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Water Temperature Reconstruction via Station Position Correction Method Based on Coastal Acoustic Tomography Systems

  • Pan Xu,
  • Shijie Xu,
  • Fenyuan Yu,
  • Yixin Gao and ,
  • Guangming Li,
  • Zhengliang Hu and
  • Haocai Huang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

7 April 2023

Underwater acoustic tomography is an advanced technology in water environment observation. Sound propagation duration between transceivers is used for underwater parameter distribution profile reconstruction in the inverse problem. The key points of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing for Surface Water Monitoring)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,119 Views
21 Pages

Quantitative Analysis Method and Correction Algorithm Based on Directivity Beam Pattern for Mismatches between Sensitive Units of Acoustic Dyadic Sensors

  • Lingmeng Yang,
  • Zhezheng Zhu,
  • Wangnan Chen,
  • Chengchen Gao and ,
  • Yilong Hao and
  • Zhenchuan Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 June 2023

Acoustic dyadic sensors (ADSs) are a new type of acoustic sensor with higher directivity than microphones and acoustic vector sensors, which has great application potential in the fields of sound source localization and noise cancellation. However, t...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,091 Views
13 Pages

23 March 2020

The performance of Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems are strongly related to the specific propagation conditions of the underwater channel. Horizontal, shallow-water channels are characterised by extremely disadvantageous transmission p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Underwater Acoustic Communications and Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,432 Views
16 Pages

The development of computational acoustics allows the simulation of sound generation and propagation in a complex environment. In particular, meshfree methods are widely used to solve acoustics problems through arbitrarily distributed field points an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
592 Views
28 Pages

Propagation-Time-Consistent Ray-Path Correction for Long-Baseline Underwater Acoustic Localization

  • Zhichao Lv,
  • Siyuan Wang,
  • Libin Du,
  • Gang Wang and ,
  • Kaiyan Han,
  • Fei Yu and
  • Guoli Song
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Non-uniform sound velocity profiles (SVPs) cause sound-ray refraction and propagation-path bending. The straight-line mapping among propagation time, propagation distance, and target position is, therefore, disrupted, leading to systematic errors in...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,737 Views
20 Pages

1 April 2020

Because of the complexities associated with the domain geometry and environments, accurate prediction of acoustics propagation and scattering in realistic shallow water environments by direct numerical simulation is challenging. Based on the pre-corr...

(This article belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
785 Views
26 Pages

9 April 2026

Uniform circular arrays (UCAs) are widely used in underwater source localization due to their omnidirectional coverage. However, random sensor position errors caused by installation inaccuracies and environmental disturbances convert UCAs into non-un...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,000 Views
17 Pages

28 June 2019

Photo-Acoustic Tomography (PAT) is an emerging non-invasive hybrid modality driven by a constant yearning for superior imaging performance. The image quality, however, hinges on the acoustic reflection, which may compromise the diagnostic performance...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Photoacoustic Tomography (PAT))
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,933 Views
11 Pages

The Reference Phase Correction for the Fluctuated Scanning Lines and the Slope of the Stage in Tissue Characterization by Scanning Acoustic Microscope

  • Nguyen Thanh Phong Truong,
  • Hyehyun Kim,
  • Donghae Lee,
  • Yeon-Hee Kang and ,
  • Sungsoo Na and
  • Junghwan Oh
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 November 2019

In this study, a new approach was investigated to extract reference phases from the scanning acoustic microscope to calculate the speed of sound when dealing with the slope of the stage and fluctuation of the scanning lines. To capture the slope and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Ultrasound Technology for Medical Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,737 Views
19 Pages

Effectiveness of Sound Field Corrections for High-Frequency Pressure Comparison Calibration of MEMS Microphones

  • Fabio Saba,
  • María Campo-Valera,
  • Davide Paesante,
  • Giovanni Durando and ,
  • Mario Corallo and
  • Diego Pugliese
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 February 2025

The calibration of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) microphones remains a critical challenge due to their miniaturized geometry and sensitivity to non-uniform acoustic fields. This study presents an advanced calibration methodology that integra...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
6,114 Views
18 Pages

Acoustic Indoor Localization System Integrating TDMA+FDMA Transmission Scheme and Positioning Correction Technique

