Jet‐drive mechanism in organ pipes

Abstract

The analysis given by Elder [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 54, 1554 (1973)] of the mechanism of interaction between a time‐varying air jet flow velocity and a resonant organ pipe is extended to deal with the case in which a jet of fixed flow velocity is deflected to cut a sharp pipe lip. Similar terms arise in the analysis but the nonlinearities are less important than in Elder’s case. The generation of higher transverse pipe modes by the jet asymmetry is considered and it is concluded that such modes may play a significant part in coupling ordinary pipe modes to pipe‐wall vibrations. Show more