Donghyeon Kim, Gihoon Byun, Jiyoung Song, J S Kim, H C Song
{"title":"Generalized Taylor expansion of the waveguide invariant for a homogenous waveguide with variable bathymetry (L).","authors":"Donghyeon Kim, Gihoon Byun, Jiyoung Song, J S Kim, H C Song","doi":"10.1121/10.0036381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036381","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a weakly range-dependent waveguide with variable bathymetry, range estimation using the adaptive array invariant incorporated the waveguide invariant β via an eighth-order Taylor expansion [Byun, Song, and Cho, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 149, 1363-1370 (2021)]. This letter extends the method by introducing a generalized Taylor expansion for β, enabling flexible order selection for convergence to the analytic expression and providing new insights into convergence rates. Validation with experimental data shows reduced angular dependency at longer ranges and highlights the effectiveness of low-order approximations due to the smaller maximum angle of arrival.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2473-2476"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143772606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olaf Michel, Martin Liedtke, Florian Schelle, Andrea Wolff, Sandra Dantscher
{"title":"Comment on \"ISO estimates of noise-induced hearing impairment\" [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 45(6), 3640-3646 (2019)].","authors":"Olaf Michel, Martin Liedtke, Florian Schelle, Andrea Wolff, Sandra Dantscher","doi":"10.1121/10.0036357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036357","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ISO/DIS 1999 document, titled \"Estimation of noise-induced hearing loss\" (NIHL) [ISO (2024). (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland)] was published in June 2024. Surprisingly, this document presents significantly higher estimates of NIHL compared to the current ISO standard [ISO (2013). (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland)].We found that these higher estimates are based on the publication \"ISO estimates of noise-induced hearing impairment\" [Lempert (2019). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 145(6), 3640-3646]. A recalculation of the data basis used by Lempert, however, revealed methodical errors that lead to the conclusion that Lempert's assumption of an underestimation of NIHL cannot be substantiated. The significant underestimations presented by Lempert are caused by using non-compatible non-noise exposed population data.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2404-2407"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The nonlinearity parameter B/A.","authors":"Mark F Hamilton","doi":"10.1121/10.0036342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Reflections series takes a look back on historical articles from The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America that have had a significant impact on the science and practice of acoustics.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"R7-R8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143753287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successive over-relaxation based Markov chain Monte Carlo symbol detection for multiple-input multiple-output underwater acoustic communications.","authors":"Hailuo Fu, Zhiheng Zhang, Jun Tao","doi":"10.1121/10.0036346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036346","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique has been employed for symbol detection in underwater acoustic (UWA) communications. Existing MCMC detectors, however, may even be inferior to a conventional linear minimum mean square error detector in case of nonideal factors. Moreover, they suffer high complexity, limiting their practical applications. In this paper, we resort to the successive over-relaxation (SOR)-based MCMC algorithm and explore its feasibility for symbol detection in multiple-input multiple-output UWA communications. The proposed SOR-MCMC detector using Gibbs sampling, was verified by both simulated data and experimental data collected in the Acoustic Communications 2009 UWA communication experiment conducted in New Jersey, USA in 2009. All results showed it has faster convergence and better performance than a standard MCMC symbol detector. Moreover, it enjoys lower computational complexity.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2285-2291"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143753286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bandgap prediction of single cantilever beam piezoelectric phononic crystals.","authors":"Xudong Wu, Jiaxing Luo, Yixiang Qu, Cong Zhang","doi":"10.1121/10.0036387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036387","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Piezoelectric phononic crystals (PPCs) exhibit effective control over elastic wave bandgaps, demonstrating applicability in resolving vehicle low-frequency vibration and piezoelectric energy harvesting issues. Targeted modulation of bandgaps constitutes a key research focus in PPCs. Under scenarios involving rapid variations in target frequencies, fast and accurate prediction of bandgap characteristics is critically significant for achieving targeted modulation of bandgaps. This paper proposes a bandgap prediction method for single cantilever beam PPCs, which quantitatively characterizes the characteristic frequencies of the bandgap using calculation formulas. This method enables rapid acquisition of bandgap characteristics through structural parameters of PPCs, significantly enhancing targeted modulation efficiency during rapid target frequency variations. The bandgap calculation method based on plane wave expansion method and the equivalent elastic modulus calculation method for piezoelectric patches based on the long-wave approximation are first briefly described. Subsequently, an equivalent dynamic stiffness calculation method considering bending moments is proposed. Then a bandgap prediction model specific to single cantilever beam PPCs is developed, and a method is proposed for calculating proximity factors through analyzing the impact of material and dimensional parameters on them. Finally, the effectiveness of the bandgap prediction method is verified by simulation and experiment.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2570-2581"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143795782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Piotr Kleczkowski, Teresa Makuch, Aleksandra Król-Nowak, Karol Czesak
{"title":"Equalized distributed mode loudspeakers rival conventional ones in listening tests.","authors":"Piotr Kleczkowski, Teresa Makuch, Aleksandra Król-Nowak, Karol Czesak","doi":"10.1121/10.0036373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The application of distributed mode loudspeakers (DMLs) is increasing, whereas the technology has some deficiencies that can be compensated for. This brings up a question: which of the two loudspeaker types is subjectively preferred by listeners in the home environment - conventional, or DML? This work reports an experiment designed to answer this question. Two types of DMLs were compared with a state-of-the-art conventional box loudspeaker system in a listening experiment, participated by 77 subjects. The DMLs were compensated for their shortcomings. A reproduction format was stereophonic, and an evaluation was carried out according to six perceptual attributes. The multiple comparison experimental paradigm was used. The results implied significant differences among the evaluations of the following attributes: stage width, envelopment, and localization. Effects and interactions for the system, excerpt, and experience experimental variables were considered. The hypothesis that DMLs provide more perception of envelopment than conventional loudspeakers was proven. The results indicated that compensated DMLs attain sound quality close to that of reference conventional systems, surpassing them in spatial attributes.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2528-2541"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143795786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zu-Jie Yang, Yong-Bin Zhang, Liang Xu, Xiao-Zheng Zhang, Chuan-Xing Bi
