{"title":"On the Sound of Speech and the Piano","authors":"V. A. Zverev, A. I. Malekhanov","doi":"10.1134/S1063771024601699","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771024601699","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The article considers the question of auditory perception of speech and piano sounds, which have a relatively weak fundamental tone level against the background of high harmonics (formants of the vocal cords and string overtones, respectively). It is shown that the audible spectrum of these sounds is the spectrum of the interference envelope of the corresponding harmonics. This spectrum contains the fundamental tone as the dominant sound, which is clearly heard in speech and music, while the formants and overtones, initially dominant in the sound spectrum of speech and music, primarily influence the timbre of the fundamental tone. At the level of hypothesis, it is suggested that the interference envelope is detected as a result of the sound propagation in the nonlinear fluid medium of the cochlea of the inner ear.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 2","pages":"405 - 408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141720342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Generation of an Optical Spatial Array Oscillating According to Tunable Trajectories and Velocities","authors":"A. Guessoum, I. Y. Bouderbala","doi":"10.1134/S106377102360136X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S106377102360136X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Beside the numerous applications obtained by the interaction of a laser beam with acoustic waves, another application have recently emerged that allows generating an optical dynamic spatial array (ODSA) using two orthogonal acoustic waves. In this paper, we demonstrate theoretically and illustrate numerically the possibility of generating an ODSA composed of many diffracted orders. The obtained results show that each diffracted order navigates in space according to its own trajectory and its own velocity. These trajectories are sometimes linear with sinusoidal velocities, sometimes circular with constant velocities and often elliptical with variable velocities. Moreover, the high diffracted orders of this ODSA, which are characterized by a high velocity and a large scanned area, can be controlled by varying the Raman–Nath parameter. The outstanding point is that all these diffracted orders navigate in space with the same sweep frequency despite the diversity of trajectories and velocities. The borrowing of Poincaré and Bloch spheres allows enumerating all these trajectories and presenting them in an elegant and attractive method. This technique can be used in metrology for rotation measurements based on Doppler effect. In addition, we can used it to develop a spatial display allows tracing Lissajous trajectories rather than using an oscilloscope<i>.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 2","pages":"248 - 258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141722273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}
D. D. Chupova, P. B. Rosnitskiy, O. V. Solontsov, L. R. Gavrilov, V. E. Sinitsyn, E. A. Mershina, O. A. Sapozhnikov, V. A. Khokhlova
{"title":"Compensation for Aberrations When Focusing Ultrasound Through the Skull Based on CT and MRI Data","authors":"D. D. Chupova, P. B. Rosnitskiy, O. V. Solontsov, L. R. Gavrilov, V. E. Sinitsyn, E. A. Mershina, O. A. Sapozhnikov, V. A. Khokhlova","doi":"10.1134/S1063771024601651","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771024601651","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The study compares the capabilities of using 3D acoustic models of the human head, constructed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) data, to simulate ultrasound beam focusing when passing through skull bones and to compensate for aberrations caused by them. A CT and MRI dataset from one patient was considered. The MRI data were used to reconstruct segments of the human head (skin, skull, and brain) that were homogeneous in their internal structure. The most realistic CT model took into account the internal inhomogeneities of the skull bones and soft tissues. Field simulations and compensation for aberrations were performed using the Rayleigh integral and pseudospectral method for solving the wave equation in an inhomogeneous medium, implemented in the k-Wave software package. The transducer was considered to be a fully populated 256-element phased array with a frequency of 1 MHz and radius of curvature and an aperture of 200 mm. It was shown that when aberrations were compensated using an inhomogeneous CT model and a homogeneous MRI model, the pressure amplitude at the focus and focusing efficiency were different by less than 10%. Thus, a homogeneous MRI model can be used for preoperative assessment of the feasibility of transcranial ultrasound therapy. During therapy, it is preferable to take into account the internal structure of the skull bones based on CT data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 2","pages":"288 - 298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141720332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}
A. D. Chowdhury, S. K. Bhattacharya, C. P. Vendhan
{"title":"An Analytical Ocean Propagation Model using Piecewise Linear Sound Speed Profile","authors":"A. D. Chowdhury, S. K. Bhattacharya, C. P. Vendhan","doi":"10.1134/S1063771022100074","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771022100074","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The normal mode method is widely employed for addressing depth-dependent acoustic wave propagation, with its accuracy contingent upon the precision of the propagating wavenumbers and depth mode shapes. Typically, finite-difference and finite-element methods are utilized for such solutions. Recently, a new approach has been proposed for heterogeneous depth-dependent waveguides, utilizing the classical Rayleigh–Ritz (RR) method. This method demonstrates high accuracy from low-frequency to high-frequency ranges. However, the matrices involved for solving the eigenvalue problems necessitate numerical integrations for evaluating each element, resulting in increased computational costs. To mitigate this, a similar method (RRF) is proposed, where sound speed profiles are expressed as a sum of Fourier series. This allows for the analytical computation of each entry of the RR matrices but compromises the accuracy of the wavenumbers. This paper presents a novel technique aimed at enhancing the precision of determining wavenumbers and mode shapes, while simultaneously minimizing the computational effort without compromising the accuracy. The method involves discretizing sound speed profiles using piecewise linear functions and deriving closed-form solutions for RR matrix elements, while also accounting for sound speed attenuation. Various examples are examined to evaluate the proposed method, demonstrating its capability to compute propagating radial wavenumbers with significantly improved accuracy and reduced computational cost, often achieving improvements of one or two orders of magnitude. Additionally, comparisons of transmission losses at fixed depth indicate accuracy comparable to existing solutions, without any noticeable visual discrepancies.</p>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 2","pages":"299 - 313"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141720337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Use of Longitudinal Critically Refracted Waves to Determine Residual and Temperature Stresses in Rails","authors":"K. V. Kurashkin, A. G. Kirillov, A. V. Gonchar","doi":"10.1134/S1063771023600365","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771023600365","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The possibility of using longitudinal critically refracted waves for acoustic strain gauging of longitudinal residual and temperature stresses in rails is studied. The influence of stress and temperature on the propagation velocity of elastic waves in rail steel is analyzed theoretically. An algorithm is presented for determining longitudinal stress in a rail by measuring the propagation time of longitudinal critically refracted waves. The operational principle is described, and the main parameters of an acoustic strain gauge device are presented, in which a differential scheme for measuring the propagation time of longitudinal critically refracted waves is implemented. Longitudinal critically refracted waves that propagate along a rail are emitted and received from the rolling surface of a rail head using contact piezoelectric transducers fixed on the polymethylmethacrylate wedges. The results of acoustomechanical and temperature tests are presented. The measurement errors are calculated. The results of determining the level of residual welding stresses in the head of a new rail are presented. The experimental results are compared with theoretical estimates of the stresses that arise in a rail under the influence of temperature, as well as with available data in the literature on residual stresses in rails.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 1","pages":"51 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140886568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Adult Speech in Different Emotional States: Temporal and Spectral Features","authors":"A. V. Kurazhova","doi":"10.1134/S1063771023601127","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771023601127","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The aim of the study is to determine individual features of adult speech in different emotional states. The acoustic speech characteristics of 12 adult native Russian speakers were studied. The speech of informants uttering meaningless phrase in different emotional states was audio recorded: joy, anger, sadness, fear, and neutral. The temporal and spectral characteristics of speech were analyzed in the Cool Edit Pro sound editor. The maximum pitch range in male speech is revealed in phrases uttered in a neutral state and a state of joy; the minimum, in a state of sadness. For female speech, the maximum pitch range is in a state of joy and in a state of anger; the minimum, in a state of sadness and in a neutral state. The pitch range in female speech is larger than that in male speech. For seven informants, it was shown that the duration of utterances in a state of sadness was longer compared to other states, and in a state of joy, on the contrary, it was minimal. Both male and female utterances in a state of joy were characterized by maximum pitch range values; conversely, in a state of sadness, by minmum values. Pauses between words in utterances in a state of sadness were detected in both men and women. Thus, differences in the temporal and spectral characteristics of utterances in different emotional states are revealed. The individual features of the manifestation of the emotional state in the speech of adults are determined.</p>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 1","pages":"175 - 181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140883513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}
E. L. Zhang, Z. L. Peng, Z. J. Li, Y. B. Lin, J. M. Zhuo
{"title":"Four-Channel Active Noise Control Modeling and Offline Simulation for Electric Bus Sound Quality Based on Two FxLMS Algorithms","authors":"E. L. Zhang, Z. L. Peng, Z. J. Li, Y. B. Lin, J. M. Zhuo","doi":"10.1134/S1063771022600450","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771022600450","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aiming at the consensus problem of slow convergence for the active noise control (ANC) model based on standard FxLMS algorithm that leads to performance degradation, this paper takes the error signal and its variation as the inputs of fuzzy logic control, and proposes an improved FxLMS algorithm by fuzzy control mechanism with two-input-two-output TSK fuzzy rules (TSK-FxLMS); In addition, the four-channel ANC models based on standard FxLMS and TSK-FxLMS are constructed using the noise signals from four measuring points inside an electric bus under uniform and variable speed conditions, respectively. Ultimately, the offline simulation and acoustic parameter calculation results indicate that the A-weighted sound pressure level (ASPL) and loudness of the two FxLMS models within the low and middle frequencies are significantly reduced, whereas the TSK-FxLMS model has faster convergence rate, higher average reduction percentage of ASPL and loudness, which proves that the established four-channel TSK-FxLMS model has a better sound quality improvement effect than the standard FxLMS<i>.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 1","pages":"143 - 152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140883792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}
A. A. Anosov, N. V. Granovsky, R. V. Belyaev, A. V. Erofeev, A. G. Sanin, A. D. Mansfeld
{"title":"Correlation Measurements of Thermal Acoustic Radiation Using a Sensor Array","authors":"A. A. Anosov, N. V. Granovsky, R. V. Belyaev, A. V. Erofeev, A. G. Sanin, A. D. Mansfeld","doi":"10.1134/S1063771023601425","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771023601425","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An array consisting of three sensors was used for correlation measurements of thermal acoustic radiation. For the first time, all cross-correlation functions were obtained for each pair of sensors. The measurements were carried out at two positions of the source (a heated narrow Teflon cylinder), the distance between which was equal to half the spatial period of the cross-correlation function of adjacent sensors. The measured correlation functions were in antiphase, which corresponds to the calculated correlation functions of thermal acoustic radiation. To pass from correlation functions to temperature distribution, spatial cross-correlation functions for adjacent and the outermost sensors in the array are summed. The correlation methodology makes it possible to significantly increase the spatial resolution of the method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 1","pages":"21 - 28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140886519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"On A Sound-Absorbing Coating in the form of a Layer of a Viscous Liquid with Bubbles","authors":"L. I. Kazakov","doi":"10.1134/S1063771024601407","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771024601407","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The study considers the possibility of creating a broadband sound-absorbing coating for hydroacoustic measuring tanks and chambers with inertial or soundproof walls, consisting of a layer of viscous liquid with gas bubbles. The coatings are calculated using the well-known theory of sound propagation in a liquid medium with bubbles, as well as the Kramers–Kronig integral dispersion equations. It is shown that the volumetric size distribution function of bubbles should be constant over the entire range of their sizes. A viscous liquid is designed to increase bubble damping to a value on the order of unity that is optimal for coatings by adding viscous losses in the surrounding liquid to small thermal losses. Low-frequency compensating resonators are used in coatings for soundproof walls. Several examples of calculating the acoustic characteristics of coatings are given.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 1","pages":"39 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140886518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Investigation of Open Cloaking of Acoustic Fields via Transformation Optics","authors":"M. Raza, M. Ahsan, M. F. M. R. Wee, M. A. Baqir","doi":"10.1134/S1063771023600444","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063771023600444","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The conventional cloak has been studied in vast space while the open cloaking is explored in a few articles and there is a dire need for further investigations in this field. The open cloaks provide a way to exchange information data from the cloaked region to outside and vice versa. In this work, we have investigated the open cloaking phenomenon in acoustic fields at an audible frequency. This study will be helpful in developing a Multiphysics open cloaking platform and cloaked will enable to transfer or prohibition of the exchange of material from one region to another<i>.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":455,"journal":{"name":"Acoustical Physics","volume":"70 1","pages":"76 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140883514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}