A study of active tonal noise control for a small axial flow fan

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 734-743

  Wang, J ^a   Huang, L ^a   Cheng, L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BANDPASS FILTERS; FANS; LOUDSPEAKERS; MICROPHONES; ROTORS; STRUTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

AXIAL FLOW FANS; BLADE PASSING FREQUENCY; ELECTRET MICROPHONES; TONAL NOISE CONTROL;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DEVICE; FILTER; MICROPHONE; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SENSOR;

EID: 13544269347     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1848072     Document Type: Article

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