Active Control Of Noise Radiated From Personal Computers

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dc.contributor.authorCharpentier, Arnauden
dc.contributor.committeechairFuller, Christopher R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJohnson, Martin E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWicks, Alfred L.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:47:58Zen
dc.date.adate2002-11-19en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:47:58Zen
dc.date.issued2002-11-11en
dc.date.rdate2003-11-19en
dc.date.sdate2002-11-15en
dc.description.abstractAs an indirect consequence of increased heat cooling requirements, personal computers (PC) have become noisier due to the increased use of fans. Hard disk drives also contribute to the annoying noise radiated by personal computers, creating a need for the control of computer noise. Due to size constraints, the implementation of passive noise control techniques in PC is difficult. Alternatively, active noise control (ANC) may provide a compact solution to the noise problems discussed above, which is the subject of this work. First, the computer noise sources were characterized. The structure-borne path was altered passively through the decoupling of the vibrating sources from the chassis. Global noise control strategy was then investigated with a hybrid passive/active noise control technique based on folded lined ducts, integrating microphones and speakers, that were added to the PC air inlet and outlet. While the ducts were effective above 1000Hz, the use of a MIMO adaptive feedforward digital controller lead to significant noise reduction at the ducts outlets below 1000Hz. However, global performance was limited due to important airborne flanking paths. Finally, the same type of controller was used to create a zone of quiet around the PC user head location. It was implemented using multimedia speakers and microphones, while the computer was placed in a semi-reverberant environment. A large zone of quiet surrounding the head was created at low frequencies (250Hz), and its size would reduce with increasing frequency (up to 1000Hz).en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-11152002-103619en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152002-103619/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35711en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis_Final.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectzone of quieten
dc.subjectdigital signal processingen
dc.subjectnoise cancellation in short ducten
dc.subjectadaptive feedforward digital controlleren
dc.subjectfan noiseen
dc.subjectfeedforward adaptive controlen
dc.subjectlined ducten
dc.subjectcoherenceen
dc.subjectcausalityen
dc.titleActive Control Of Noise Radiated From Personal Computersen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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