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Area of Science:

Acoustics
Signal Processing
Computational Physics

Background:

Accurate reconstruction of sound pressure fields is crucial for understanding acoustic radiation.
Existing methods often struggle with complex sources, noise, and environmental factors like reflections.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a robust method for reconstructing the acoustic pressure field at the surface of radiating bodies.
To introduce a parameter (alpha) for intuitive control over radiation directivity.
To assess the method's stability and effectiveness in realistic acoustic scenarios.

Main Methods:

Utilizing microphone array data to model radiating sources as weighted spherical monopoles.
Constructing a radiation matrix and employing a linear equation solver for pressure field reconstruction.
Minimizing reconstruction energy to identify the correct pressure field solution.
Introducing a parameter alpha to adjust radiation directivity.

Main Results:

Successfully localized radiation points on a Balinese suling flute.
Reconstructed complex acoustic radiation patterns from a duff frame drum.
Determined radiation directivity for multiple modes of an Usbek tambourine.
Demonstrated stability against measurement noise (up to 0 dB) and effectiveness in handling room reflections.

Conclusions:

The developed method provides an effective and intuitive approach to reconstructing acoustic pressure fields.
The technique is robust to noise and can handle complex acoustic environments.
The parameter alpha offers a valuable tool for characterizing radiation directivity.