signal bandwidth and the correlation of a single surface reflected arrival with the transmitted signal has been investigated experimentally and compared with two theories. The dependence of correlation on signal bandwidth is termed frequency correlation. Decorrelation of surface scattered signals is a direct consequence of time spread. Thus the acoustic measurement utilized two pure tone signals, from which time spread has been estimated, and four broadband signals with different bandwidths, from which correlation with the transmitted signal has been calculated. A model developed by Dahl for the ocean surface bistatic scattering cross section was used to predict time spread, which agreed very well with the measured time spread. Next, scattering cross section prediction was employed in two theories that predict frequency correlation. The first, published by Reeves in 1974, compared well with the measurements for bandwidths up to 2 kHz, but under predicted correlation for signal bandwidth between 7 and 22 kHz. In the second, linear systems theory was used to develop a mathematical relationship between time spread and frequency correlation. Predictions made using the linear systems theory agree well with the measured values for signal bandwidths up to 22kHz. Further work is required to evaluate the linear systems theory under higher sea state conditions.
The acoustic radiation from a turbulent boundary layer that occurs downstream of a rearward facing step discontinuity and reattaches to a flat plate is considered experimentally. The step is exposed to a zero incidenc...
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The acoustic radiation from a turbulent boundary layer that occurs downstream of a rearward facing step discontinuity and reattaches to a flat plate is considered experimentally. The step is exposed to a zero incidence, uniform subsonic flow. A quiet wall jet facility situated in an anechoic chamber is used for the studies. The "point" wall pressure spectra are measured by small, "pinhole" microphones located at various locations under the layer, including a point directly in the 90° corner of the step. The wall pressure fluctuations measured at the various locations are correlated with the signal detected by a far-field microphone. The measured cross-spectral densities are thus used to identify the relative contributions of the various flow regimes to the direct radiation. It is shown that the separation of the flow over the corner of the step is a dominant acoustic source, which is supported not only by the measured cross spectra, but also by the favorable comparison of the measured velocity power law to the theoretical value. Measurements made where the flow reattaches and at the turbulent boundary layer are less conclusive. This is because the pinhole tube attached to the microphone produced a sound due to a fluid-dynamic oscillation, which contaminated the measurement of the aeroacoustic sources.
G. W. Swift, Steven L. Garrett; Thermoacoustics: A Unifying Perspective for Some Engines and Refrigerators , The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, V
G. W. Swift, Steven L. Garrett; Thermoacoustics: A Unifying Perspective for Some Engines and Refrigerators , The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, V
A scanning laser Doppler vibrometer and a computational boundary-element model are used to study the acoustic radiation from loudspeaker cabinets. In contrast to the research findings of Skrodzka, loudspeaker cabinets...
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A scanning laser Doppler vibrometer and a computational boundary-element model are used to study the acoustic radiation from loudspeaker cabinets. In contrast to the research findings of Skrodzka, loudspeaker cabinets are shown to contribute significantly to the total radiated pressure at their lower resonance frequencies. This occurs because, despite a cabinet's relatively small surface velocity, its radiation efficiency is many times greater than that of the drivers. The radiation from two different versions of NHT's model 2.9 loudspeaker is investigated. The first is a standard production 2.9, the second a 2.9 without the standard internal bracing. A comparison of their performance yields insight into the effects of wall bracing location: suffer cabinets with lower amplitude wall vibrations do not always radiate less sound.
The low profile Cymbal array for enhanced insulin transport through in vivo animal skin using rabbits was discussed. Through the use of the cymbal array, the US-insulin experimental group showed a blood glucose level ...
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The low profile Cymbal array for enhanced insulin transport through in vivo animal skin using rabbits was discussed. Through the use of the cymbal array, the US-insulin experimental group showed a blood glucose level decrease of -208.1 ± 29 mg/dL within 90 minutes. The small increase in blood glucose was attributable to the low skin permeability of insulin. It was shown that the US alone did not alter the blood glucose level of the rabbit.
Turbulent flow through a fan or pump produces a broadband spectrum of unsteady lifting forces on the blades. These forces cause undesirable blade stresses, blade vibration and sound. Jonson (1994) has shown that broad...
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Turbulent flow through a fan or pump produces a broadband spectrum of unsteady lifting forces on the blades. These forces cause undesirable blade stresses, blade vibration and sound. Jonson (1994) has shown that broadband improvements can be obtained by adding rake and skew to the stacking line of rotor blade sections. This paper adds understanding to those experimental results, and shows that benefits can be reliably predicted using analytical methods.
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