A numerical method is used to calculate the directional properties of unbaffled horn loudspeakers. Both axisymmetric horns and horns with rectangular cross sections are investigated. The conical horn is investigated in most detail. Based on numerical results a simple method to determine the directional properties of a horn is proposed.

Author: Johansen, Tonni Franke
Affiliation: Division of Telecommunications, Acoustics, Norwegian Institute of Technology, University of Trondheim, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway
JAES Volume 42 Issue 12 pp. 1008-1019; December 1994
Publication Date: December 1, 1994

Click to purchase paper as a non-member or you can login as an AES member to see more options.

No AES members have commented on this paper yet.

Subscribe to this discussion

To be notified of new comments on this paper you can subscribe to this RSS feed. Forum users should login to see additional options.

Start a discussion!

If you would like to start a discussion about this paper and are an AES member then you can login here:
Username:
Password:

If you are not yet an AES member and have something important to say about this paper then we urge you to join the AES today and make your voice heard. You can join online today by clicking here.