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Yicheng Yu¹, Rob Worley², Sean Anderson²

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

|February 2, 2023

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This study introduces an acoustic method using a microphone array and sparse representation for detecting, locating, and classifying pipe conditions. This approach enhances signal quality and improves the accuracy of pipe inspection for autonomous robots.

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Area of Science:

Acoustics
Signal Processing
Robotics

Background:

Condition monitoring of buried pipes is crucial for infrastructure maintenance.
Existing acoustic methods face challenges with noise and signal resolution.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a simultaneous acoustic method for condition detection, localization, and classification in air-filled pipes.
To enhance signal processing for improved accuracy in pipe inspection.

Main Methods:

Utilized a microphone array to expand the usable acoustic frequency range and estimate reflection coefficients.
Adapted a sparse representation method with wavelet basis functions for noise reduction.
Employed wavelet components for precise localization and classification of pipe conditions.

Main Results:

The microphone array and sparse representation effectively enhanced reflected signals from blockages and lateral connections.
Wavelet components enabled higher spatial resolution for localizing pipe defects.
Wavelet components improved the accuracy of a support vector machine (SVM) classifier for condition identification compared to time-domain methods.

Conclusions:

The proposed acoustic method offers a robust solution for simultaneous condition detection, localization, and classification in pipes.
This technique enhances signal quality and classification accuracy, outperforming traditional time-domain approaches.
The method is suitable for deployment on autonomous robots for buried pipe inspection.