A bilayer membrane acoustic metamaterial was proposed to overcome the influence of the mass law on traditional acoustic materials and obtain a lightweight thin-layer structure that can effectively isolate low frequenc...A bilayer membrane acoustic metamaterial was proposed to overcome the influence of the mass law on traditional acoustic materials and obtain a lightweight thin-layer structure that can effectively isolate low frequency noise. The finite element analysis（FEA） results agree well with the experimental results.It is proved that the sound transmission losses（STLs） of the proposed structures are higher than those of same surface density acoustic materials. The introduction of the magnetic mass block is different from the traditional design method, in which only a passive mass block is fixed on the membrane. The magnetic force will cause tension in the membrane, increase membrane prestress, and improve overall structural stiffness. The effects of the geometry size on the STLs are discussed in detail. The kind of method presented in this paper can provide a new means for engineering noise control.展开更多
To improve acoustic performance of an air cleaner system,both experimental and theoretical studies were carried out.The air cleaner＇s acoustic numerical model was built by finite element methods（FEM）.Acoustic param...To improve acoustic performance of an air cleaner system,both experimental and theoretical studies were carried out.The air cleaner＇s acoustic numerical model was built by finite element methods（FEM）.Acoustic parameters of filter paper imported in the FEM model were calculated according to experiential formulas.Based on the models,the cleaner＇s acoustic character of transmission loss（TL） was computed.To verify the numerical results,TL results of the real air cleaner with or without filter paper were tested by four-microphone transferring function method.The experimental results show that the filter paper influence acoustic performance of the air cleaner significantly,especially in mid and high frequency band,and should be considered in numerical simulation.Comparisons between experimental and numerical results show that the numerical model is accurate enough to be used in multi-scheme acoustic optimization.Based on our study,TL results of two schemes were calculated and analyzed,which is useful to the air cleaner＇s final design decision.展开更多
A method using the time reversal（TR） technique to measure the insertion loss（IL） of passive materials is presented.Firstly the received signals are focused according to the TR theory when there is not a sample bet...A method using the time reversal（TR） technique to measure the insertion loss（IL） of passive materials is presented.Firstly the received signals are focused according to the TR theory when there is not a sample between the source and the received array.Then,the sample is placed near the received array and the TR processing is again employed to realize the focus of the received signal.Finally,the IL of the sample is evaluated from these focusing signals.Because the TR processing can focus the energy in spatial domain and time domain,the method can be used to measure acoustic properties of passive materials in a waveguide tank with reflections induced by boundaries or with low source frequencies.Two samples with the same size of 1.1 m×1.0 m×5 mm are tested in the waveguide tank.The method is demonstrated by the comparison of the theoretical and the experimental results in the measured frequency range of 1-20 kHz.展开更多
Estimation of boundary parameters and prediction of transmission loss using a coherent channel model based upon ray acoustics and sound propagation data collected in field experiments are presented. Comparison betwee...Estimation of boundary parameters and prediction of transmission loss using a coherent channel model based upon ray acoustics and sound propagation data collected in field experiments are presented. Comparison between the prediction results and the experiment data indicates that the adopted sound propagation model is valuable, both selection and estimation methods on boundary parameters are reasonable, and the prediction performance of transmission loss is favorable.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11474230)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (3102016QD056) for financial support
文摘A bilayer membrane acoustic metamaterial was proposed to overcome the influence of the mass law on traditional acoustic materials and obtain a lightweight thin-layer structure that can effectively isolate low frequency noise. The finite element analysis（FEA） results agree well with the experimental results.It is proved that the sound transmission losses（STLs） of the proposed structures are higher than those of same surface density acoustic materials. The introduction of the magnetic mass block is different from the traditional design method, in which only a passive mass block is fixed on the membrane. The magnetic force will cause tension in the membrane, increase membrane prestress, and improve overall structural stiffness. The effects of the geometry size on the STLs are discussed in detail. The kind of method presented in this paper can provide a new means for engineering noise control.
基金Supported by Ministerial Level Advanced Research Foundation(1030021200706)
文摘To improve acoustic performance of an air cleaner system,both experimental and theoretical studies were carried out.The air cleaner＇s acoustic numerical model was built by finite element methods（FEM）.Acoustic parameters of filter paper imported in the FEM model were calculated according to experiential formulas.Based on the models,the cleaner＇s acoustic character of transmission loss（TL） was computed.To verify the numerical results,TL results of the real air cleaner with or without filter paper were tested by four-microphone transferring function method.The experimental results show that the filter paper influence acoustic performance of the air cleaner significantly,especially in mid and high frequency band,and should be considered in numerical simulation.Comparisons between experimental and numerical results show that the numerical model is accurate enough to be used in multi-scheme acoustic optimization.Based on our study,TL results of two schemes were calculated and analyzed,which is useful to the air cleaner＇s final design decision.
文摘A method using the time reversal（TR） technique to measure the insertion loss（IL） of passive materials is presented.Firstly the received signals are focused according to the TR theory when there is not a sample between the source and the received array.Then,the sample is placed near the received array and the TR processing is again employed to realize the focus of the received signal.Finally,the IL of the sample is evaluated from these focusing signals.Because the TR processing can focus the energy in spatial domain and time domain,the method can be used to measure acoustic properties of passive materials in a waveguide tank with reflections induced by boundaries or with low source frequencies.Two samples with the same size of 1.1 m×1.0 m×5 mm are tested in the waveguide tank.The method is demonstrated by the comparison of the theoretical and the experimental results in the measured frequency range of 1-20 kHz.
文摘Estimation of boundary parameters and prediction of transmission loss using a coherent channel model based upon ray acoustics and sound propagation data collected in field experiments are presented. Comparison between the prediction results and the experiment data indicates that the adopted sound propagation model is valuable, both selection and estimation methods on boundary parameters are reasonable, and the prediction performance of transmission loss is favorable.
