| Help with my car audio [message #25439] |
Tue, 11 September 2007 14:52  |
Crystal
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Registered: May 2009
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If my port is in an "L" shape and i want to change it to a "T" shape do i need to change the dimensions or do I just leave it? Thanks.
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| Re: Help with my car audio [message #25463 is a reply to message #25453] |
Mon, 08 October 2007 01:07  |
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Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001
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Well, in layman's terms, the formula that predicts the frequency a box is tuned for assumes a straight port, not one that is bent or flared or made into a "T" shape. Those kinds of changes are straightforward, and a finite element analysis could surely be done which would give a very accurate frequency prediction. But the Helmholtz formula assumes a straight port, so if you deviate from that too much, the formula will become inaccurate. When making an unusually shaped port, you can always estimate, make the port how long you think it should be and then measure it and modify as needed. Best to make it long at first, that way you can trim it down to size to get the desired frequency.
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