Search Results - "Korman, Murray S."
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Nonlinear acoustic techniques for landmine detection
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-12-2004)“…Measurements of the top surface vibration of a buried (inert) VS 2.2 anti-tank plastic landmine reveal significant resonances in the frequency range between 80…”
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Demonstration of nonlinear tuning curve vibration response using a homemade analog sweep spectrum analyzer
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-03-2024)“…A super-heterodyne sweep spectrum analyzer has been designed (using analog circuitry), built and tested to cover the 5 to 1000 Hz range. The analyzer employs a…”
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ROC curve measurements using euro-rack modules (and some DIY)
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-03-2024)“…Acoustic signal processing projects encourage DIY electronics as well as hardware designed to expose principles found either in nature or from man-made…”
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A midshipman’s experience in leading the underwater acoustics and sonar class through a sound speed versus temperature experiment
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-03-2023)“…Oceanography and General Science majors are required to take Underwater Acoustics and Sonar during their junior or senior year at USNA. Our studio classroom…”
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Educational high school physics demonstration apparatus for acoustic landmine simulant resonance detection
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-03-2023)“…This landmine “simulant” resonance detection demo was created in conjunction with a high school physics mentorship, using a variety of…”
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Experiments on the nonlinear interaction of crossed turbulent streaming jets: A case study in mentorship
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2022)“…During (2017–2018) co-author JMC began a mentorship at USNA as a HS senior. Projects led to developing an apparatus to study the interaction between crossed…”
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Photoacoustic LED imaging apparatus using a low-cost system
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-04-2022)“…The use of compact and cost-effective visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) as an alternative to Q-switched lasers, the conventional photoacoustic excitation…”
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Comparison of dry or wetted sand column vibrating over a clamped elastic plate: A nonlinear sand-plate-oscillator
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2021)“…The sand plate oscillator apparatus uses two aluminum circular flanges sandwiching and clamping a thin circular elastic acrylic plate (density 1.21 g/cc). Dry…”
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Nonlinear scattering of crossed ultrasonic beams in the presence of a turbulent bubbly jet flow in water
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2021)“…Experiments involve the nonlinear scattering of mutually perpendicular crossed ultrasonic beams of primary CW frequency components: f1 = 2.240 MHz, f2 = 2.293…”
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Return to in-person teaching and mentorship after COVID-19: hands-on photoacoustic demonstration apparatus
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2021)“…In March 2020, the U.S. Naval Academy implemented policies for teaching midshipmen off the “yard” (campus) to finish out their spring semester online…”
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Demonstration of nonlinear interaction of crossed turbulent streaming jets
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2021)“…An experimental apparatus was built for demonstration purposes involving two mutually perpendicular crossed ultrasonic turbulent streaming jets in water. A 2D…”
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Circular synthetic aperture acoustic imaging of spherical targets in cylindrical rod clutter
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-04-2021)“…A model apparatus has been built to demonstrate acoustic imaging of several spherical targets in cylindrical clutter. Reflective ultrasonic tomography imaging…”
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Teaching underwater acoustics and sonar during the COVID pandemic
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-04-2021)“…USNA’s Underwater Acoustics and Sonar (SP411) course, taught in a studio classroom, can seat 36 students with 5 experimental/computer workstations on each side…”
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Teaching Mathematica® based computer computations for support of laboratory experiments, special projects, and research for undergraduates taking acoustics and for mentorship students
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2016)“…Undergraduate senior level physics majors taking Acoustics and oceanography majors taking Underwater Acoustics and Sonar learn how to use Mathematica® for…”
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Acoustical demonstration of slurring characteristics using a French horn
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2020)“…In this experiment, we will be attempting to re-create Shona Marie Logie's slurring experiments where a Conn 8D (modern wide bore horn), a Boosey and Hawkes…”
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Photoacoustic imaging demonstration
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2020)“…Experiments [T. J. Allen and P. C. Beard, “High power visible light emitting diodes as pulsed excitation sources for biomedical photoacoustics,” Biomed. Opt…”
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Circular synthetic aperture ultrasonic acoustic imaging using a 2.25 MHz underwater sonar
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2020)“…Experiments were performed in the USNA physical acoustics lab to demonstrate underwater sound imaging using circular synthetic aperture acoustic C-SAA imaging…”
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The importance of tuning curves and two-tone tests in nonlinear acoustic landmine detection
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2017)“…During the 1990s through ∼2010, Jim Sabatier’s group (Univ. Mississippi and NCPA) had made significant progress in understanding airborne acoustic landmine…”
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Nonlinear acoustic landmine detection experiment: Cylindrical drumlike landmine simulant buried in wetted or unwetted pea gravel
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-10-2019)“…A laboratory experiment for studying acoustic landmine detection involves an 8 in. diameter, 4 in. tall drumlike landmine simulant buried two inches beneath…”
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Nonlinear tuning curve demonstration: Comparing a buried mine simulant with a clamped elastic plate—Cylindrical soil column oscillator
Published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (01-03-2019)“…Experiments using soil-plate-oscillators (SPO) involve a cylindrical column of granular media (masonry sand) supported by a clamped circular elastic acrylic…”
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