Shareholders as Principals

Abstract

This paper discusses experimental techniques for detecting if there are multiple sources in a duct and obtaining the acoustic characteristics of these sources. Experimental techniques for in-duct source characterization under plane wave conditions in ducts, when we know the location of the source, are well established. In some cases there can however be sources at both ends of a duct. The paper starts with discussing the possibility to, by using a number of flush mounted microphones in the duct, detect sources located on both sides of the test section and to extract the acoustic source characteristics of the sources. First the sound field in a duct with sources at both ends is discussed and described. The theory for experimental determination of source data is then described. A discussion of the consequences of source correlation is included. The methods are first tested using loudspeakers in a duct.QC 20120502</p