  • Xiang Chen,
  • Yuheng Chen,
  • Shuai Cao,
  • Lei Zhang and ,
  • Xu Zhang and
  • Xun Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 May 2019

This paper presents a novel audio indoor localization system. In the proposed system, four speakers placed at known positions transmit chirp signals according to the time-division multiple access (TDMA) plus frequency-division multiple access (FDMA)...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,255 Views
16 Pages

23 July 2025

This study aims to address the challenges posed by uneven energy amplitude and a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the total focus imaging of coarse-crystalline elastic anisotropic materials. A novel method for acoustic field correction vector-coher...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ultrasound Imaging and Sensing for Nondestructive Testing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,110 Views
14 Pages

Structural health monitoring (SHM) has been extensively used in the railway industry, with applications ranging from railway infrastructures to carbody shells. An SHM method that dominates monitoring procedures is Acoustic Emissions (AE). The utilisa...

(This article belongs to the Section Infrastructures Inspection and Maintenance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,668 Views
20 Pages

17 December 2022

In heterogeneous materials such as concrete, deterioration of the elastic wave—which acoustic emission technique (AET) is based on—is one of the research objects in the field. While many studies reveal that the wave is deteriorated due to...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,792 Views
16 Pages

On Channel Codes for Short Underwater Messages

  • Melanie Falk,
  • Gerhard Bauch and
  • Ivor Nissen

23 January 2020

Acoustic underwater communication is a challenging task. For a reliable transmission, not only good channel estimation and equalization, but also strong error correcting codes are needed. In this paper, we present the results of the coding competitio...

(This article belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,909 Views
16 Pages

Energy-Efficient Channel Coding Strategy for Underwater Acoustic Networks

  • Grasielli Barreto,
  • Daniel H. Simão,
  • Marcelo E. Pellenz,
  • Richard D. Souza and ,
  • Edgard Jamhour,
  • Manoel C. Penna,
  • Glauber Brante and
  • Bruno S. Chang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

31 March 2017

Underwater acoustic networks (UAN) allow for efficiently exploiting and monitoring the sub-aquatic environment. These networks are characterized by long propagation delays, error-prone channels and half-duplex communication. In this paper, we address...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Challenges in Underwater Sensor Networks)
  • Letter
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,546 Views
14 Pages

Short-Range Water Temperature Profiling in a Lake with Coastal Acoustic Tomography

  • Haocai Huang,
  • Yong Guo,
  • Guangming Li,
  • Kaneko Arata and ,
  • Xinyi Xie and
  • Pan Xu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 August 2020

Coastal acoustic tomography (CAT), as an innovative technology, can perform water temperature measurements both in horizontal and vertical slices. Investigations on vertical slice observations are significantly fewer in number than horizontal observa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
576 Views
14 Pages

The abrupt failure of shear-deficient RC beams may lead to harmful consequences under dynamic loading. The use of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) aims to convert this brittle fracture into a ductile one. However, the complexity of the multipl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,618 Views
14 Pages

Ultrasonic Correction Measurement for Residual Stress in 5083 Aluminum Alloy Welded Component of High-Speed Train

  • Mocheng Guo,
  • Guoqing Gou,
  • Bing Chen,
  • Feifei Qiu and ,
  • Zhongyin Zhu,
  • Junjun Jin,
  • Xiangyang Wu,
  • Wei Gao and
  • Songling Sun
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

10 January 2023

The measurement and control of residual stresses are crucial to the structural safety of high-speed trains. The critical refraction longitudinal wave method is extensively employed for the residual stress measurement, and the correction of the influe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanical Properties of Metals Welding Joints)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,615 Views
13 Pages

The Mitigation of Mutual Coupling Effects in Multi-Beam Echosounder Calibration under Near-Field Conditions

  • Wanyuan Zhang,
  • Weijia Yuan,
  • Gongwu Sun,
  • Tengjiao He and ,
  • Junqi Qu and
  • Chao Xu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The advancement of unmanned platforms is driving the miniaturization and cost reduction of the multi-beam echosounder (MBES). In the process of MBES array calibration, the mutual coupling significantly impacts the performance of parameter estimation....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Marine Environment Monitoring, Management and Assessment)
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  • Open Access
381 Views
31 Pages

