Abstract:
An apparatus in which ultrasonic vibrations or acoustic emissions are detected includes a rotating shaft 21 having a dressing wheel 31 mounted on one end, and a detection liquid supply unit 41 disposed at the end face of the wheel and/or shaft so as to form a gap S therebetween and to supply detection liquid toward the rotational center of the wheel to form a detection liquid membrane in the gap. An AE sensor 43 is provided integrally with the detection liquid supply unit and detects the ultrasonic vibrations or acoustic emissions of the wheel and/or shaft through the detection liquid membrane formed in the gap.
Abstract:
An ultrasonic flow measuring method and apparatus thereof comprises a plurality of ultrasonic vibrator apparatus mounted around the peripheral edge of a large caliber pipe at predetermined intervals, in which the ultrasonic vibrator apparatus are disposed at intervals of l=2R/(n+1) on one side radius R and at intervals of l'=R/(n+1)on the opposite side radius as well as operated in an alternating sequential arrangement in order to avoid the interference with one another, the ultrasonic vibrator apparatus are mounted on the outer wall of the pipe by being inserted into a hole of the pipe wall at a predetermined angle to the center line of the pipe, and the ultrasonic vibrator apparatus comprises a body inserted into the pipe wall; a first chamber constituted as a part of the body, for receiving an ultrasonic vibrator; and a second chamber constituted as a part of the body, for receiving a block having an acoustic resistance identical to that of the liquid flowing in the large caliber pipe to be measured, in which the ultrasonic vibrator and the block are integrated with each other, and the block is fitted into the body or supported in the body by means of a supporter, the upper surface of which is flush with the inner surface of the pipe.The ultrasonic flow measuring apparatus comprises an ultrasonic flow measuring circuit, which enables the delay time and the actual propagation distance of the ultrasonic pulses in the liquid to be precisely measured and corrected, if necessary.
Abstract:
Acoustic energy is used to detect and identify objects buried in soil by imaging acoustic energy reflected from the soil and buried objects. Acoustic energy is injected into soil at an oblique angle relative to the surface of the soil, reflected and received. Signals representative of the reflected energy are processed to generate image signals used to generate images representative of the reflected energy. Objects buried within the soil are identified by viewing the images. In one embodiment, obliquely oriented acoustic energy signals are carried from a source to a soil sample by a first duct and reflections of that energy are carried to a receiver within an adjacent second duct. The ducts acoustically isolate the source from the receiver. A beveled end of the first duct and the second duct are supported above the soil sample for noncontact operations. In another embodiment, an acoustic energy source is obliquely supported upon and forced into engagement with soil in a reservoir. The reservoir is placed in contact with soil to be probed to effect a soil "impedance match" for oblique injection of acoustic energy into the soil. An acoustic energy receiver contacts the soil adjacent to the reservoir to receive acoustic energy reflected from the soil and objects buried within the soil. Pulse compression increases penetration depth. To compensate for soil attenuation characteristics, frequency-swept sinusoidal acoustic energy pulses are preferably amplitude modulated to have an exponentially changing envelope.
Abstract:
A system for detecting and monitoring blast noise, the invention provides ncentrically arranged cylindrical windscreens having a pair of vertically spaced microphones mounted centrally therein, the windscreens acting to reduce interference from wind-generated pseudosound yet being acoustically transparent so as not to interfere with the reception of acoustical data incident on the microphones. The present system also includes a signal processing subsystem which receives the output of the respective microphones for analysis.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus is described for modulating a color display in which the blended color is dependent upon the magnitude of N electrical signals which vary with the parameters of an audio signal. Known color pattern generators contain too many variables for a watching subject to be able to correlate them. This invention displays a single blended color which is related to the characteristics of the sound input.
Abstract:
Tissue attenuation of ultrasound energy is determined by transmitting a wide band ultrasonic pulse into tissue and obtaining a measure of the average center frequency of the reflected pulse between two levels in the tissue. The log amplitude decay is estimated from a reflected pulse, and the attenuation coefficient is then obtained from the ratio of log amplitude decay to average center frequency between the two levels.
Abstract:
This invention is a fluorescent light testing device. It is difficult to determine which fluorescent light or lights may be weak or on the verge of failing when a plurality of lights are disposed in the same general area. This is particularly true when the lights are of the overhead type and the higher the ceiling, the greater the problem. The present invention is a listening device on an extended boom type member to allow the user therof to readily determine which fluorescent lamp is humming thus indicating weakness or imminent failure so that the same can be replaced both to reduce energy use and to keep the lighting system at peak performance.
Abstract:
A time gain control (TGC) signal for a variable gain amplifier in an ultrasonic scanner is derived by determining the attenuation at many levels in the object under examination and then constructing the TGC signal based on the cumulative attenuation of an ultrasonic signal through the object. A zero crossing detector such as a Schmitt triggered monostable multivibrator receives a reflected ultrasonic wave signal and generates pulses which are counted during time intervals corresponding to a depth level in the object. By comparing the zero crossing density at one level to the zero crossing density at another level a measure of attenuation between the two levels is obtained.
Abstract:
A system for carrying out vibrational analysis of machinery and the like wherein a voltage controlled filter is combined with a phase-locked feedback loop to detect maximum amplitude within a given frequency band. A simply derived readout of frequency and amplitude is made available with the arrangement and operation over three or more decades of frequency is availed without manual switching and the like.
Abstract:
To distinguish between cavitation and ambient noise, signals are passed to parallel integrator circuits having different time constants which circuits respectively integrate the ambient noise portion alone or in combination with the cavitation portion, the resulting signals being subtracted to obtain an indication of the presence of cavitation.