Power-law density metafluids to achieve the acoustic black hole effect in duct terminations

Oriol Guasch, Patricia Sánchez-Martín

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Abstract

The acoustic black hole (ABH) effect could be achieved in a duct filled with a metafluid such that its density grows according to a power-law, when approaching the tube termination. We derive the equations for that phenomenon and show how the original acoustic ABH for a duct termination adjusts to that framework. That ABH consists of a retarding structure made of rigid rings, separated a distance apart, and whose inner radius decays to zero when getting close to the end of the duct. The metafluid framework allows one to establish the connection between the analytical expressions of theoretical ABHs and the corresponding approximations made with the transfer matrix method (TMM). The latter can be used to consider factors that in practice deteriorate the performance of the ABHs, like the finite number of rings and cavities, their width, or the distance between subsequent perforated plates. Developments are presented for a linear ABH for which we prove convergence of the TMM solution to the analytical one.

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event46th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Taming Noise and Moving Quiet, INTER-NOISE 2017 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 27 Aug 201730 Aug 2017

Conference

Conference46th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Taming Noise and Moving Quiet, INTER-NOISE 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period27/08/1730/08/17

Keywords

  • Collimated Beam
  • Non-linear acoustics
  • Omnidirectional Parametric Loudspeaker
  • Parametric Acoustic Array
  • Regular Polyhedron Loudspeaker

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