Full-Depth Dynamic Gradient-Guided Residual Correction for Daily Three-Dimensional Ocean Sound Speed Prediction

  • Jiachen Yang,
  • Qing Xie,
  • Zhengjian Li,
  • Desheng Chen and ,
  • Changlin Chen and
  • Jiabao Wen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 August 2026

Accurate daily three-dimensional (3D) ocean sound speed prediction is essential for underwater acoustic applications. Existing data-driven studies often focus on global field errors, leaving localized thermocline-related errors insufficiently address...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
746 Views
25 Pages

A Multi-Indicator Fusion-Based Technique for the Identification of Acoustic Emission Signals During Rock Failure

  • Dexian Li,
  • Hongwei Wang,
  • Dengyu Wang,
  • Xuemei Wang and ,
  • Lianhui Li,
  • Zhongwei Pei and
  • Ying Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

29 April 2026

With the widespread application of acoustic emission (AE) technology in geotechnical engineering, effectively separating and identifying dense AE signals generated during rock fracturing remains a critical challenge. This study proposes an AE event i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Acoustic Sensing for Condition Monitoring)
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  • Open Access
587 Views
30 Pages

Underwater acoustic (UWA) sensor and control links carry mostly short messages (below ∼10 kB) over time-varying, low-SNR multipath channels, which is a regime where forward error correction (FEC) operates on short, finite blocks where a single st...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,219 Views
23 Pages

Experimental Characterization and Acoustic Correction of a Multipurpose Performance Hall: The Italian Theatre “Cavallino Bianco”

  • Maria Grazia De Giorgi,
  • Paolo Maria Congedo,
  • Cristina Baglivo,
  • Marina Bonomolo and
  • Daniele Milone

31 August 2022

This study presents the retrofit acoustic dq1esign of the Italian theatre “Cavallino Bianco”. In its historical configuration, the hall had a curved roof with a pressed-plant fiber ceiling, which was demolished and replaced with a wooden...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Acoustics of Buildings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,438 Views
25 Pages

On the Evaluation of the Suitability of the Materials Used to 3D Print Holographic Acoustic Lenses to Correct Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Aberrations

  • Marcelino Ferri,
  • José María Bravo,
  • Javier Redondo,
  • Sergio Jiménez-Gambín and ,
  • Noé Jiménez,
  • Francisco Camarena and
  • Juan Vicente Sánchez-Pérez
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

19 September 2019

The correction of transcranial focused ultrasound aberrations is a relevant topic for enhancing various non-invasive medical treatments. Presently, the most widely accepted method to improve focusing is the emission through multi-element phased array...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymer Materials for Holography)
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  • Open Access
273 Views
32 Pages

9 October 2026

This study examines the acoustical properties of reused bubble wrap, an LDPE bubble wrap packaging material, as a new sound absorber material. In total, seven different structural designs were experimentally examined through manipulating the number o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Polymeric Materials in Building and Construction, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,276 Views
14 Pages

Improvement of YX42° Cut LiTaO3 SAW Filters with Optical Proximity Effect Correction Method

  • Ping Luo,
  • Yali Zou,
  • Xinyu Yang,
  • Juntao Li and ,
  • Xuan Huang,
  • Jian Zhou,
  • Xing Han,
  • Yushuai Liu,
  • Yuhao Liu and
  • Tao Wu
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

13 January 2023

Due to the influence of the optical proximity effect (OPE), it is easy for a pattern of photoresistance to be inconsistent with a design pattern, thus damaging the performance of a SAW resonator. To solve this problem, this paper proposes an optimiza...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Fabrication, Testing of MEMS/NEMS)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,591 Views
14 Pages

High-Frequency Surface Wave Radar Current Measurement Corrections via Machine Learning and Towed Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Integration

  • Zhaomin Xiong,
  • Chunlei Wei,
  • Fan Yang,
  • Langfeng Zhu and ,
  • Rongyong Huang and
  • Jun Wei
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 March 2024

This paper proposes an algorithm based on the long short-term memory (LSTM) network to improve the quality of high-frequency surface wave radar current measurements. In order to address the limitations of traditional high-frequency radar inversion al...

