近年來隨著人類對於生活品質的要求提高，噪音的問題也日益受到重視。從早期的管風琴、管弦樂器到管路、噴射引擎、汽機車排氣管或電子產品上的微共振腔，不論是產生聲音或是降低噪音，皆可發現Helmholtz共振腔的蹤跡。就產生聲音的角度來看，如果能夠降低驅動樂器的困難度，使一般民眾皆能容易的吹奏樂器或者將抑制噪音的技術用來產生特定的聲音…等等，將具有其商業潛力。
首先，本研究使用噴流在不同位置、角度下驅動共振腔，觀察共振腔之特性，搜尋較容易驅動共振腔之條件。接下來再對不同進氣口、吹口進行比較。最終，在經過一連串實驗後找出較佳的進氣口與吹口條件後，進行優化實驗。研究結果顯示，共振腔體厚度越厚，所能產生之聲音強度越高；在共振腔開口附近進行驅動將能得到穩定的頻率值與高的分貝值。另外，共振腔在增設了進氣口與吹口後，其所能夠驅動共振腔之極限頸長也增加許多，換句話說，有了進氣口與吹口的輔助，共振腔更容易被驅動。

In recent years, noise problems have been taken as an important issue with the demanding of better life quality by human beings. Applications of Helmholtz resonators on eliminating noises can be widely seen in pipelines, jet engines, tailpipes and mufflers, or even in electronic equipment. On the other hand, the beautiful sound made by organ pipes and musical instruments are based on the concept of resonator as well. As a result, we can see the potential of taking advantages of sound to different applications. For instance, players of the musical instrument can easily overcome learning barriers by decreasing the difficulty of driving musical resonators, engineers can create specific sounds by exploiting the Helmholtz resonator, etc.
In this study, we explore various driving conditions by means of air jet to drive the resonator in different locations and angles first. Then, the performance difference between mouthpieces and blowers is compared. Finally, suitable conditions of guiding mouthpieces and blowers are obtained. Accordingly, experiments show several key results: (a) The thicker of the resonator wall, the louder sound it can create; (b) Higher sound intensities and more consistent frequency values can be obtained nearby the orifice of the resonator than other places; (c) With modified blowers and mouthpieces, resonators are much easier to be driven.

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