Acoustics Module Updates

For users of the Acoustics Module, COMSOL Multiphysics® version 5.6 brings a new Nonlinear Acoustics, Time Explicit interface, a Port boundary condition for elastic wave propagation, and nonlinear effects in transient thermoviscous simulations. Learn about these and more acoustics updates below.

Nonlinear Acoustics, Time Explicit for High Sound Pressure Levels

The new Nonlinear Acoustics, Time Explicit interface is used for modeling finite-amplitude high sound-pressure-level nonlinear waves in fluids. Application areas include biomedical areas, for instance, ultrasonic imaging and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), but also any acoustic system with nonlinear effects due to a high level of excitation. The method is very memory efficient and can solve problems with many million degrees of freedom (DOFs).

The interface is multiphysics enabled and can be coupled with the Elastic Waves, Time Explicit interface to model vibroacoustic problems. Absorbing layers are used to set up effective nonreflecting boundary conditions. Consistent handling of material discontinuities is enabled when modeling transitions between materials such as different tissues and fluids, for example. You can see this interface in the new Nonlinear Propagation of a Cylindrical Wave — Verification Model and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Propagation Through a Tissue Phantom tutorial models.

Animation of the propagation of a focused ultrasonic pulse in a tissue sample. The mesh is depicted and shows how the adaptive mesh refinement ensures correct resolution of the focused signal (the dark regions have a very fine mesh). The mesh is only updated when necessary.

A 3D model of a nonlinear wave in red, white, and blue.
Nonlinear propagation of cylindrical waves including shock formation is modeled with the Nonlinear Pressure Acoustics, Time Explicit interface.

Port Boundary Condition for Elastic Wave Propagation

The new Port boundary condition, available with the Solid Mechanics interface, is designed to excite and absorb elastic waves that enter or leave solid waveguide structures. A given Port condition supports one specific propagating mode. Combining several Port conditions on the same boundary allows a consistent treatment of a mixture of propagating waves, for example, longitudinal, torsional, and transverse modes. The combined setup with several Port conditions provides a superior nonreflecting condition for waveguides to a perfectly matched layer (PML) configuration or the Low-Reflecting Boundary feature, for example. The port condition supports S-parameter (scattering parameter) calculation, but it can also be used as a source to just excite a system. The power of reflected and transmitted waves is available in postprocessing. To compute and identify the propagating modes, the Boundary Mode Analysis study is available in combination with the port conditions. You can view this functionality in the new Mechanical Multiport System: Elastic Wave Propagation in a Small Aluminum Plate tutorial model.

A closeup view of the COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.6 UI with the Model Builder, Port settings, and a rainbow surface plot showing the displacement magnitude of a four-port structure to the right.
Example of a structure with four ports.

Nonlinear Thermoviscous Acoustics for Miniature Sound Ports, Perforates, and Grills

The Nonlinear Thermoviscous Acoustics Contributions feature adds the necessary contributions to the Thermoviscous Acoustics, Transient interface in order to model nonlinear effects in a transient thermoviscous simulation. The contributions allow for the modeling of vortex shedding that may happen at sudden expansions, like in a perforate, a grill, or at a miniature sound port. Vortex shedding or separation, generated by the acoustic field, generally introduces distortion in the measured response of a system by creating higher-order harmonics. With the second-order density representation option, the feature can also capture the nonlinear effect associated with high sound pressure levels that require a nonlinear representation of the equation of state (the pressure, density, and temperature relation). Stabilization has been added to the thermoviscous acoustics interfaces, which is essential when using the Nonlinear Thermoviscous Acoustics Contributions feature for solving highly nonlinear problems. You can see this new feature in the updated Nonlinear Slit Resonator tutorial model.

An important application of the Nonlinear Thermoviscous Acoustics feature is for modeling distortion due to vortex shedding (local high particle velocities) at microspeaker ports, for example, in a smartphone.

Acoustic velocity (left) and temperature (right) perturbations showing vortex shedding as a large amplitude pressure wave interacts with a small narrow slit.

Lumped Port Boundary Condition in Pressure Acoustics

The new Lumped Port boundary condition in the Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain interface connects the end of a waveguide or duct inlet/outlet to an exterior system with a lumped representation. This can be an Electrical Circuit (with the AC/DC Module), a two-port network defined through a transfer matrix, or a lumped representation of a waveguide. Several representations and sources exist to describe the lumped system and to excite the system. When using the lumped port representation, it is assumed that only plane waves propagate in the acoustic waveguide. The condition simplifies, for example, setting up electroacoustic models where transducers or subsystems are described through a lumped equivalent model. This can be when modeling the miniature loudspeakers integrated into earbuds or hearing aids, or when modeling microphones and their inlet in smart speaker systems. You can see this new feature in these two updated models:

The COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.6 UI showing the Model Builder, Lumped Port settings, a receiver model with the SPL shown in rainbow, and a 1D coupler response plot.
User interface showing the new Lumped Port boundary condition used to couple an Electric Circuit model to a Pressure Acoustics model.

More Powerful Boundary Element Method (BEM) for Large Acoustics Models

For acoustically large models, that is, models that contain many wavelengths (high frequency or large domains), you can enable a new Stabilized Formulation option to ensure efficient convergence at the cost of some additional degrees of freedom. For small to medium problems, the default formulation should be used. When the stabilized formulation is enabled, a new dedicated solver suggestion is used. As an example, consider the new Submarine Target Strength model, which requires the new stabilized formulation to converge above about 800 Hz. Solving the model at 5 kHz is also possible as seen in the image below (model solved in 5 hours using 160 GB of RAM on the fat node of a cluster). This corresponds to a model size of approximately 210 times 24 times 37 wavelengths.

A submarine model with the total acoustic pressure visualized in red, white, and blue.
Total acoustic pressure on the submarine surface, modeled at 5 kHz.

A dark submarine model at the center of a circular pattern of rainbow indicating the scattered SPL radiation and a red arrow pointing at the submarine.
Scattered sound pressure level radiation pattern evaluated 100 m from the submarine, modeled at 5 kHz.

More Efficient Half-Space and Infinite Baffle Modeling

In the Pressure Acoustics, Boundary Elements interface, a new Excluded Boundary feature has been added. You can use this to exclude boundaries from the BEM model, which is particularly useful when using the Pressure Acoustics, Boundary Element interface in half-space or infinite baffle setups. In this case, all boundaries on the opposite side of the Symmetry/Infinite Sound Hard Wall should be excluded. The approach is demonstrated in the Piezoelectric Tonpilz Transducer with a Prestressed Bolt tutorial model.

A partial view of a tonpilz transducer model shown in red and yellow color gradient and the radiated pressure below it in red, white, and blue.
Radiated pressure from a tonpilz transducer modeled using a FEM–BEM setup in an infinite half-space setup. The image shows the SPL and deformation in the transducer. The model has been updated to use the BEM acoustic formulation and a constitutive equation to take the pretension into account.

Moist Air Material Generated from Thermodynamics

In high-fidelity and detailed absolute value acoustics simulations, it is necessary to know the material properties of moist air as a function of ambient pressure, ambient temperature, and relative humidity. Defining moist air is now possible using the predefined system for Moist Air in the Thermodynamics node. This functionality is available with the new Liquid & Gas Properties Module. One application is for the prediction of acoustic transfer impedance used in the procedure for reciprocity calibration of microphones. This is demonstrated in the Pressure Reciprocity Calibration Coupler with Detailed Moist Air Material Properties tutorial model.

The COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.6 UI showing the Model Builder, Thermodynamic System settings, a pressure reciprocity calibration coupler model in gray and rainbow, and a dynamic viscosity plot in 1D.
User interface showing the moist air properties set up using the Thermodynamics feature in the Pressure Reciprocity Calibration Coupler tutorial.