(This article belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)
  • Correction
  • Open Access
584 Views
1 Page

Correction: Diego-Tortosa et al. Effective Strategies for Automatic Analysis of Acoustic Signals in Long-Term Monitoring. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2025, 13, 454

  • Dídac Diego-Tortosa,
  • Danilo Bonanno,
  • Manuel Bou-Cabo,
  • Letizia S. Di Mauro and ,
  • Abdelghani Idrissi,
  • Guillermo Lara,
  • Giorgio Riccobene,
  • Simone Sanfilippo and
  • Salvatore Viola
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

11 September 2025

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  • Correction
  • Open Access
1 Citations
350 Views
2 Pages

3 July 2026

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(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
11,014 Views
11 Pages

Acoustic Enhancement of a Modern Church

  • Gino Iannace,
  • Umberto Berardi,
  • Filippo De Rossi,
  • Salvatore Mazza and ,
  • Amelia Trematerra and
  • Giuseppe Ciaburro
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This paper presents the study of the intervention for the acoustic correction of a modern church. The investigated church was built in the 1960s, with a brutalist style and with a squared plan. The hard materials, including a marble floor and hard pl...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,086 Views
19 Pages

This research is based on the acoustic package design of new energy vehicles, investigating the application of the hybrid Finite Element–Statistical Energy Analysis (FE-SEA) model in predicting the high-frequency dynamic response of automotive...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicle Technology Development, Energy and Environmental Implications, and Decarbonization: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
283 Views
18 Pages

Acoustic Inversion Reconstruction of Temperature Field for Hidden Fire Sources of Coal Spontaneous Combustion Considering Porous Propagation Effects

  • Shuaijing Ren,
  • Jiawei Wu,
  • Lexiangqian Zhang,
  • Yang Xiao and ,
  • Furu Kang,
  • Zujin Bai and
  • Chang Su
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

29 September 2026

Coal spontaneous combustion fire is a major hazard threatening mine safety and production. Accurate identification of hidden fire sources is the key to preventing and controlling coal spontaneous combustion fires. Given that traditional detection met...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,404 Views
24 Pages

13 October 2023

Because of its non-contact measurement characteristics, trackside acoustic technology is now utilized for train bearing fault diagnosis. However, the collected acoustic signal produces Doppler distortions that can impact the accuracy of bearing fault...

(This article belongs to the Section Machines Testing and Maintenance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
201 Views
27 Pages

Imaging Sonar Detection and Occlusion-Corrected Abundance Estimation in High-Density Aquaculture

  • Tianhao Zhao,
  • Xiaolong Zhang,
  • Yuhang He,
  • He Ma and ,
  • Ying Liu and
  • Zhihong Ma
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 October 2026

Real-time numerical abundance monitoring in high-density recirculating aquaculture systems (RASs) faces severe bottlenecks due to target occlusion saturation and spatial sampling mismatch. This study establishes an acoustic–statistical framewor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Underwater Acoustic Target Detection and Parameter Estimation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,340 Views
12 Pages

31 October 2024

Near-seafloor acoustic field characteristics are essential prior knowledge for near-seafloor underwater acoustic engineering. Scholte waves are a crucial component of the near-seafloor acoustic fields. These fields, when considering Scholte waves, ar...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Underwater Acoustics and Aeroacoustics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,517 Views
20 Pages

XCycles Backprojection Acoustic Super-Resolution

  • Feras Almasri,
  • Jurgen Vandendriessche,
  • Laurent Segers,
  • Bruno da Silva and ,
  • An Braeken,
  • Kris Steenhaut,
  • Abdellah Touhafi and
  • Olivier Debeir
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

15 May 2021

The computer vision community has paid much attention to the development of visible image super-resolution (SR) using deep neural networks (DNNs) and has achieved impressive results. The advancement of non-visible light sensors, such as acoustic imag...

(This article belongs to the Collection Machine Learning and AI for Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,935 Views
12 Pages

26 February 2019

The use of an acoustic nonlinear response has been accepted as a promising alternative for the assessment of micro-structural damage in metallic solids. However, the full mechanism of the acoustic nonlinear response caused by the material micro-damag...

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