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Approximate reconstruction of sound fields close to the source surface using spherical nearfield acoustical
1Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Engineering Acoustics, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany. jens.prager@tu-berlin.de
Abstract:
This paper presents an investigation of the reconstruction of sound field parameters close to the surface of arbitrarily shaped sound sources. The field is reconstructed using nearfield acoustical holography (NAH) in spherical coordinates. Of particular interest are source shapes where the Rayleigh hypothesis is violated. To overcome the limitation of the minimal sphere given by the validity restriction of the Rayleigh hypothesis an algorithm is proposed for extracting local information from the nonconvergent NAH solution. For the assessment of the results an appropriate virtual test rig is developed employing the Kirchhoff-Helmholtz integral theorem.
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