The invention uses tubes for the reduction of radiated duct noise. The
tubes may be used to attenuate narrow band noise by diverting a portion
of the acoustic energy through the tubes back into the duct. Upon
reintroducing the diverted flow out of phase with the primary flow,
acoustic cancellation is achieved. The frequency at which this occurs is
dependent on the difference in the path lengths through the tubes and the
separation distance--the distance separating the inlet and outlet of the
tube. This invention can be used over varying frequency ranges by using
an arrangement of flexible, constant length tubes. The effective
frequency range is tailored by varying the separation distance and also
allows the varying the angular arrangement of the tubes for more
effective attenuation of spinning modes having varying propagation angle.