Thermoviscous Boundary Layer Impedance Boundary Condition

In the Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain interface, the new Thermoviscous Boundary Layer Impedance boundary condition adds losses due to thermal and viscous dissipation in the acoustic boundary layers at a wall. The condition is sometimes known simply as the BLI model. The losses are included in a locally homogenized manner, where they are integrated through the boundary layers analytically. The condition is applicable in cases where boundary layers are not overlapping. Formulated differently, it is not applicable in very narrow waveguides (with dimensions comparable to the boundary layer thickness) or on highly curved boundaries. Other than that, there are no restrictions on the shape of the geometry. The method is accurate when compared to the full thermoviscous formulation (if the conditions are met) and it is much less computationally intensive. The Thermoviscous Boundary Layer Impedance boundary condition represents an engineering tool in pressure acoustics, comparable to the Narrow Region Acoustics feature. Applications are in the field of metamaterials, where the thermoviscous losses need to be included in an efficient manner to get physically correct results, but also in microacoustics in general, when modeling mobile devices, or measurement equipment. You can see this new feature in these updated tutorial models:

A model of an ear canal with one side open to show the acoustic field inside in red, white, and blue.
The acoustic field in a human ear canal. The model includes the impedance of the skin and eardrum as well as the thermoviscous boundary layer losses.

Performance Improvements for the Time Explicit Interfaces

The time explicit physics interfaces, which use the discontinuous Galerkin formulation (dG-FEM), benefit from a variety of performance improvements. There is a general speedup of up to 30% when solving 3D models with the Pressure Acoustics, Convected Wave Equation and the Elastic Waves, Time Explicit interfaces. As an example, the Ultrasound Flowmeter with Generic Time-of-Flight Configuration now solves in 35 min and 12 s in COMSOL Multiphysics® version 5.6 as compared to 53 min and 4 s in version 5.5, on the same standard workstation hardware. Reformulation of the Pressure Acoustics, Time Explicit interface for 2D and 2D axisymmetry reduces the number of degrees of freedom (DOFs) solved for with up to 25%. This translates into a similar reduction in memory usage and running time. The time explicit dG-FEM method has been extended to work for all mesh types, which allows the use of a structured mesh in thin elastic structures. In general, using a structured mesh gives both memory reduction and speedup. This can be seen in the Ground Motion After Seismic Event: Scattering off a Small Mountain tutorial model that now uses a quad mesh instead of triangles.

Combine Time Explicit Interfaces with ODEs

The time explicit interfaces can now be solved in combination with systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). This can, for example, be used to formulate user-defined frequency-dependent impedance boundary conditions in acoustics. The frequency dependency is approximated by an appropriate system of ODEs. Another useful application of ODEs is to integrate the velocity field over time in order to postprocess the displacements that result from using the Elastic Waves, Time Explicit interface. This is shown in the Isotropic-Anisotropic Sample: Elastic Wave Propagation tutorial model. Additionally, the time explicit interfaces can now be solved in combination with an algebraic equation (an equation with no time derivatives).

Axisymmetric Elastic Waves Interface and Stress, Strain, and Energy Variables

The Elastic Waves, Time Explicit interface is now available as a 2D axisymmetric formulation; an example of this is seen in the Propagation of Seismic Waves Through Earth tutorial. Additional postprocessing variables have also been added to the Elastic Waves, Time Explicit interface including volumetric and deviatoric parts of the stress and strain variables, stress and strain invariants, and energy density and energy flow variables.

A model of Earth with a section cut out to show red and yellow seismic waves inside.
The new 2D axisymmetric formulation of the Elastic Waves, Time Explicit and the improved Pressure Acoustics, Time Explicit formulation are used for analyzing the propagation of seismic waves through Earth. The model couples solids and fluids, the material properties are depth dependent, and it solves for 17.2 million degrees of freedom.

