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Numerical Simulation of Microphone Wind Noise, Part 1: External Flow

Authors: Backman, Juha

AES Convention 134 · Paper 8866 · May 2013

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for computational analysis of microphone wind noise. The first part of the work, presented in this paper, discusses the behavior of the flow around the microphone. One of the practical questions answered in this work is the well-known difference between “pop noise,” i.e., noise caused by transient flows, and wind noise generated by more stationary flows. It appears that boundary layer separation and related modification of flow field near the boundary is a significant factor in transient flow noise, while vortex shedding, emerging at higher flow velocities, is significant for steady state flow. The paper also discusses the effects of the geometrical shape and surface details on the wind noise.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 134
AES Convention
134
Paper number
8866
Publication date
May 6, 2013
Session subject
Transducers
Affiliation
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, Finland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper