Experimental investigation of sound absorption in a composite absorber

A composite absorber made of a polyurethane sponge and multi-layer micro-perforated plates is pre-sented in this study.Results from an acoustic impedance tube test show that the polyurethane sponge can exhibits higher low-frequency sound absorption in front of the micro-perforated plate,while sound absorption at medium and high-frequencies remains low.The physical mechanism behind this is that the micro-perforated plate increases the denpth cavity.If the polyurethane sponge is placed behind the micro-perforated plate,the amplitude of the original absorption peak will remain constant,but the ab-sorption peaks will shift to lower frequencies.The reason for this phenomenon is that porous materials with low flow resistance can be approximately equivalent to fluid,which not only does not affect the res-onance absorption coefficient of micro-perforated plate,but also makes the peaks move to low frequency.This study has the potential applications in the sound absorption design of composite structure.

Theoretical Calculation and Analysis of Muffler Based on Multilayer Sound Absorbing Material

The multilayer impedance composite sound absorption structure of the new muffler is proposed by combining the microporous plate structure with the resonant sound absorption structure of the porous material.Firstly,the acoustic impedance and acoustic absorption coefficient of the new muffler structure are calculated by acoustic electric analogy method,and then the noise attenuation is calculated.When the new muffler structure parameters change,the relationship among the noise frequency,the sound absorption coefficient and the noise attenuation is calculated by using MATLAB.Finally,the calculated results are compared with the experimental data to verify the correctness of the theoretical calculation.The variation of resonance peak,resonance frequency and attenuation band width of each structural parameter is analyzed by the relation curve.The conclusion shows that it is feasible to use multilayer sound absorbing materials as the body structure of the new muffler.And the influence relationship between the change of various parameters of the sound absorption structure with the sound absorption coefficient and noise attenuation is obtained.

Micro-perforated structures as stand-alone sound absorbers

1 Introduction Early attempts to create a sound absorber which would function without the involvement of any fibrous or porous damping material go far back to K. A. Veliszhanina, S. N. Rschevkin and others as was outlined in Ref. [1]. 30 years ago, D. Y. MAA[2] was first in proposing a practicable design concept and calculation model for Micro-Perforated Absorber （MPA） prototypes which still forms the basis for various applications. During the past 12 years the Fraunhofer IBP developed a whole family of MPA products in close cooperation with 8 or more industrial partners operating in a variety of widely differing market segments. Meanwhile a large number of MPA modules and surface elements have evolved from MAA＇s creative pioneer work. More and more ambitious acousticians have, more recently, caught on this attractive idea of employing absorbers made of non-fibrous, non-abrasive materials with non-polluting, almost closed and optically attractive surfaces. MPA structures have played an important part in a long-standing and on-going effort at IBP to establish novel Alternative Fibreless Absorber （ALFA） tools for a better noise control and acoustic comfort.