U.S.Rate Cut Causes Reverberations

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Determined Reverberant Blind Source Separation of Audio Mixing Signals

Audio signal separation is an open and challenging issue in the classical“Cocktail Party Problem”.Especially in a reverberation environment,the separation of mixed signals is more difficult separated due to the influence of reverberation and echo.To solve the problem,we propose a determined reverberant blind source separation algorithm.The main innovation of the algorithm focuses on the estimation of the mixing matrix.A new cost function is built to obtain the accurate demixing matrix,which shows the gap between the prediction and the actual data.Then,the update rule of the demixing matrix is derived using Newton gradient descent method.The identity matrix is employed as the initial demixing matrix for avoiding local optima problem.Through the real-time iterative update of the demixing matrix,frequency-domain sources are obtained.Then,time-domain sources can be obtained using an inverse short-time Fourier transform.Experi-mental results based on a series of source separation of speech and music mixing signals demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves better separation performance than the state-of-the-art methods.In particular,it has much better superiority in the highly reverberant environment.

1GHz-9GHz混波室的结构和统计特性的研究

混波室(Reverberation Chamber)作为一种新型的电磁兼容的测量设备,由于其自身的优越性,受到越来越多的关注。混波室测量技术与混波室中场分布的统计特性有着密切关系。本文提出一种工作频率为1GHz-9GHz的三维混波室结构,采用有限元法(FEM),利用AnsoftHFSS9.2软件进行建模仿真,重点研究了混波室内场分布的统计特性,并与实测结果相比较,与三维混波室理论场分布特性相一致。同时,比较了不同的扇叶取样数下混波室内场分布的情况,指出扇叶取样数对统计特性的影响。

Research of Underwater Bottom Object and Reverberation in Feature Space

The critical technical problem of underwater bottom object detection is founding a stable feature space for echo signals classification. The past literatures more focus on the characteristics of object echoes in feature space and reverberation is only treated as interference. In this paper, reverberation is considered as a kind of signal with steady characteristic, and the clustering of reverberation in frequency discrete wavelet transform （FDWT） feature space is studied. In order to extract the identifying information of echo signals, feature compression and cluster analysis are adopted in this paper, and the criterion of separability between object echoes and reverberation is given. The experimental data processing results show that reverberation has steady pattern in FDWT feature space which differs from that of object echoes. It is proven that there is separability between reverberation and object echoes.

Classification of Underwater Target Echoes Based on Auditory Perception Characteristics

In underwater target detection, the bottom reverberation has some of the same properties as the target echo, which has a great impact on the performance. It is essential to study the difference between target echo and reverberation. In this paper, based on the unique advantage of human listening ability on objects distinction, the Gammatone filter is taken as the auditory model. In addition, time-frequency perception features and auditory spectral features are extracted for active sonar target echo and bottom reverberation separation. The features of the experimental data have good concentration characteristics in the same class and have a large amount of differences between different classes, which shows that this method can effectively distinguish between the target echo and reverberation.

Research on the coefficient of sound absorption in turbid water

China’s coastal waters are turbid and the properties of the seabed are complex. This negatively impacts the performance of underwater detection equipment. The properties of sound absorption in turbid water are not well understood. In this paper, the coefficient of sound absorption in turbid water was measured by the reverberation technique. All work was done in a reverberation barrel made of seamless aluminum. First, pure water was poured into the reverberation barrel and its reverberation time measured. Next, various concentrations of turbid water were poured into the barrel and their reverberation time measured. After all data had been gathered, the coefficient of sound absorption in turbid water of different concentrations was calculated. From this we determined a law of sound absorption in turbid water as summarized in the paper.

