Scaling procedures of cabin noise generated by turbulent boundary layer excitation

This paper presents a new method for measuring the cabin noise of a structure in a wind tunnel. A method for scaling the cabin sound was derived to obtain the cabin noise of a structure,and the derivation of the scaling procedure was based on a theoretical hypothesis regarding the cabin noise prediction for a scaled model in a wind tunnel. A frequency offset was generated because of the error introduced by model manufacture and installation, and a proposed modal test method was used to eliminate the frequency offset. Both a full-scale structure and scaled structure were measured in the wind tunnel tests. The cabin noise of the full-scale model was compared with the results obtained using the scaling procedure based on the scaled model. The comparisons of the measurement results indicate that the scaling procedures developed in this paper are effective for vibro-acoustic predictions in wind tunnels. Moreover, background noise tended to affect the results of the cabin sound for the wind tunnel test, and thus background noise should be prevented through specific design efforts.

Active Control of Sound Transmission in Ship Cabins Through Multiple Independently Supported Flexible Subplates

The vibration and noise produced by the powertrain and waves inside ship cabins limit working efficiency and crew and passengers’accommodation quality.This paper simplifies ship cabins as cavities and explores active control techniques to attenuate sound transmission via multiple parallel-supported flexible subplates.The theoretical formulations of the interaction between multiple subplates and cavities were performed and the coupling relationships between them were analyzed.Based on the multiple subplates and the cavity coupling models,numerical simulations were performed using the derived optimal controller to minimize the transmission of sound into the cavities through two and nine parallel-supported subplates.The various control strategies were explored to minimize the coupling system’s acoustic potential energy,and the control performances were compared and discussed.The mechanism of reducing sound transmission through multiple supported subplates into a cavity is revealed.The simulation results showed that the vibration pattern of the controlled subplate is changed after it is regulated,which increases its radiation to subdue the other subplates’radiation,while increasing vibration of the controlled subplate.The more subplates a cavity has,the more kinetic energy the controlled subplate possess.Furthermore,the noise reduction performance of a cavity with fewer subplates is better than that with more subplates.