ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Stead (Bassett Acoustics) donated his time and assisted with the early acoustic analysis of the fan. Pro-
fessor Paul E. Dimotakis of the Graduate Laboratories at the California Institute of Technology also

most generously donated some of his time and provided guidance during the 14th Australasian Fluid
Mechanics Conference and shortly thereafter.

Finally, thank you to my partner Peter Mousley. His ever present support, our long discussions on signal
processing theory, and exhortations to finish helped me to make it through to the end. His willingness to
provide financial support during the last couple of years also ensured that the finishing of this thesis
was much easier than it otherwise might have been, and for this I am extremely grateful.

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