Development and Testing of a High Level Axial Array Duct Sound Source for the NASA Flow Impedance Test Facility

By National Aeronautics and Space Administration

In this report both a frequency domain method for creating high level harmonic excitation and a time domain inverse method for creating large pulses in a duct are developed. To create controllable, high level sound an axial array of six JBL-2485 compression drivers was used. The pressure downstream is considered as input voltages to the sources filtered by the natural dynamics of the sources and the duct. It is shown that this dynamic behavior can be compensated for by filtering the inputs such that both time delays and phase changes are taken into account. The methods developed maximize the sound output while (i) keeping within the power constraints of the sources and (ii) maintaining a suitable level of reproduction accuracy. Harmonic excitation pressure levels of over 155dB were created experimentally over a wide frequency range (1000-4000Hz). For pulse excitation there is a tradeoff between accuracy of reproduction and sound level achieved. However, the accurate reproduction of a pulse with a maximum pressure level over 6500Pa was achieved experimentally. It was also shown that the throat connecting the driver to the duct makes it difficult to inject sound just below the cut-on of each acoustic mode (pre cut-on loading effect).Johnson, Marty E. and Fuller, Chris R. and Jones, Michael G. (Technical Monitor)Langley Research CenterFREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HARMONIC EXCITATION; DUCTS; PULSE GENERATORS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; TEST FACILITIES; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT; TRAVELING WAVES; DUCT GEOMETRY; SOUND PRESSURE; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FREQUENCY RANGES; TIME LAG; TRADEOFFS; ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; STANDING WAVES

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1723720178
• ISBN13: 9781723720178
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"