Faster and Easier-to-Use Impulse Response for Ray Acoustics

In the Ray Acoustics interface, rendering and computation time for impulse response have been greatly improved. The steps to set up impulse response are simpler and more consistent. You can analyze and compute qualitative room acoustic metrics like clarity, definition, and reverberation time based on the computed impulse response. This is done using a new Energy Decay subfeature that can be added to an Impulse Response plot. In addition, you can export the computed impulse response signal to the waveform audio file format (.wav) for further analysis. The filter kernel functionality has been improved for impulse response computation, including user-specified definition of the filter kernel and visualization of the filters.

As an example of the performance improvements, rendering the impulse response in the Small Concert Hall Acoustics tutorial model (using 20,000 rays and 6 octave bands) has reduced by nearly a factor 8, from 8 min in COMSOL Multiphysics® version 5.5, to 1 min 10 s in version 5.6, using the same standard workstation hardware and the best practices for model setup. The speedup is even more significant when solving for a larger number of rays. In addition to faster rendering, the solution time for the impulse response models has been reduced from 4 min 40 s in version 5.5, to 3 min 30 s in version 5.6. Ray data in the Impulse Response plot now uses cached storage, which ensures fast rendering times when changing options in the impulse response plot. Once the plot is processed, upon first run, postprocessing operations such as FFT, changing filter options, or analyzing the energy decay with the new Energy Decay subfeature, happens nearly instantaneously.

There are important improvements with respect to impulse response analysis, as well as new functionality, for the Energy Decay subfeature. This includes more precise computation of arrival time at the receiver when the source or the last reflection is close to the receiver. Direct sound now gets a consistent arrival time computation and summation of power. To get full advantage of the new functionality, models built in earlier versions need to be updated manually. The new qualitative room acoustic metrics, available when using the Energy Decay subfeature, are: reverberation times (T20, T30, and T60), clarity, definition, EDT, speech transmission index (STI), and the modulation transfer functions.

The COMSOL Multiphysics UI showing the Model Builder, Energy Decay subfeature settings, and two impulse response plots in the Graphics window.
Analysis of the objective room acoustic quality metrics using the new Energy Decay subfeature to the Impulse Response plot.

Export to .WAV File Format

You can now export all 1D plots to .wav file format. This is particularly useful for acoustics results from a transient simulation or the impulse response in a ray acoustics simulation. Listen to the file or use it for further analysis in an external sound analysis tool. As an example, the noise of an electric motor as the RPM increases, can be played below. The example is from the new Electric Motor Noise: Analysis of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor tutorial model.

News for Acoustic Port Conditions

When the Numeric (plane wave) option is used in the Port feature in a Thermoviscous Acoustics, Frequency Domain model, it now automatically detects the boundary conditions applied on the adjacent waveguide boundaries. The conditions are then automatically included when computing the mode shape of the propagating acoustic mode. This ensures physically consistent mode shapes for the port. The Numeric (plane wave) option supports the use of Wall, No Slip, Isothermal, Adiabatic, and Symmetry conditions. When generating the default solver for a setup that uses the numeric ports, the solver is now automatically configured.

In pressure acoustics, a new option has been added to compute the mode shape and cutoff frequency for numeric modes in lossless systems. For a model without any losses, the new Computed lossless mode cutoff frequency option makes it possible to run a frequency sweep using a single Boundary Mode Analysis study for each port. The port features in Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain and Thermoviscous Acoustics, Frequency Domain now have the option to use power scaling for mode shapes. The default is to use amplitude scaling. With the power scaling option, the computed scattering parameters can be directly related to the power carried by a specific mode.

The predefined power variables of the Port boundary conditions have been reformulated such that they can be used directly in optimization models. For an example, see the Shape Optimization of an Acoustic Demultiplexer tutorial model.

New Three-Parameter Approximation JCAL Poroacoustic Model in Poroacoustics

A new Three-parameter approximation JCAL model option has been added to the Poroacoustic feature in the Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain interface. The model is an approximation of the existing Johnson-Champoux-Allard-Lafarge (JCAL) model but only requires three porous parameters to be specified. The three parameters are the Porosity, the Median pore size, and the Standard deviation in pore size distribution. The model thus requires fewer inputs to define the porous matrix and the inputs in the model rely on averaged pore topology properties.

Improved Stabilization for Linearized Navier-Stokes

The stabilization in the Linearized Navier-Stokes physics interfaces has been improved with a more consistent formulation. Specifically, the balance between the stabilization contributions of the continuity, momentum, and energy equations has been improved. You can see this demonstrated in the Helmholtz Resonator with Flow: Interaction of Flow and Acoustics tutorial model, where results are smoother in the new version.

Solver Suggestions for Domain Decomposition and Shifted Laplace Methods

For pure Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain models, two new iterative solver suggestions have been added: one that uses the Shifted Laplace approach and another that uses Domain Decomposition. The iterative solver suggestions now automatically adds the necessary equation contributions on domains and at interior boundaries, between domains, to ensure solver efficiency. The Shifted Laplace solver is efficient for solving large models on a single machine with a lot of RAM while the Domain Decomposition method is suited for solving very large problems using distributed computation on a cluster. You can see this new functionality demonstrated in the Car Cabin Acoustics - Frequency Domain Analysis tutorial model.

The COMSOL Multiphysics UI showing the Model Builder, Iterative settings, and three car cabin models in the Graphics window where the total acoustic pressure field is visualized in red, white, and blue patterns.
When solving a Pressure Acoustics, Frequency Domain model, the list of suggested iterative solvers include the Shifted Laplace and Domain Decomposition solvers. Here, the Shifted Laplace solver has been enabled and used to solve a car cabin acoustics model.

New Settings for Solving Transient Elastic Wave Problems with Solid Mechanics

New settings have been introduced in the Solid Mechanics interface that ensure a correct and efficient solver setup when solving elastic wave problems in the time domain. The settings are similar to the existing settings in the transient acoustics interfaces. In the Solid Mechanics interface node, a new Transient Solver Settings section has been introduced with an option to specify the Maximum frequency to resolve. This should be the maximum frequency content of the source's excitation or the maximum eigenmode frequency that can be excited. The automatically generated solver suggestion will have settings that use an appropriate solver method for wave propagation and ensure proper resolution in both time and space.

Faster and More Accurate Ray Rendering

When rendering a Ray Trajectories plot, a new setting can be used to accurately render all intersection points of rays with surfaces in the geometry, even if they do not correspond to output time steps in the solution data. To perfectly render every intersection point of every ray with a surface, the old implementations scaled quadratically with the number of rays, whereas the new behavior scales linearly with the number of rays, potentially giving a massive speedup when the number of rays is very large. This also applies to the calculation of intersection points between rays and a sphere, hemisphere, or plane.

New Cone-Based Ray Release: Flat Cone in 3D

In 3D models, when you release a cone of rays, you can now choose to define a ray fan or a flat cone. You can orient the flattened cone of rays so that it lies in any plane. Additionally, some other conical ray release features offer more flexibility in choosing the transverse direction, meaning that you now have more control over the exact placement of rays in the conical distribution.

Springs and Dampers Connecting Points

In all structural mechanics interfaces, a new feature called Spring-Damper has been added to connect two points with a spring and/or damper. The points can be geometrical points, but they can also be abstract, for example, through the use of attachments or direct connections to rigid bodies. The spring can either be physical, with a force acting along the line between the two points, or described by a full matrix, connecting all translational and rotational degrees of freedom in the two points. The feature also makes it possible to connect a spring between points in two different physics interfaces.

More Flexible Licensing for Pipe Acoustics

The Pipe Acoustics, Frequency Domain and Pipe Acoustics, Transient interfaces are now available with either the Pipe Flow Module or the Acoustics Module.

