THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MODEL INVESTIGATIONS OF SEMI-ANECHOIC AND SEMI-REVERBERANT ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE RTD SONIC FATIGUE FACILITY

Abstract

A study of the acoustic environments that could be produced in the RTD Sonic Fatigue Facility was made using both theoretical methods and experimental modeling techniques. An analysis is presented which enables the semi-anechoic environment to be determined at any position in the facility. This analysis is verified experimentally. An experimental program also enabled the semi-reverberant environment to be established and revealed the part played by the absorbing treatment in determining this environment. Experimental programs investigated the sound fields on structures located in the facility under both modes of operation. A study of reflector devices used to modify acoustic environments was made and enabled limited prediction of their effects. An analysis of current service noise fields on aircraft structures enabled determination of values of the major parameters of these fields to be determined for use in simulation studies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0635808

Entities

People

  • David F. Pernet
  • Gale R. Hruska

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Data Analysis
  • Diffraction
  • Far Field
  • Field Conditions
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • Near Field
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Scattering
  • Sine Waves
  • Standing Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Microwave Engineering.