Analysis of the Sound Pressure in Membrane-Sealed Pistonphone

Abstract

Compared with the clearance-sealed pistonphone, the membrane-sealed pistonphone can realize the sound pressure at very low frequency and very high sound pressure for its lower leakage. However, the membrane-sealed pistonphone also brings the problem that the compressed volume cannot be decided precisely because of the deformation of the membrane, which results in the inaccurate calculation for the sound pressure in the chamber. In this paper, a sound pressure formula for the membrane-sealed pistonphone is derived according to an analysis of the characteristics of the ideal membrane. The static and the dynamic deformation of the membrane are studied. Then, the effects of the thickness, the sealed width, the extension ratio, and the modal vibration of the membrane are studied through the finite element method. The results show that the deviation of the sound pressure level obtained from the ideal sound pressure formula can be reduced to less than 0.1[Formula: see text]dB when the sound pressure level is lower than 174[Formula: see text]dB and the membrane is specially designed, which indicates that the influence of the membrane on the sound pressure is almost negligible.