Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-06DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110991
Anouar Boujenoui , Abdelmajid Bybi , Hayat Reskal , Hassna Khalfi , Lahoucine Elmaimouni , Anne Christine Hladky-Hennion
{"title":"Development and validation of a 2D Mason model for ultrasonic transducer arrays: A simplified approach simulating crosstalk and dissipation mechanisms","authors":"Anouar Boujenoui , Abdelmajid Bybi , Hayat Reskal , Hassna Khalfi , Lahoucine Elmaimouni , Anne Christine Hladky-Hennion","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110991","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110991","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Piezoelectric elements arranged in 1D or 2D configurations are commonly used in ultrasonic transducer arrays for medical imaging and non-destructive testing (NDT) applications. These arrays are usually modeled using complex 2D or 3D numerical methods. Based on the equivalent circuit approach previously developed in our paper One-dimensional equivalent circuit for ultrasonic transducer arrays” (Bybi. et al. Applied Acoustics 2019) [<span><span>1</span></span>], this work proposes a novel and accurate two-dimensional equivalent circuit to model and simulate the electromechanical behavior of piezoelectric transducer arrays. The model consists of a lossy 2D Mason circuit taking into account the width and thickness modes and also the modes coupling, the crosstalk phenomenon, and various dissipation mechanisms, including dielectric, piezoelectric, and mechanical losses. The model is tested on a fabricated seven elements transducer array made of PZ27 and its results (electrical impedance, displacement, and crosstalk curves) are validated by comparison with experimental data. A good agreement is obtained between simulation results and measurements, confirming the validity of the model. Key advantages of the proposed model include its simplicity, ease of implementation, and a significant reduction in computation time compared to traditional numerical methods. Furthermore, this approach allows for the analysis of the crosstalk between array elements without the need for expensive experiments, such as laser vibrometer displacement measurements. Finally, the model will be extended to a 64-element piezoelectric array, with individual matching layers, backing, and its associated electronics, to deepen the study of the crosstalk phenomenon and propose solutions to reduce it.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110991"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779968","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}
Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-06DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110988
Cyril Blondé-Weinmann, Sébastien De Mezzo, Jonas Wendling-Bandelier, Pascal Hamery
{"title":"Estimation of acoustic test fixture tilting compensation in front of high-level impulsive sounds","authors":"Cyril Blondé-Weinmann, Sébastien De Mezzo, Jonas Wendling-Bandelier, Pascal Hamery","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110988","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110988","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Acoustic Test Fixtures (ATFs) are widely used to evaluate the performance of Hearing Protection Devices (HPDs) against high-level impulsive sounds. The attenuation conferred by HPDs is partially limited by inertial and compressive transmissions, which could manifest as earmuff or earplug movements. The external longitudinal displacements of an earplug inserted in the ear canal of an ATF have previously been measured using a laser Doppler vibrometer in order to correlate them with the protected ear canal acoustic pressure. However, at high impulsive levels, a tilting motion of the ATF can combine with the earplug's displacements. To quantify this effect and assess its impact on the earplug displacements measurements, the displacements of a modified ATF across levels ranging from 156 to 180 dB peak have been evaluated using two different sensors. First, the protocol employing a laser-vibrometer to assess earplug displacement has been replicated. Second, an accelerometer combined with various signal processing techniques has been tested. Both sensors consistently detected the tilting motion of the ATF, with peak displacement amplitudes ranging in average from 1 μm at 156 dB peak to 100 μm at 180 dB peak. These results demonstrate that the maximum amplitude of ATF displacement increases exponentially with impulse peak level. However, due to a time delay in the occurrence of this phenomenon, limited to no compensation for ATF tilting is required. These findings support an enhanced experimental protocol for investigating transmission characteristics of HPDs when evaluated with an ATF exposed to high-level impulsive sounds.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110988"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779970","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}
Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-06DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110980
Wentao Li , Huanglang Liang
{"title":"Detection of crack defects in L-shaped R-zone components based on multi-mode total focusing method (MTFM)","authors":"Wentao Li , Huanglang Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110980","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110980","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Traditional full matrix capture (FMC) based total focusing method (TFM) exhibits advantages in detecting pore-like and slag inclusion-like non-oriented defects. However, this method demonstrates major limitations in crack defect detection within curved components. Due to the complex geometry of the R-zone and the variable orientation characteristics of crack defects, a multi-mode total focusing method (MTFM) imaging based on defect orientation features is proposed. The optimal acoustic paths and time-of-flight (TOF) data for the MTFM were determined through the development of a multi-parameter path selection model based on Snell’s law and Fermat’s principle. This approach effectively mitigated scattering interference from the curved surface and maintained a favorable angle of incidence with respect to the defects. For L-shaped components with 20 mm thickness, 10 mm inner diameter, and 30 mm outer diameter containing R-zone cracks at −30°, 0°, and 30° orientations, both MTFM imaging simulations and experimental results demonstrate significant variations in the algorithm’s sensitivity to defects at different angles. The detection of 2 mm by 8 mm crack defects with three different orientation angles was achieved, with a defect localization error of ≤ ±5 mm. The defect signal-to-noise ratio (DSNR) consistently exceeded the 6 dB requirement of core aviation standards.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110980"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779344","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}
Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-06DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110981
Jianwu Chen , Hao Xing , Meixue Liu , Xin Lv , Lunxiang Zhang , Jiawei Chu , Yongchen Song , Lei Yang , Zheyuan Liu
{"title":"Cascaded variable step LMS filters fused by wave velocity estimation model for leakage localization of water supply pipeline","authors":"Jianwu Chen , Hao Xing , Meixue Liu , Xin Lv , Lunxiang Zhang , Jiawei Chu , Yongchen Song , Lei Yang , Zheyuan Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110981","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110981","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Water supply pipeline leakage can cause water loss and public health risks. Acoustic sensor-based leak detection methods are promising, but accuracy relies on velocity estimation and signal denoising. This study proposes a leakage location method combining wave velocity estimation models with the cascaded variable step least mean square (VS-LMS) algorithm. Different sound propagation models are used to improve velocity estimation accuracy, and the VS-LMS filter is cascaded to reduce noise in leaked signals. Various estimation models and filtering methods are compared. The TDE achieved −0.66 % positioning accuracy, with discussions on the effects of pipeline pressure and leakage size. This method shows potential for practical engineering applications in detecting water supply pipeline leaks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110981"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779971","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}
Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-06DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110984
Yifan Ma , Yan Gao , Xiwang Cui , Jun Yang , Yang Li
{"title":"Improving acoustic leak localization accuracy using an adaptive denoising algorithm in water distribution pipes","authors":"Yifan Ma , Yan Gao , Xiwang Cui , Jun Yang , Yang Li","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110984","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110984","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Leaks in water distribution pipes have been localized using acoustic or vibration measurements with sensors placed on access points along the pipeline systems. Significant challenges arise for leak noise correlators when plastic pipes are increasingly used for the renovation of aging systems and the installation of new ones. In this paper, a denoising algorithm is proposed to transform the cross-correlation process into an adaptive determination of finite impulse response coefficients. The proposed algorithm is shown to outperform traditional cross-correlation methods by being less reliant on the statistical characteristics of measured leakage signals, even when the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is significantly low. Furthermore, theoretical analysis and numerical simulations demonstrate that the SNR of the weight coefficients is substantially enhanced when the original signals are processed through the adaptive algorithm. The effectiveness of this adaptive algorithm for accurately locating leaks is validated through experimental data from both cast iron and plastic water pipes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110984"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779972","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":"Parallel adaptive bone-air conduction speech fusion with momentum-based narrowband noise cancellation for industrial environments","authors":"Boyan Huang , Shuai Zhang , Tao Zhang , Zhixuan Guan , Jianzhao Zhou , Tetsuya Shimamura","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110990","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110990","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Adaptive bone-air conduction speech fusion systems offer an effective solution for low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) scenarios. However, sharp noises from rotating and cutting machines hinder complete narrowband noise elimination, thereby reducing speech intelligibility. To address this issue, this paper proposes a fully parallel adaptive bone-air conduction speech fusion system with integrated simultaneous narrowband noise cancellation. Non-acoustic sensors capture the dominant narrowband noise frequency components of environmental noise, while a momentum-adaptive algorithm constrained by a judgment factor enhances tracking robustness and suppression efficiency of narrowband interference in both air-conducted (AC) and fused speech signals, resulting in a purer residual error. Extensive simulations and experimental evaluations demonstrate that the proposed system effectively restores speech corrupted by narrowband noise, exhibiting superior tracking accuracy, reduced residual error, and minimized residual noise fluctuations in various industrial environments dominated by strong narrowband noise sources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110990"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779969","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}
Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-05DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110987
Yang Ge, Fusheng Zhang, Guodong Sun
{"title":"A novel self-supervised learning framework for gearbox fault diagnosis","authors":"Yang Ge, Fusheng Zhang, Guodong Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110987","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110987","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study proposes an innovative self-supervised fault diagnosis framework that combines gated attention mechanisms and multi-head attention mechanisms, consisting of a dual-channel encoder and a cross-domain fusion encoder. In the dual-channel encoder phase, time–frequency domain contrastive loss is proposed to drive the encoder to extract deep fault features. in the cross-domain fusion encoder phase, time–frequency matching loss is utilized to guide the effective integration of different modal features. The advantage of this framework lies in its ability to use unlabeled fault data for pre-training and capture effective fault information representations through the self-supervised learning process. In actual fault diagnosis tasks, only a small number of labeled samples are needed to fine-tune the pre-trained model to significantly improve diagnostic accuracy. We have demonstrated that the proposed method is superior to existing technology in terms of fault diagnosis accuracy, generalization ability, and domain adaptability, fully demonstrating its application potential.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110987"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144773089","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}
Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-05DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110965
Leandro A. Castelucci, Martinus P.J. Sanders, Ysbrand H. Wijnant, Cornelis H. Venner, Lionel Hirschberg
{"title":"Effect of noise control treatments on surfaces near a non-uniform inflow propeller","authors":"Leandro A. Castelucci, Martinus P.J. Sanders, Ysbrand H. Wijnant, Cornelis H. Venner, Lionel Hirschberg","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110965","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110965","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the advent of urban air mobility and distributed electric propulsion in aviation, effective noise mitigation for propeller systems has become critical. This study explores the application of noise-mitigating materials in the bottom wall of UTwente's wind tunnel test section, beneath a non-shrouded propeller subject to non-uniform inflow. The objective was to assess the impact of these materials on tonal noise reduction, emitted noise levels, and directivity. Two materials were tested: arrays of additive-manufactured quarter-wavelength resonators (band-stop mitigator) and a slab of metal foam (broadband mitigator). Various geometrical configurations were investigated for the resonators, with the optimal configuration placing resonators everywhere except directly beneath the propeller blades. Applying resonators immediately underneath the propeller, with a critical clearance, induced a spurious hydrodynamic interaction, amplifying tonal noise at higher frequencies. The efficiency of the quarter-wavelength-resonator solution depends heavily on configuration. Performance was compared with a flat plate and the metal foam, with the tuned resonators outperforming the broadband material in noise reduction. The polar directivity of the emitted sound is influenced by the configuration, and the presence of any sound-mitigating material underneath the propeller consistently degrades upstream azimuthal directivity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110965"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144773090","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}
Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-05DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110974
Munhum Park, Kajornsak Kittimathaveenan
{"title":"Singing in virtual environments: Exploring vocal adaptations to congruent audiovisual scenes of performance venues","authors":"Munhum Park, Kajornsak Kittimathaveenan","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110974","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110974","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the vocal adaptations of fifteen soprano singers performing in virtual venues. The virtual reality (VR) system comprised a headphone-based auralization using room impulse responses and a head-mounted display presenting 360-degree still images, both sourced from corresponding real-world venues. Singers performed two songs with differing tempos in each venue, and their audio recordings, captured via a near-lips microphone, were analyzed alongside responses to a comprehensive survey. Results revealed subtle but notable effects of venue: larger spaces were associated with reduced pitch accuracy, brighter timbre, and slower, less pronounced vibrato, while the mid-sized purpose-built auditorium elicited louder singing and greater tremolo extent compared to the excessively dry or reverberant venues. These adaptations primarily occurred at the note level and differed between songs. Interestingly, singers' subjective evaluations often did not align with objective performance metrics, suggesting many of these adjustments were subconscious. The study reveals some subtle impacts of audiovisual scenes on vocal performance and highlights the potential of VR systems for exploring these phenomena. The inclusion of visual cues may have contributed to differences from previous research, warranting further studies on the interplay of audio-visual factors in shaping musical performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"241 ","pages":"Article 110974"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144773091","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}
Applied AcousticsPub Date : 2025-08-02DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110958
Yushuang Zhai , Li Ma , Minyan Huang , Haihong Feng
{"title":"Channel polarization and application of OFDM underwater acoustic communication","authors":"Yushuang Zhai , Li Ma , Minyan Huang , Haihong Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110958","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110958","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Existing research has referenced polar code construction methods in wireless channels to estimate the instantaneous reliability for underwater acoustic (UWA) polarized sub-channels. However, it overlooks potential mismatches between the instantaneous codebook and the actual channel state caused by complex time-varying characteristics of UWA channel, and lacks sufficient study on the evolution of sub-channel reliability. This paper extends the foundational channel polarization theory to propose a new framework for parallel UWA channel polarization based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). By integrating the time–frequency statistical characteristics of UWA channels, the reliability theoretical model of polarized channels was established. And the intrinsic relationship between its evolution and channel parameters as well as system performance was deeply analyzed. Moreover, through simulation and lake trials, this paper investigates the time–frequency variation of polarized sub-channel reliability under incomplete channel polarization with finite code length. Additionally, it analyzes the impact of UWA channel parameters, such as Doppler shift and time-variation, on channel polarization distribution and polar-coded OFDM system performance. This paper provides a reference for subsequent practical polar coded OFDM communication, and streamlines the code construction process by avoiding the repeated assessments of polarized sub-channel’s reliability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55506,"journal":{"name":"Applied Acoustics","volume":"240 ","pages":"Article 110958"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144757518","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}