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Engineering Brief

Multiphysical Simulation Methods for Loudspeakers—A (Never-)Ending Story?

Authors: Svobodnik, Alfred

AES Convention 136 · Paper 140 · April 2014

Abstract

Multiphysical simulations of loudspeakers have been investigated by scientific and industrial researchers for more than 40 years. At a first glance an electrodynamic loudspeaker seems to be a fairly simple assembly—a simple (sub-)system compared to typical applications of modern CAE methods. So where is the challenge? In detail! Besides strongly coupled different physical domains (electromagnetics, mechanics, acoustics, thermal transport, fluid dynamics ...), we also have to deal with path dependent dynamic effects and nonlinearities (including instabilities) in each domain. Additionally, materials with totally different behavior (and thus totally different material models to be used) and different joining techniques for each component are used as well. This paper will summarize challenges for realistic simulations and will discuss efficient solutions for daily usage in the industrial work flow of product development.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 136
AES Convention
136
Paper number
140
Publication date
April 6, 2014
Affiliation
Konzept-X GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief