Objective

The beam forming method focuses an arbitrary receiver coil using time delay and amplitude manipulation, and adds to the temporal signal of the microphones or the short time Fourier transform.

Method

64 microphones are collected by a microphone array with arbitrary shape. For compatibility with acoustic holography, equal spacing and a grid with 8 x 8 microphones is used.

Application

Localization of sound sources on high speed trains is a typical application. The method is used to separate locations along the train and especially the height of different sound sources. Typical sound sources on high speed trains are rail-wheel contact sites and aerodynamic areas. The aerodynamic conditions occur at all heights, especially at the pantograph.