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The bullroarer is an aeromechanical instrument used, for instance, by aboriginal tribesmen in Australia during traditional ceremonies. It sounds like the roaring of a bull, this being the origin of the name, or like a propeller with periodic change in pitch and intensity [2].
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Roger, M., Aubert, S. (2003). Aeroacoustics of Moving Compact Bodies Application to the Bullroarer. In: Cohen, G.C., Joly, P., Heikkola, E., Neittaanmäki, P. (eds) Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation WAVES 2003. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55856-6_7
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