Method of reverberation ray matrix for static analysis of planar framed structures composed of anisotropic Timoshenko beam members

Based on the method of reverberation ray matrix（MRRM）, a reverberation matrix for planar framed structures composed of anisotropic Timoshenko（T） beam members containing completely hinged joints is developed for static analysis of such structures.In the MRRM for dynamic analysis, amplitudes of arriving and departing waves for joints are chosen as unknown quantities. However, for the present case of static analysis, displacements and rotational angles at the ends of each beam member are directly considered as unknown quantities. The expressions for stiffness matrices for anisotropic beam members are developed. A corresponding reverberation matrix is derived analytically for exact and unified determination on the displacements and internal forces at both ends of each member and arbitrary cross sectional locations in the structure. Numerical examples are given and compared with the finite element method（FEM） results to validate the present model. The characteristic parameter analysis is performed to demonstrate accuracy of the present model with the T beam theory in contrast with errors in the usual model based on the Euler-Bernoulli（EB） beam theory. The resulting reverberation matrix can be used for exact calculation of anisotropic framed structures as well as for parameter analysis of geometrical and material properties of the framed structures.

A Study of Oceanic Reverberation Modeling Based on a Nonlinear Low-Dimensional Dynamic System

Acoustic reverberation signals generated by an experimental explosive source are analyzed by nonlinear dynamical methods. Three characteristic parameters, i.e., the correlation dimension, the largest Lyapunov exponent, and the Kolmogorov en- tropy, are estimated in the reconstructed phase space. The results indicate that the reverberation signals are nonlinear. The Volterra adaptive prediction method is introduced to model the oceanic reverberation signals. The reverberation time series can be predicted in short term with small prediction errors. A preliminary conclusion can be reached that the nonlinear low-dimensional dynamic sys- tem model is more suitable for modeling oceanic reverberation than the classical random AR model.

小型EMC宽带喇叭天线设计

混波室(Reverberation Chamber)作为一种新型的电磁兼容的测量设备,由于其自身的优越性,受到越来越多的关注。应用于混频室内的天线对频带宽度的要求比较高,需要天线能覆盖很宽的频带。本文提出一种工作频率为2GHz-10GHz的宽带加脊喇叭天线的设计方法,利用AnsoftHFSS 9软件进行建模仿真,从简化设计以及降低加工难度的角度出发,将喇叭天线的物理尺寸尽可能的减小以方便在空间有限的混波室内使用。将仿真结果与现有喇叭天线实测结果相比较,结果表明,该天线在所设计频带内匹配良好!物理尺寸仅为现有商用喇叭天线的2/3左右。

A Processing Workflow for Ocean Bottom Cable Dual-Sensor Acquisition Data: A Case of 3D Seismic Data in Bohai Bay

The technique of ocean bottom cable (OBC) dual-sensor acquisition is an effective method to suppress the ghost wave and the reverberation at the receiver. With the advent of this technique, the processing method has become the key to the effective use of the OBC dual-sensor data. This paper has developed a new set of processing workflow based on the principle of combining the hydrophone and geophone data. This new process was applied to the OBC data acquired in Bohai area. The actual processing results show that the ghost and the reverberation are attenuated effectively. The frequency energy of the first notch point of the hydrophone data increased from −22 dB to −13 dB, and the frequency energy of the first notch point of the geophone data increased from −18 dB to −10 dB. The spectral characteristics of the dual-sensor data are more reasonable. The frequency spectrum is broadened and richer, and the resolution of the stack profile is improved greatly.

Distant Bottom Reverberation in Shallow Water

The method of coupled mode is introduced for investigation of bi-static distant bottom reverberation of impulsive source in shallow water, which will not contradict with principle of reciprocity in all cases. And the method of multi-pole for directional source is also introduced. It shows that in case of layered medium, intensity of bi-static bottom reverberation will decease according to the cubic power of receiving time t, and the transverse spatial correlation of bottom reverberation is a little greater than longitudinal correlation for equal separation of receivers, and both vary in form with the receiving time.