{"title":"Data-driven impedance tube method for prediction of normal sound absorption coefficienta).","authors":"Zu-Jie Yang, Yong-Bin Zhang, Liang Xu, Xiao-Zheng Zhang, Chuan-Xing Bi","doi":"10.1121/10.0036360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The impedance tube method, particularly the two-microphone method, is widely employed for measuring normal acoustic parameters. However, this method is constrained by the assumption of plane wave, leading to limitations on the effective frequency range. To resolve the limitations, this paper proposes a data-driven impedance tube method capable of accurately predicting the normal sound absorption coefficient using only two microphones in a multi-modal field. First, the proposed method integrates a neural network model with the transfer relationship in the impedance tube, and generates a large number of pre-training datasets by constraining the boundary conditions of the physical model. Subsequently, the neural network is trained using a supervised learning strategy on these datasets to accurately learn the mapping relationship between the sound pressure vector and the amplitude vector. Finally, the predictive ability of the proposed method for the normal sound absorption coefficient has been verified by simulations and validated by experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2422-2432"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantum analogous spin states to explain topological phase for guided waves in ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation.","authors":"Sourav Banerjee","doi":"10.1121/10.0036345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spin is a physically observable property that is instrumental for topological behaviors in quantum mechanics. Spin states dictate complex interactions of physical parameters in a topological media during wave propagation. Ultrasonic guided waves are elastic waves that propagate in materials and structures and may also have similar quantum analogous spin states leading to the topological behavior. Traditionally nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring use ultrasonic guided waves, but spin states and their topological contributions are not measured or analyzed for damage identification and localization. In this article, the elastic spin state that naturally manifests by the ultrasonic guided waves in an elastic wave guide is explained through quantum analogous derivation. Starting from the fundamentals of Noerther's conservation theorem total angular momentum of guided wave modes is derived. It is shown that even without geometric periodicity guided waves could still have the nonzero spin angular momentum (SAM) density, which may appear from 14 different unique interactions of guided wave potentials. Based on SAM densities spin-orbit interactions in a plate like wave guide is demonstrated where artificially through active actuation, anticlockwise and clockwise spins were created. Further spin states that eventually affect the topological phase is explained through a simulated experiment.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2477-2497"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143780428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acoustic characterization of the New England Seamounts region.","authors":"Robert T Taylor, Megan S Ballard, John W Hartman","doi":"10.1121/10.0036224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The oceanographic environment surrounding the New England Seamounts frequently involves the complex interaction of the colder Slope Sea waters with the warmer Sargasso Sea waters, where a meandering frontal boundary is caused by the Gulf Stream. The sound speed profiles and associated available acoustic propagation paths differ significantly on either side of the Gulf Stream. Regional historical temperature profile data gathered from the Argo float program are used to investigate common acoustic trends associated with the region. A clustering algorithm organizes the dataset by the three dominant water temperature profile types, allowing for the direct investigation of Slope Sea, Gulf Stream, and Sargasso Sea environments. Cycle distance and propagation path type are employed as acoustic metrics to assess common depth-dependent features. Comparison of the metrics calculated for Argo data with those for the closest Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model predictions indicate the existence of spatiotemporal features that are present in the observational data but not in the numerical ocean model predictions. Small biases in modeled temperature fields can result in the absence of common acoustic propagation features found in the data.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2671-2686"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143811582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Auditory streaming and rhythmic masking release in Cope's gray treefrog.","authors":"Lata Kalra, Mark Bee","doi":"10.1121/10.0036251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036251","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Auditory streaming involves perceptually assigning overlapping sound sequences to their respective sources. Although critical for acoustic communication, few studies have investigated the role of auditory streaming in nonhuman animals. This study used the rhythmic masking release paradigm to investigate auditory streaming in Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). In this paradigm, the temporal rhythm of a Target sequence is masked in the presence of a Distractor sequence. A release from masking can be induced by adding a Captor sequence that perceptually \"captures\" the Distractor into an auditory stream segregated from the Target. Here, the Target was a sequence of repeated pulses mimicking the rhythm of the species' advertisement call. Gravid females exhibited robust phonotaxis to the Target alone, but responses declined significantly when Target pulses were interleaved with those of a Distractor at the same frequency, indicating the Target's attractive temporal rhythm was masked. However, addition of a remote-frequency Captor resulted in a significant increase in responses to the Target, suggesting the Target could be segregated from a separate stream consisting of integrated Distractor and Captor sequences. This result sheds light on how auditory streaming may facilitate acoustic communication in frogs and other animals.</p>","PeriodicalId":17168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America","volume":"157 4","pages":"2319-2329"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143753284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}