Normal modes of a small gamelan gong

Studies have been made of the normal modes of a 20.7 cm diameter steel gamelan gong. A finite-element model has been constructed and its predictions for normal modes compared with experimental results obtained using electronic speckle pattern interferometry. Agreement was reasonable in view of the l...

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Main Authors: Robert, Perrin, Daniel, P. Elford, Luke, Chalmers, Gerry, M. Swallowe, Thomas, R. Moore, Sinin, Hamdan, Benjamin, J. Halkon
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Published: Acoustical Society of America 2014
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author Robert, Perrin
Daniel, P. Elford
Luke, Chalmers
Gerry, M. Swallowe
Thomas, R. Moore
Sinin, Hamdan
Benjamin, J. Halkon
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Daniel, P. Elford
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Sinin, Hamdan
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description Studies have been made of the normal modes of a 20.7 cm diameter steel gamelan gong. A finite-element model has been constructed and its predictions for normal modes compared with experimental results obtained using electronic speckle pattern interferometry. Agreement was reasonable in view of the lack of precision in the manufacture of the instrument. The results agree with expectations for an axially symmetric system subject to small symmetry breaking. The extent to which the results obey Chladni's law is discussed. Comparison with vibrational and acoustical spectra enabled the identification of the small number of modes responsible for the sound output when played normally. Evidence of non-linear behavior was found, mainly in the form of subharmonics of true modes. Experiments using scanning laser Doppler vibrometry gave satisfactory agreement with the other methods.
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spelling unimas-52412015-03-11T04:06:43Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5241/ Normal modes of a small gamelan gong Robert, Perrin Daniel, P. Elford Luke, Chalmers Gerry, M. Swallowe Thomas, R. Moore Sinin, Hamdan Benjamin, J. Halkon TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Studies have been made of the normal modes of a 20.7 cm diameter steel gamelan gong. A finite-element model has been constructed and its predictions for normal modes compared with experimental results obtained using electronic speckle pattern interferometry. Agreement was reasonable in view of the lack of precision in the manufacture of the instrument. The results agree with expectations for an axially symmetric system subject to small symmetry breaking. The extent to which the results obey Chladni's law is discussed. Comparison with vibrational and acoustical spectra enabled the identification of the small number of modes responsible for the sound output when played normally. Evidence of non-linear behavior was found, mainly in the form of subharmonics of true modes. Experiments using scanning laser Doppler vibrometry gave satisfactory agreement with the other methods. Acoustical Society of America 2014 Article PeerReviewed Robert, Perrin and Daniel, P. Elford and Luke, Chalmers and Gerry, M. Swallowe and Thomas, R. Moore and Sinin, Hamdan and Benjamin, J. Halkon (2014) Normal modes of a small gamelan gong. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136 (4). http://scitation.aip.org/content/asa/journal/jasa/136/4/10.1121/1.4895683
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Robert, Perrin
Daniel, P. Elford
Luke, Chalmers
Gerry, M. Swallowe
Thomas, R. Moore
Sinin, Hamdan
Benjamin, J. Halkon
Normal modes of a small gamelan gong
title Normal modes of a small gamelan gong
title_full Normal modes of a small gamelan gong
title_fullStr Normal modes of a small gamelan gong
title_full_unstemmed Normal modes of a small gamelan gong
title_short Normal modes of a small gamelan gong
title_sort normal modes of a small gamelan gong
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5241/
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