1st Edition

Acoustic Waves Generated by Parametric Array Loudspeakers

By Jiaxin Zhong, Xiaojun Qiu Copyright 2025
384 Pages 183 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

384 Pages 183 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

384 Pages 183 Color & 5 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Parametric array loudspeakers (PALs) are capable of generating highly directional audio beams from nonlinear interactions of intense airborne ultrasound waves. This unique capability holds great potential in audio engineering. This book systematically introduces the physical principles of acoustics waves generated by PALs, along with the commonly used and the state-of-the-art numerical models,... Read more

1. Physical Basis for Parametric Array Loudspeakers (PALs).

2. Numerical Models for Parametric Array Loudspeakers.

3. Sound Fields Generated by PALs in Free Space.

4. Reflection, Transmission, and Scattering of Acoustic Waves Generated by PALs.

5. Sound Fields Generated by PALs in Rooms.

6. Steerable and Focusing PALs.

7. Active Noise Control with PALs.

8. Implementation of PALs.

Appendix A. Attenuation Coefficients of Pure-Tone Sound in Air Due to Atmospheric Absorption.

Appendix B. Mathematical Formulae on Special Functions.

Biography

Jiaxin Zhong is a postdoctoral researcher in the Graduate Program in Acoustics at The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Xiaojun Qiu is a Professor at Nanjing University, China. He is a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society and the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration. He is author of An Introduction to Virtual Sound Barriers, and co-author of Active Control of Noise and Vibration, 2nd edition, also published by CRC Press.