A procedure of the method of reverberation ray matrix for the buckling analysis of a thin multi-span plate

A procedure of the method of reverberation ray matrix(MRRM)is developed to perform the buckling analysis of thin multi-span rectangular plates having internal line supports or stiffeners.A computation algorithm for the reverberation ray matrix in the MRRM is derived to determine the buckling loading.Specifically,the analytical solutions are presented for the buckling of the structure having two opposite simply-supported or clamped-supported edges with spans,while the constraint condition of two remaining edges may be in any combination of free,simply-supported,and clamped boundary conditions.Furthermore,based on the analysis of matrices relating to the unknown coefficients in the solution form for the deflection in terms of buckling modal functions,some recursive equations(REs)for the MRRM are introduced to generate a reduced reverberation ray matrix with unchanged dimension when the number of spans increases,which promotes the computation efficiency.Several numerical examples are given,and the present results are compared with the known solutions to illustrate the validity and accurateness of the MRRM for the buckling analysis.

A Space-Time Reverberation Model for Moving Target Detection

In recent years,moving target detection methods based on low-rank and sparse matrix decomposition have been developed,and they have achieved good results.However,there is not enough interpretation to support the assumption that there is a high correlation among the reverberations after each transmitting pulse.In order to explain the correlation of reverberations,a new reverberation model is proposed from the perspective of scattering cells in this paper.The scattering cells are the subarea divided from the detection area.The energy fluctuation of a scattering cell with time and the influence of the neighboring cells are considered.Key parameters of the model were analyzed by numerical analysis,and the applicability of the model was verified by experimental analysis.The results showed that the model can be used for several simulations to evaluate the performance of moving target detection methods.

Performance Evaluation and Effectiveness of the Reverberation Room

This research presents a thorough evaluation of the reverberation room at Acoustics Laboratory in National Institute of Standards(NIS)according to the related international standards.The evaluation aims at examining the room performance and exploring its effectiveness in the frequency range from 125 Hz to 10000 Hz according to the international standard requirements.The room,which was designed and built several years ago,is an irregular rectangular shape free from diffusers.Its volume is about 158.84 m^(3),which meets the requirement of the ISO 354 standard Lmax<1.9V^(1/3).Cut-off frequencies of one and one-third octave are 63 Hz and 100 Hz respectively;however Schroder frequency is 400 Hz.Calculations of cut-off frequency and modal density showed adequate modes that give acceptable uniformity starting comfortably from frequency of 125 Hz.The room has a reverberation time that is suitable for its size over the frequency range of interest.The room sound absorption surface area and its sound absorption coefficient satisfy the criteria given in ISO 3741 and ISO 354.There is an accepted diffuse sound field inside the room due to the standard deviation of measured sound level,which is less than 1.5 dB over all the frequency range.The only exception was 125 Hz which may be due to a lack of diffusivity of the sound field at this frequency.The evaluation proves that the NIS reverberation room is in full agreement with the international standards,which in turns qualifies the room to host measurements inside without concerns.

A Modified Split⁃Ring Resonator Antenna for Radio Frequency Identification Tag

A compact antenna formed by three concentric split rings for ultra-high frequency(UHF)radio frequency identification(RFID)tag is proposed in this paper.The antenna is composed of two parts,an outer short-circuited ring modified from a traditional split-ring resonator(SRR)antenna and an inner SRR load,so the antenna can be regarded as a short-circuited ring loaded with SRR.According to the transmission line theory,to conjugate match with the capacitive input-impedance of a tag chip,the length of the short-circuited ring isλg/4 shorter than that of an open-circuited dipole of a traditional SRR antenna,whereλg is the wavelengh of the operating frequency.Hence,the size of the proposed antenna is more compact than that of the traditional SRR antenna.Thereafter,the proposed antenna is simulated and optimized by ANSYS high-frequency structure simulator(HFSS).The impedance,efficiency,and mutual coupling of the fabricated antenna are tested in a reverberation chamber(RC).The results show that the size of the presented antenna is 83%smaller than that of the traditional SRR antenna and the proposed antenna can cover the whole UHF RFID operating frequency band worldwide(840—960 MHz).The measured read range of the tag exhibits maximum values of 45 cm in free space and 37 cm under dense tag environment.

