Investigating fatigue behavior of gear components with the acoustic emission technique

A novel method is presented to evaluate the complicated fatigue behavior of gears made of20Cr2Ni4 A.Fatigue tests are conducted in a high-frequency push-pull fatigue tester,and acoustic emission（AE）technique is used to acquire metal fatigue signals.After analyzing large number of AE frequency spectrum,we find that：the crack extension can be expressed as the energy of specific frequency band,which is abbreviated as F-energy.To further validate the fatigue behavior,some correlation analysis is applied between F-energy and some AE parameters.Experimental results show that there is significant correlation among the Fenergy,root mean square（RMS）,relative energy,and hits.The findings can be used to validate the effectiveness of the F-energy in predicting fatigue crack propagation and remaining life for parts in-service.F-energy,as a new AE parameter,is first put forward in the area of fatigue crack growth.

Numerical prediction of envelope line-spectrum intensity in underwater acoustic waveguides

In order to predict the detectible range and region of passive sonar in underwater channel,the attenuation causes of envelope line-spectrum height during vessel noise propagation are analyzed and an approach of numerical prediction is proposed.In the paper a model for vessel radiated noise is established by a periodically locally stationary random process,two formulae of the envelope line-spectrum height with and without background-noise are deduced, therefore the attenuation rule of the envelope line-spectrum height is obtained.It is shown that the transmission loss of the sound level of the envelope line-spectrum is same as the sound level of the stationary spectrum,but the decrease of envelope line-spectrum height depends on a modified scale of amplitude modulation depth which is variable with the ratio of signal to noise. An approach of numerical prediction for envelope line-spectrum height is as follows：first,the transmission loss of the stationary radiated noise is derived using the numerical approaches of normal modes or wavenumber integration or PE etc.,then the ratio of signal to noise on sound field is calculated,finally the decrease of envelope line-spectrum height is obtained according to the modified scale,and the envelope line-spectrum height in sound field is predicted.The theory and the numerical prediction approach possess certain innovation,practicality,simplicity and suitability for engineering.

Acoustic performance prediction of Helmholtz resonator with conical neck

There is no accurate analytical approach for the acoustic performance prediction of Helmholtz resonator with conical neck,which has broad band acoustic attenuation performance in the low frequency range.To predict the acoustic performance of the resonator accurately,a general theory model based on the one-dimensional analysis approach with acoustic length corrections is developed.The segmentation method is used to calculate the acoustic parameters for sound propagation in conical tubes.And then,an approximate formula is deduced to give accurate correction lengths for conical tubes with difierent geometries.The deviations of the resonance frequency between the transmission loss results obtained by the general theory with acoustic lengths correction and the results from the finite element method and experiments are less than 2 Hz,which is much better than the results from one-dimensional approach without corrections.The results show that the method of acoustic length correction for the conical neck greatly improved the accuracy of the one-dimensional analysis approach,and it will be quick and accurate to predict the sound attenuation property of Helmholtz resonator with conical neck.

Estimation of boundary parameters and prediction of transmission loss based upon ray acoustics

Estimation of boundary parameters and prediction of transmission loss using a coherent channel model based upon ray acoustics and sound propagation data collected in field experiments are presented. Comparison between the prediction results and the experiment data indicates that the adopted sound propagation model is valuable, both selection and estimation methods on boundary parameters are reasonable, and the prediction performance of transmission loss is favorable.

Prediction and validation of tonal noise from underwater propellers

Prediction and validation of low-frequency line spectrum noise from ship propeller under non-cavitating condition is presented.The flow field is analyzed with potential-based panel method,which requires the hydrodynamic forces to be integrated over the actual blade surface,rather than over the mean-chord surface.Then the pressure data is used as the input for Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings formulation to predict the far field acoustics.At the same time,propeller unsteady force is measured in hull-behind condition in China Large Cavitation Channel（CLCC）.Line spectrum noise of the 1st blade passage frequency（BPF） of a five-bladed propeller operating in a non-uniform flow field is got according to the calculated and measured unsteady forces,in which good agreement is obtained,and the 1st BPF noise difference is within 3.0 dB.The investigation reveals that prediction precision of the propeller＇s 1st BPF unsteady force with panel method have reached engineering practical degree,providing significant parameters for prediction of propeller line spectrum noise.