Additional Important Enhancements and Updates in the Acoustics Module

  • Predefined postprocessing variables are now available for the effective speed of sound magnitude and principle directions for Anisotropic Acoustics.
  • Intensity variables for the scattered field formulation are now computed: background, scattered, and total field variables.
  • In the Acoustic Diffusion Equation interface, the usability when importing tables defining properties in frequency bands has been improved.
  • The Background Fluid Flow Coupling multiphysics feature now supports High Mach Number Flow interfaces as the source for the flow data.

New and Updated Tutorial Models and Applications

COMSOL Multiphysics® version 5.6 brings several new and updated tutorial models and applications to the Acoustics Module.

Propagation of Seismic Waves Through Earth

A model of Earth with a section cut out to show red and yellow seismic waves inside.
The new 2D axisymmetric formulation of the Elastic Waves, Time Explicit and the improved Pressure Acoustics, Time Explicit formulation are used for analyzing the propagation of seismic waves through Earth. The model couples solids and fluids, the material properties are depth dependent, and it solves for 17.2 million degrees of freedom.

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seismic_waves_earth

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Submarine Target Strength

A dark submarine model at the center of a circular pattern of rainbow indicating the scattered SPL radiation.
Scattered acoustic field level depicted around a submarine geometry at a distance of 100 m.

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submarine_target_strength

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Mechanical Multiport System: Elastic Wave Propagation in a Small Aluminum Plate

A meshed geometry of a mechanical system with four ports, one of which is shown as dark purple.
Deformation induced in an aluminum waveguide structure when one of the transverse modes is excited at an inlet port.

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mechanical_multiport_system

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High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Propagation Through a Tissue Phantom

A mostly rectangular model with a dark mesh below like a shadow; a red, white, and blue pulse appears in the gray rectangle causing a ripple effect.
Pressure pulse at the location of the focal zone. The reflections between the water and tissue sample are also seen. The computational mesh with local refinements is seen below.

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hifu_tissue_sample

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Electric Motor Noise: Analysis of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor

A 2D cross section of an electric motor modeled with the heat camera color table and gray lines to denote the magnetic field.
Magnetic field lines and strength in a cross section of an electric motor. Forces are applied to the motor casing and the vibroacoustic response of the system is computed. The noise from the motor can be evaluated and exported as a .wav file.

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electric_motor_noise_pmsm

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Nonlinear Slit Resonator

Two nonlinear slit resonators modeled as two boxes, one in rainbow and the other in heat camera, both showing swirls.
Acoustic velocity (left) and temperature (right) perturbations showing vortex shedding as a large amplitude pressure wave interacts with a small narrow slit.

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nonlinear_slit_resonator

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Topology Optimization and Verification of an Acoustic Mode in a Room

A topology optimization model showing the total sound pressure level from 0 to 100 dB in a rainbow surface plot.
Topology optimization of the ceiling in a room to achieve minimal SPL in the target zone.

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topology_optimization_2d_room

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Nonlinear Propagation of a Cylindrical Wave — Verification Model

A 3D model of a nonlinear wave in red, white, and blue.
Nonlinear propagation of cylindrical waves including shock formation is modeled with the Nonlinear Pressure Acoustics, Time Explicit interface.

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nonlinear_cylindrical_wave

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Piezoelectric MEMS Speaker

A piezoelectric MEMS speaker modeled as a square with lime green ridges to indicate deformation and the radiated acoustic pressure shown as red isosurfaces.
Deformation of a piezoelectric MEMS speaker and the radiated acoustic pressure shown as isosurfaces.

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piezo_mems_speaker

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Pressure Reciprocity Calibration Coupler with Detailed Moist Air Material Properties

A gray coupler model with a section cut out to reveal a rainbow-colored inside.
Acoustic particle velocity showing the influence of the viscous boundary layers inside the volume of the pressure reciprocity coupler.

