Characterizing computer cooling fan noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 3189-3200

  Huang, Lixi ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COOLING; DRAG; FANS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIAL FLOW; ROTORS;

SOUND-POWER COUPLING; SPATIAL SPINNING PRESSURE MODE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

COOLING; FAN; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; RADIATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DYNAMICS; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION; SOUND;

EID: 0346847709     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1624074     Document Type: Article

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