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Honeycomb, Carbon Fibre and composites for flat panel speaker building: help required please
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<blockquote data-quote="Shonver" data-source="post: 1108069" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>You may not be aware of this, but quite often a brainwave comes along that may seem novel to the thinker, but turns out to be a well-explored avenue. My recommendation is to try and get access to a university's library. From there you can access countless engineering white papers. Materials for audio applications have been extensively researched. Watch the loudspeaker market and you'll see various new materials touted as the next best thing, but only turning out to have their own set of cons. (Hint: there must be a reason why "paper" keeps popping up in various forms!). To get to my point: materials technology is a science unto itself and to develop a material that will serve your purpose starting from scratch may prove to be both a lengthy and costly venture. And that is just one component of your transducer.</p><p></p><p>However, if you want to dive right in, look at getting samples of double-skinned laminates ranging from the hollow-cored types such as honeycomb through to solid foam core. Implement a measurement system that will be able to give you objective scores by which to compare materials. Once you have these results you may have a better understanding of the trade-offs offered by the respective materials.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shonver, post: 1108069, member: 34"] You may not be aware of this, but quite often a brainwave comes along that may seem novel to the thinker, but turns out to be a well-explored avenue. My recommendation is to try and get access to a university's library. From there you can access countless engineering white papers. Materials for audio applications have been extensively researched. Watch the loudspeaker market and you'll see various new materials touted as the next best thing, but only turning out to have their own set of cons. (Hint: there must be a reason why "paper" keeps popping up in various forms!). To get to my point: materials technology is a science unto itself and to develop a material that will serve your purpose starting from scratch may prove to be both a lengthy and costly venture. And that is just one component of your transducer. However, if you want to dive right in, look at getting samples of double-skinned laminates ranging from the hollow-cored types such as honeycomb through to solid foam core. Implement a measurement system that will be able to give you objective scores by which to compare materials. Once you have these results you may have a better understanding of the trade-offs offered by the respective materials. [/QUOTE]
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