A standing wave apparatus employing multiple microphones for measuring fundamental properties of acoustic materials is analyzed. The apparatus is basically a tube with a compression driver at one end with a rigid plug at the other and a finite length sample of acoustic material strategically located in between. A microphone array is then used in obtaining the pressure and velocity boundary conditions of the sample from which basic acoustic properties can be calculated. Such properties as internal propagation constant, characteristic admittance (inverse impedance), and bulk modulus are measured and data for a 100-pore-per-inch (ppi) open-cell acoustic foam is presented. A relatively new parameter called the complex flow impedance is measured under low-and high-intensity levels and is shown to exhibit finite amplitude properties. Of particular concern is how finite sample lengths effect the accuracy of the measurements. It is shown that in general a long sample length (on the order of a wavelength or more) is required for the accurate measurement of propagation constant, characteristic admittance, and bulk modulus measurements while a short length (much less than a wavelength) is required for good finite amplitude flow impedance measurements. Previous studies of flow impedance have been carried out using a similar but not identical apparatus [W. E. Zorumski and T. L. Parrott, "Nonlinear AcousticTheory for Rigid Porous Materials," U.S. NASA TN-6196, 1971; K. U. Ingard and T. A. Dear, "Measurements of the Acoustic Flow Resistance," J. Sound Vib. 103, 567-572 (1985) ]. However, the previous studies have lacked an analysis of the possible errors in the measurement methods that can be very significant for these types of flow impedance measurements. PACS numbers' 43.25.Ed, 43.25.Zx, 43.85.Bh LIST OF SYMBOLS a• effective pore radius in rigid frame model Zz. d sample thickness Zs, , kb complex propagation constant of wave in porous material ]•b K complex bulk modulus of fluid in porous material M mass loading part of flow impedance, = I'm(Zr)/cø Po static pressure of fluid Pb P complex excess (acoustic) pressure amplitude (taken to be the peak value, not rms) Po Npr Prandtl number of fluid rrø R resistive part of flow impedance, = Re(Z•.) v U complex particle velocity (the peak value, co not rms) COT
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