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pressure_reciprocity_calibration_coupler

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Loudspeaker Driver - Frequency Domain Analysis

Six 2D illustrations of a loudspeaker driver.
The loudspeaker driver model has been updated and now includes a modal analysis to investigate the cone breakup.

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loudspeaker_driver

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Vented Loudspeaker Enclosure

Half of a loudspeaker enclosure showing the vent and loudspeaker driver modeled in pale green and dark purple.
The vented loudspeaker enclosure model has been updated to include an elastic cabinet. The exterior acoustics are now modeled using the boundary element method (BEM).

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vented_loudspeaker_enclosure

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Piezoelectric Tonpilz Transducer with a Prestressed Bolt

A partial view of a tonpilz transducer model shown in red and yellow color gradient and the radiated pressure below it in red, white, and blue.
Radiated pressure from a tonpilz transducer modeled using a FEM–BEM setup in an infinite half-space setup. The image shows the SPL and deformation in the transducer. The model has been updated to use the BEM acoustic formulation and a constitutive equation to take the pretension into account.

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tonpilz_transducer_prestressed

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The Brüel & Kjær 4134 Condenser Microphone

A section of a BK 4134 condenser microphone model shown in red, white, and yellow and a circle of green and purple above it to represent the deformed membrane.
Membrane deformation and total dissipated thermal and viscous power (logarithmic scale). The model has been updated with the computation of the mechanical thermal noise floor.

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bk_4134_microphone

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Diesel Particulate Filter Analysis Using an Acoustic Transfer Matrix

A diesel particulate filter model shown in three ways: complete, filter only, and simplified; all in rainbow.
Sound pressure level distribution on a diesel particulate filter (DPF) model. The full model (top), analysis of the filter (middle), and simplified model using a transfer matrix (bottom).

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Acoustic Analysis of Leaks Around an Earbud

A model of an ear canal and an earbud showing the SPL in red, green, yellow, and blue.
Sound pressure level in an idealized ear canal in front of and behind the earbud driver. The response's dependency on the leak size is analyzed.

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Sound Transmission Loss Through a Window

A model of two rectangular windows with the SPL shown in a rainbow color table.
Deformation of the window and the SPL depicted in a plane on the receiver side of the window. Excitation with a diffuse field at 1 kHz and 4 kHz.

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Ear Canal Acoustics

A model of an ear canal with one side open to show the acoustic field inside in red, white, and blue.
The acoustic field in a human ear canal. The model includes the impedance of the skin and eardrum as well as the thermoviscous boundary layer losses.

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Ear Canal Simulator Optimization

Four models of half of an ear canal simulator: the initial design, low-frequency solution, mid-frequency solution, and high-frequency solution; all in rainbow.
The optimized designs of an ear canal simulator for low, mid, and high frequencies.

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Underground-Train-Induced Noise in Urban Buildings

A 3D model of a 10-story building above a train tunnel.
Propagation of the noise generated in an underground train tunnel into a ten-story building.

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Fuel Tank Vibration

A fuel tank model with a partial view inside showing red, white, and blue isosurfaces.
Full multiphysics vibroacoustic analysis of a fuel tank partially filled with fuel.

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Shape Optimization of an Acoustic Demultiplexer with 4 Ports

Three circular shapes with white circles inside and four ports and visualized in rainbow.
Shape optimization of an acoustic demultiplexer. Sound is transmitted to the different ports depending on the frequency band.

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demultiplexer_shape_optimization

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Damping Pad with a Constrained Layer

A rectangular model of a gray and black damping pad and a balloon-like rainbow-colored plot above it.
Vibroacoustic analysis of a so-called constrained damping pad used in the automotive industry.

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Tweeter Dome and Waveguide Shape Optimization

A gray and copper-tone tweeter dome model with a red, white, and blue isosurface emanating from the center.
Free shape optimization is used to find a tweeter with a more omnidirectional characteristic and a flatter response. Here, the pressure isosurface is at 2 kHz.

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