Design and validation of a system for selecting optimized midrange loudspeaker diaphragm profiles

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 107-117

  Geaves, G P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b B and W Loudspeakers Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOUDSPEAKERS; OPTIMIZATION; SOUND REPRODUCTION;

LOUDSPEAKERS DIAPHRAGM PROFILES; LOUDSPEAKERS SIMULATION;

AUDIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030109747     PISSN: 00047554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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