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High-resolution time–frequency analysis of an acoustic signal backscattered by a cylindrical shell using a modified Wigner–Ville representation

R Latif1,2, E Aassif2, A Moudden2 and B Faiz2

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In this paper, we suggest a technique for carrying out a high-resolution time–frequency analysis based on a modified version of the Wigner–Ville distribution. The impulse response backscattered by an aluminium and steel tube immersed in water is analysed using this method. As will be demonstrated, this approach has the desirable attributes of eliminating all interference terms manifested on the time–frequency plane and of allowing one to visualize more clearly the evolution of the reduced frequency ka of the symmetric S0 and antisymmetric A1 circumferential waves over time. This analysis allows us to determine much more accurately the cut-off reduced frequency of the antisymmetric circumferential wave A1.


PACS

43.60.+d Acoustic signal processing

43.58.+z Acoustical measurements and instrumentation

02.50.Ng Distribution theory and Monte Carlo studies

Subjects

Computational physics

Instrumentation and measurement

Dates

Issue 7 (July 2003)

Received 3 July 2002, accepted for publication 6 May 2003, in final form 3 March 2003

Published 17 June 2003



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