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Sound radiation from Caribbean steelpans

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 117, Issue 1, pp. 375-383 (January 2005)

Issue Date: January 2005
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Brian Copeland
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

Andrew Morrison and Thomas D. Rossing
Physics Department, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115
Besides radiating sound from the note area being struck, a steelpan radiates from neighboring note areas that vibrate sympathetically, from the areas between notes, and from the skirt [Rossing et al., Phys. Today 49(3), 24–29 (1996)]. Measurements were taken in an anechoic chamber using a four-microphone intensity probe to visualize the acoustic radiation from selected notes on a double second and a low tenor steelpan. Swept sinusoidal excitation was effected using an electromagnet. Sound intensity maps were drawn for the first three harmonics. ©2005 Acoustical Society of America.
History: Received 9 August 2002; revised 6 March 2004; accepted 13 April 2004
Permalink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.1803574

KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 43.75.Kk
    Bells, xylophones, and other instruments having rigid vibrators
  • 43.40.Rj
    Radiation from vibrating structures into fluid media
  • 43.58.Fm
    Sound level meters, level recorders, sound pressure, particle velocity, and sound intensity measurements, meters, and controllers
  • YEAR: 2005

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