Acoustic performance of a Herschel–Quincke tube modified with an interconnecting pipe

Abstract The classical two-duct Herschel–Quincke tube is modified by means of an additional pipe connecting both paths. A transfer matrix is obtained for a mesh system with five arbitrary branches and then particularized to the proposed scheme. Experimental attenuation measurements were performed on several prototypes, and the results compared favourably with predictions from the previous theoretical development. Finally, transmission loss contour plots were used to study the influence of the connecting pipe on the resonance frequencies. The results confirm the nontrivial character of the influence observed, and simple relationships are obtained for the general trends.

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