Intelligibility of Reverberant Speech with Amplification: Limitation of Speech Intelligibility Metrics, and a Preliminary Examination of an Alternative Approach

This study examines the effect of speech level on intelligibility in different reverberation conditions, and explores the potential of loudness-based reverberation parameters proposed by Lee et al. [J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 131(2), 1194-1205 (2012)] to explain the effect of speech level on intelligibility in various reverberation conditions. Listening experiments were performed with three speech levels (LAeq of 55 dB, 65 dB and 75 dB) and three reverberation conditions (T20 of 1.0 s, 1.9 s and 4.0 s), and subjects listened to speech stimuli through headphones. Collected subjective data were compared with two conventional speech intelligibility parameters (Speech Intelligibility Index and Speech Transmission Index) and two loudness-based reverberation parameters (EDTN and TN). Results reveal that the effect of speech level on intelligibility changes with a room’s reverberation conditions, and that increased level results in reduced intelligibility in highly reverberant conditions. EDTN and TN explain this finding better than do STI and SII, because they consider many psychoacoustic phenomena important for the modeling of the effect of speech level varying with reverberation.

Applying Graph Theory and Mathematical-Computational Modelling to Study a Neurophysiological Circuit

The aim of the present study is to contribute to the knowledge about the functioning of the neuronal circuits. We built a mathematical-computational model using graph theory for a complex neurophysiological circuit consisting of a reverberating neuronal circuit and a parallel neuronal circuit, which could be coupled. Implementing our model in C++ and applying neurophysiological values found in the literature, we studied the discharge pattern of the reverberant circuit and the parallel circuit separately for the same input signal pattern, examining the influence of the refractory period and the synaptic delay on the respective output signal patterns. Then, the same study was performed for the complete circuit, in which the two circuits were coupled, and the parallel circuit could then influence the functioning of the reverberant. The results showed that the refractory period played an important role in forming the pattern of the output spectrum of a reverberating circuit. The inhibitory action of the parallel circuit was able to regulate the reverberation frequency, suggesting that parallel circuits may be involved in the control of reverberation circuits related to motive activities underlying precision tasks and perhaps underlying neural work processes and immediate memories.

Frequency-selective attenuation of sound propagation and reverberation in shallow water

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DIESEL ENGINES' VIBROACOUSTIC SIGNATURE EXTRACTION BY WAVELET PACKET TECHNIQUE

Multisource unstable impulsive excitations, time varying transmission path, concentrated mode, dispersion and reverberation that are important characteristics of reciprocating machines such as diesel engines result in wide band non stationary vibroacoustic responses which influence the effective extraction of vibroacoustic signatures and become a key factor to limit diesel engines’ vibration diagnosis. In this paper, a serial theoretical deduction on the unstable dynamic properties of diesel engines was made; the mechanism of non stationary vibroacoustic responses was elucidated. Based upon that, the wavelet packet technique was introduced. The reason for the existence of frequency aliasing in the Paley series from wavelet packets’ decomposition was analyzed, and the wavelet packet frequency shifting algorithm was given. Experiments on 190 serial diesel engines verify the given method’s significant validity in vibroacoustic signature extraction and reciprocating machines’ vibration diagnosis.

Numerical Analysis and Comparison of the Fan Ducted Discharge Equipment Acoustics

In order to cut down excessive experiments, acoustic response of the different fan ducted discharge (equipment) was studied based on numerical method. The sound pressure level(SPL) in each component of a duct-plenum-reverberant room model was drawn and SPL deviation was analyzed. The trends of the curves were explained by the diffracti on and end reflection at the duct discharge. Models with different room dimensions, duct lengths, duct cross sections, duct locations and duct elbow were constructed, and their response was analyzed and compared. The results show that the SPL curves are smooth in the duct discharge cross section, but seriously fluctuant in the reverberant room; SPL in the duct discharge is only sensitive to duct dimensions, while that of the reverberant room is regularly influenced by all the dimension and arrangement factors. Small room and short duct help to increase room SPL. Elbow has an indistinct influence on all the components’ sound field. Finally, suggestion to reduce the deviation of experiment results was proposed.