Fundamental azimuthal modes of a constricted annular resonator: theory and measurement.
The fundamental azimuthal modes of a constricted annular resonator are investigated. It is found that a given mode of an unconstricted resonator splits into two separate modes in the constricted resonator. One mode is of a higher frequency and has a pressure antinode centered in the constricted region. The other mode is of a lower frequency and has a pressure node centered in the constricted region. The resonance frequency of the higher-frequency modes increases linearly with a decrease in the constricted to unconstricted area ratio, whereas the lower frequency drops nonlinearly. Measurements and theory match to within 0.5% when end corrections and thermo-viscous losses are included in the system model. It was found that end correction impedances derived by mode-matching techniques were the only ones accurate enough to match the measurements and computation to within the error bounds.
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA. ralph.muehleisen@colorado.edu
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