Investigation on the Acoustic Performance of Micro-Perforated Panel Integrated Coiled-Up Space Acoustic Absorber

Recently, increased attention has been given to minimize the effects of noise pollution on living beings. The attenuation and manipulation of sound waves with low-frequency components are quite difficult with traditional absorbers due to inherent properties induced by large wavelengths and yet are p...

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Main Authors: Damodaran Sanalkumar Govind Krishna, Parvathy Arun Leena, Abhinav Karottuthundathil, Ashidha Mohammed, Mahesh Kavungal, Mini Rema Sahadevan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Engineering Proceedings
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/59/1/168
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Summary:Recently, increased attention has been given to minimize the effects of noise pollution on living beings. The attenuation and manipulation of sound waves with low-frequency components are quite difficult with traditional absorbers due to inherent properties induced by large wavelengths and yet are particularly critical to modern designs. In this study, a parallel arrangement of a coiled-up space cavity and micro-perforated panel (MPP) is considered as the absorber configuration. The coiled-up space consists of a front panel with an orifice and a rigid backing panel enclosing an arch-shaped concentric channel. The entire coiled-up space length is provided with two varying cross-sections. By this arrangement, the sound path is squeezed into a reasonably small volume enabling sound absorption at low frequencies. A thin panel with numerous perforations is the main constituent of MPP. It is backed by an air cavity and terminated by a rigid backing. Here in this configuration, micro perforations are provided on the front panel of the coiled-up space, which ensures simultaneous entry of acoustic waves into the micro-perforations and coiled-up space structure. The absorption characteristics of the present configuration are studied numerically and analytically. The combined structure with parallel combination of coiled-up space and MPP resulted in the abatement of more than 70% of sound in the frequency range of 321 Hz to 853 Hz. The present absorber has only a 5.5 cm thickness, which is subwavelength<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo> </mo><mfenced separators="|"><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>19</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow></mfenced></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> also.
ISSN:2673-4591