Exploring effects on sound attenuation in a snare drum using custom designed 3D-printed damper system

• Main Author: Leow, Yixuan
• Other Authors: Leong Kah Fai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Prototyping; Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics; Science::Physics::Acoustics; Visual arts and music::Performing arts
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141862
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In a world of moving parts (and stationary ones subject to unwanted movement), the astute engineer possesses a fundamental grasp of structural dynamics, and in particular, vibration. This grasp could very well extend to the field of acoustics and involve superb, but underserved resonators such as th...