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Estimating the Velocity Profile and Acoustical Quantities of a Harmonically Vibrating Loudspeaker Membrane from On-Axis Pressure Data

The velocity profiles of rigid pistons, supported radiators, clamped radiators, Gaussian radiators, and real loudspeaker drivers can be approximated using only a few terms of their Zernike expansions. The computed profile allows for the extrapolation of far-field pressure data, including off-axis behavior without requiring the use of anechoic rooms. The authors explore a method to perform forward and inverse sound pressure computations for circular radiators with nonuniform velocity profiles. Acoustic parameters of a harmonically excited resilient, flat, circular loudspeaker in an infinite baffle can thus be computed.

Authors: Aarts, Ronald M.; Janssen, Augustus J. E. M.
Affiliations: Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven, The Netherlands(See document for exact affiliation information.)
JAES Volume 57 Issue 12 pp. 1004-1015; December 2009 Import into BibTeX

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