Adire Extremis 6.

8
Offset Reducing Taper Transmission Line
By:Casey Brown
(MathCad Worksheet by Martin J. King)
Part 1 : Thiele-Small Consistent Calculation

Detailed User Input (Edit This Section and Input the Parameters for the System to be Analyzed)

Series Resistance

R add 0.0 . Ω

Driver Thiele / Small Parameters : Focal 8V 4412 Average Driver in Final TL Enclosure

fd 30 . Hz V ad 33.2 . liter Adjustments

Re 7.02 . Ω Q ed .383 Re Re R add

.13 . mH Q ed . R e . R e
1
L vc Q md 2.54 Q ed R add
1
newton 1 1
Bl 9.0 . Q td
amp Q ed Q md

140 . cm
2
Sd Q td .332

Enclosure Geometry Definition

L 96.04 . in (Length) Driver Distance

ξ .121 (Driver Position Ratio) ξ . L = 11.62 in

S0 4.42 . S d (Area of the Closed End)

SL 2.21 . S d (Area of the Open End)

.75 . lb . ft
3
Density (Stuffing density : 0 lb/ft3 < D < 1 lb/ft3 )

Power 10 . watt (Input Power, Applied Voltage Referenced to 8 ohm Driver)

End of Abbreviated User Input

Pre Formated Geometry and Stuffing Location Input (Only Edit Details Below to Change Defaults)

Transmission Line Definition (0 lb/ft3 < D < 1 lb/ft3 )

n_closed 4 (n_closed > 1)

n_open 4 (n_open > 1)

Geometry Definition

S 0 .L
1
TR SL TR = 0.013 m

Closed End of Transmission Line (Driver ---> Closed End)

Section Length Initial Area Final Area Stuffing Density

1.38 . in 7.45 . in . 12 . in 7.52 . in . 12 . in 0.75 . lb . ft

3
Lc Sc Sc Dc
0 0, 0 0, 1 0

1.50 . in 7.52 . in . 12 . in 7.59 . in . 12 . in 0.75 . lb . ft

3
Lc Sc Sc Dc
1 1, 0 1, 1 1

3.23 . in 7.59 . in . 12 . in 7.74 . in . 12 . in 1.00 . lb . ft

3
Lc Sc Sc Dc
2 2, 0 2, 1 2

3.50 . in 7.74 . in . 12 . in 7.91 . in . 12 . in 1.00 . lb . ft

3
Lc Sc Sc Dc
3 3, 0 3, 1 3

2.00 . in 7.91 . in . 12 . in 4.00 . in . 12 . in 1.00 . lb . ft

3
Lc Sc Sc Dc
4 4, 0 4, 1 4

Open End of Transmission Line (Driver ---> Open End)

Section Length Initial Area Final Area Stuffing Density

2.88 . in 7.45 . in . 12 . in 7.59 . in . 12 . in 0.75 . lb . ft

3
Lo So So Do
0 0, 0 0, 1 0

27.49 . in 7.59 . in . 12 . in 6.00 . in . 12 . in 0.75 . lb . ft

3
Lo So So Do
1 1, 0 1, 1 1

11.00 . in 6.00 . in . 12 . in 6.00 . in . 12 . in 0.75 . lb . ft

3
Lo So So Do
2 2, 0 2, 1 2

Lo 42.06 . in So 6.00 . in . 12 . in So 4.00 . in . 12 . in Do 0

3 3, 0 3, 1 3

Lo 1.00 . in So 4.00 . in . 12 . in So 4.00 . in . 12 . in Do 0

4 4, 0 4, 1 4

Total Length of the Transmission Line

n_closed n_open
Lc L o = 96.040 in
i i
i= 0 i= 0

Total Amount of Stuffing

n_closed Sc Sc n_open So So
r, 0 r, 1 .L .D r, 0 r, 1 .L .
cr cr or D or = 1.987 lb
2 2
r= 0 r= 0

End of Detailed Input

End of Part 1 Input

Resulting Acoustic Impedance for the Transmission Line

100
Impedance Magnitude

Z al
r 10
ρ .c

1 3
1 10 100 1 . 10
1
r . dω . Hz

180
Impedance Phase (deg)

90

arg Z al
r 0
deg
90

180 3
1 10 100 1 . 10
1
r . dω . Hz
Frequency (Hz)

Velocity at the Terminus of the Transmission Line for a 1 m/sec Driver Excitation

10
Epsilon Magnitude

1
ε
r
0.1

0.01 3
1 10 100 1 . 10
1
r . dω . Hz

180
Epsilon Phase (deg)

90

arg ε
r 0
deg

90

180 3
1 10 100 1 . 10
1
r . dω . Hz
Frequency (Hz)
Far Field Transmission Line System and Infinite Baffle Sound Pressure Level Responses

180

135

arg p o 90
r
45
Phase (deg)

deg
0
arg p
r
45
deg
90

135

180 3
10 100 1 . 10
1
r . dω . Hz

100
95
90
SPL o
85
SPL (dB)

r
80
SPL
r 75
70
65
60 3
10 100 1 . 10
1
r . dω . Hz
Frequency (Hz)

Woofer and Terminus Far Field Sound Pressure Level Responses

180

135

arg p d 90
r
45
Phase (deg)

deg
0
arg p L
r 45
deg
90

135

180 3
10 100 1 . 10
1
r . dω . Hz

100
95
90
SPL d
r 85
SPL (dB)

80
SPL L
r 75
70
65
60 3
10 100 1 . 10
1
r . dω . Hz
Frequency (Hz)
 Transmission Line System and Infinite Baffle Impedance

90
90

arg Z o 45
r
Phase (deg)

deg
0
arg Z
r
deg
45

90 90
3
10 100 1 . 10
10 1 1000
r . dω . Hz

100
100

80
Impedance (ohms)

Zo
r 60

Z
r 40

20

0 0 3
10 100 1 . 10
20 1 1000
r . dω . Hz
Frequency (Hz)

W oofer RMS Displacement

5
5

4
RMS Deflection (mm)

xd
r
mm 3

x
r 2
mm

0 0 3
10 100 1 . 10
20 1 1000
r . dω . Hz
Frequency (Hz)
 System Time Response for an Impulse Input

2000 2000
Sound Pressure in Time Domain

1500

1000
p summed
n
Pa 500

500
1000
1000
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.1
0 n . dt 0.1
Time (sec)

System Group Delay

Phase Angle of System Pressure

360 360

315

270
p angle 225
Phase (deg)

q
deg 180

135
90

45
0
0 3
10 100 1 . 10
10 1 1000
q . dω . Hz

0.05 0.05
System Group Delay

0.04

0.03
φ
q
sec 0.02

0.01

0
0.01
0.01 3
10 100 1 . 10
10 1 1000
q . dω . Hz
Frequency (Hz)
 Terminus Air Velocity (should be < 10 m/sec / 342 m/sec = 0.03)

0.03 0.03
Terminus Air Velocity / Speed of Sound

0.025

0.02
Velocity Ratio

v term
r
c 0.015

0.01

0.005
0
0 3
10 100 1 . 10
10 1 1000
r . dω . Hz
Frequency (Hz)