Average beamforming in reverberant fields: Application on helicopter and airplane cockpits

Castellini, Paolo; Sassaroli, Andrea; Paonessa, A.; Peiffer, A.; Roeder, Arno

doi:10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.07.010

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“…Acoustic array techniques are applied for moving sources, such as cars [1], trains [2], airplanes [3][4][5], and wind turbines [6][7][8]. However, array identifying accuracy and resolution are limited by the array configuration due to complex motion sound characteristics.…”

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A Partition Spatial Filtering Method for Acoustic Array Configuration

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et al. 2021

Shock and Vibration

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Acoustic array is a ubiquitous tool for locating and quantifying sound sources. However, its effectiveness depends greatly on the array configuration. This paper presents an array configuration method to enhance array performance, especially on the spatial resolution and the Doppler effect correction. The problem of array configuration is formulated into a position matrix determined by introducing partition spatial filtering. Irregular coaxial ring grid spacings and partition filtering conditions are suggested to control array spatial resolution. Geometrical parameters and performance indicators are constructed to quantify the relationships between the array configuration and performance. Based on these quantitative relations, the spatial variation of the array beam pattern and the Doppler effect has got adaptive adjustment. In particular, an adaptive partition algorithm is proposed to reduce computation time. The performance of the method is examined numerically and experimentally, which is compared with the other methods. The results provide the method to guide the design of a 64-microphone optimized array with high performance (1.8° spatial angle resolution and 40% Doppler frequency correction over the bandwidth from 800 Hz to 3000 Hz) and fast computing speed (18 s array generated time for 2000 arrays). Furthermore, an unusual feature of the method is that it can be utilized in the case when the source moves at a nonconstant velocity.

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