Determination of the complex mass density of air contained in a rigid porous solid by an acoustic method

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Grundy, Kevin A.
Date
1993-09Advisor
Baker, Steven R.
Second Reader
Wilson, Oscar B.
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An acoustical method for determining the frequency dependent complex effective mass density p(eff) of air contained in a rigid porous solid is investigated. An apparatus was designed and built which holds an air-filled porous solid sample within a cylindrical tube capped on each end by identical moving-coil loudspeakers. A quantity of air is made to oscillate back and forth as a plug through the porous solid sample. P(eff) is obtained from pressure and acceleration measurements taken at the ends of the sample tube. A description of the apparatus and the experimental results are presented