Measuring technology
In the beginning we at Aster realized that representing and measuring acoustic components was essential to understand the physics and to be able to develop and optimize the acoustic configuration and interaction of thermoacoustic engines and heat pumps or other loads like linear alternators.
The first article describes the representation of acoustic components based on N-ports and scattering (S) parameters. The second paper deals with the design and construction of direct reading 1-port acoustic network analyzer for measuring complex acoustic reflection in the range of 1-100 Hz.
