Design of an acoustic energy distributor using thin resonant slits

Abstract

We consider the propagation of time-harmonic acoustic waves in a device made of three unbounded channels connected by thin slits. The wavenumber is chosen such that only one mode can propagate. The main goal of this work is to present a device which can serve as an energy distributor. More precisely, the geometry is first designed so that for an incident wave coming from one channel, the energy is almost completely transmitted in the two other channels. Additionally, adjusting slightly two geometrical parameters, we can control the ratio of energy transmitted in the two channels. The approach is based on asymptotic analysis for thin slits around resonance lengths. We also provide numerical results to illustrate the theory.