53.4. Material Properties

The structural material properties are as follows:

Property Backplate Membrane
Young's Modulus (MPa)2.7E51.69E5
Poisson's Ratio0.0660.066
Density (kg/m3)23292329
Constant Damping Coefficient0.040.04
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (°C-1)1E-6 1E-6

The acoustic material properties are as follows:

Property Air Gap Sound Port and Housing Cavity
Density (kg/m3)1.20411.2041
Speed of Sound (m/s)343.24 343.24
LRF Model[a] - Thin Layer Thickness–-2.2 μm

[a] The interaction between an acoustic pressure wave in a viscous fluid and a rigid wall is taken into account for specific structures according to the low reduced frequency (LRF) approximation.

The LRF model is defined (TB,AFDM) with the thin-layer option:

TB,AFDM,MATID,,,THIN
TBDATA,1,2.2E-06

The electrostatic-structural material properties are as follows:

Property Air Gap
Young's Modulus (MPa)1E-6
Poisson's Ratio0
Density (kg/m3)0
Relative Electric Permittivity1