消声器传递损失预测的边界元模态展开混合方法

将边界元法和解析方法结合形成一种混合方法用于计算消声器的传递损失,消声器被划分成若干个子结构,解析方法和边界元方法被分别用于计算规则结构和不规则结构的阻抗矩阵,不同子结构之间通过阻抗矩阵连接起来。为减少计算时间,采用一种基于模态配点法的简化方法。对单级膨胀腔、双级膨胀腔和穿孔管阻性消声器的传递损失进行了计算,混合方法计算结果与解析方法和三维数值方法计算结果吻合良好。分析了混合方法的计算效率并与传统子结构方法进行了比较,混合方法能明显节省计算时间。     

消声器声学性能预测的子结构快速多极子边界元法

鉴于快速多极子边界元法的应用主要局限于单区域声学问题计算,发展基于子结构技术的快速多极子边界元法以计算多区域声场问题,介绍基本原理、具体实施过程以及优缺点.以带有插进口管的膨胀腔消声器为例,应用子结构快速多极子边界元法和传统边界元法计算其传递损失,通过与实验测量结果的比较,验证方法的有效性和计算精度.研究表明,快速多极子边界元法与传统边界元法相比,节点数越多,其在节省计算时间,减少计算量等方面的优势越明显.     

阻抗复合消声器声学性能有限元预测方法及分析

为计算和分析具有复杂结构的阻抗复合式消声器的宽频消声性能,建立了一种高效声学有限元方法,给出了不同边界条件下的边界积分处理细节,得到有限元全局系数矩阵表达式,设计出计算程序框架以实现这些算法,其求解规模和计算速度与商业软件相比有优势。为计算阻抗复合式消声器的传递损失,通过阻抗管测量和数据拟合得到了吸声材料声学特性的经验公式。计算和测量了两通穿孔阻抗复合式消声器的传递损失,二者良好的吻合验证了声学有限元方法和计算程序的正确性。研究表明,插管长度影响消声器在中高频段的消声特性,右侧隔板上穿孔会消除共振峰,中高频消声性能随着出口管穿孔率的增加而提升。      

双倒易边界元法应用于预测三维势流管道和消声器声学特性

将双倒易边界元法应用于预测具有三维势流存在时管道及消声器的声学特性,阐述了其基本原理与数值过程.与传统边界元方法相比,该方法考虑了声学控制方程中气流马赫数二阶小量的影响,因此适用于具有较高马赫数亚音速流的情况.使用双倒易边界元法预测有气流存在时管道和变截面膨胀腔的四极参数,并与一维解析解和传统边界元法结果进行了比较,从而验证了该方法的正确性.利用双倒易边界元计算并分析了不同结构类型消声器的传递损失,结果表明,三维流对复杂结构的消声器声学性能的影响是不可忽略的.     

具有线性温度梯度的管道及消声器声学特性的边界元法计算

采用摄动法将具有线性温度梯度介质中的声传播方程化为Ｈｅｌｍｈｏｌｔｚ方程，然后用边界元法进行计算，由边界元法计算出消声器的四极参数，从而预测传递损失等消声量。文中计算了直管段的四极参数及膨胀腔的传递损失，并与一维理论结果进行了比较。     

管道及消声器学特性的边界元法计算

从流体力学的基本方程出发，导出等截面管内具有平均流和线性温度梯度时的三维声传播方程，然后采用迭代法将其化成可用边界积分方程表示的形式，最后用边界元法求解，由边界元法计算消声器的四极参数，从而可预测传递损失等声学特性，文中计算了膨胀腔内传递损失，并与一维理论结果进行了比较。     

非对称阻抗插入管消声器的Chebyshev-变分法建模与求解

针对非对称阻抗插入管消声器三维理论建模与求解问题,提出了一种半解析变分建模和求解方法,试验及有限元结果验证了理论模型和求解结果的正确性,开展了模态频率、声压响应及传递损失等声场特性的预测分析。首先构建插入管消声器内部子声场拉格朗日泛函,基于声压与质点振速连续性条件,得到插入管消声器三维理论模型。随后,将子声场声压展开为切比雪夫-傅里叶级数组合形式,按里兹法求得消声器三维声场模态信息。搭建了消声器传递损失试验平台,进行了刚性壁面和阻抗壁面消声器传递损失测试试验,对理论模型和计算结果进行了验证。通过算例分析了壁面阻抗的大小、阻抗面积和分布形式以及插入管偏置对消声器消声性能的影响。结果表明,提出的变分建模求解方法是有效的,对消声器壁面阻抗位置和形式的合理设置可有效降低输出声压。      

用边界无法与四负载法联合预测排气消声器的插入损失

本文提出了将边界元法与四负载法相结合用于预测排气消声器插入损失的新方法，建立了具有低马赫数流时消声器四极参数求值的边界元计算方法，并将四负载法扩展到排气消声系统声源阻抗的求值。文中对两个消声器的插入损失进行了数值计算和实验测量，其预测结果与实测结果吻合良好。     

膨胀腔消声器声学仿真的一维修正方法

传统一维方法计算消声器声学性能随频率增加误差加大,本文应用管道末端修正系数改善一维方法的计算结果.应用二维轴对称解析方法计算管道末端修正系数,研究结构因素和频率对修正系数的影响规律,研究表明修正系数随截面半径比增加而降低,随频率增加而增加,超过截止频率后修正系数无效.根据计算结果给出修正系数拟合公式并修正传统一维方法,应用一维修正方法计算膨胀腔消声器的传递损失并和实验结果、三维有限元结果进行比较,证明一维修正方法结果精度有明显提高.     

膨胀腔类超材料的传递损失研究*

声学超材料及结构已被广泛研究,其超结构通常利用3D打印技术实现,当结构刚度较小或者面积较大时,由声固耦合所导致的声学效果与设计不符的情况广泛存在。本文针对含有膨胀腔类的超材料,研究了声固耦合对其声学性能的影响,采用有限元计算结合阻抗管实验的方法,得到其传递损失,分析了声固耦合现象对传递损失的影响。结果表明：薄壁膨胀腔结构的作用频率范围与只考虑声学理论计算的设计不符,声固耦合现象对传递损失产生显著影响;采用增加膨胀腔壁厚、减少膨胀腔内径或选择金属材料的方式,都可以使得声固耦合现象对传递损失的影响减小;仿真结果与实验结果基本吻合。该研究结果说明：对于膨胀腔类超材料,当刚度较小或者面积较大时,对其进行声固耦合分析是完全必要的。     

Acoustic attenuation of hybrid silencers

The acoustic attenuation of a single-pass, perforated concentric silencer filled with continuous strand fibers is investigated first theoretically and experimentally. The study is then extended to a specific type of hybrid silencer that consists of two single-pass perforated filling chambers combined with a Helmholtz resonator. One-dimensional analytical and three-dimensional boundary element methods (BEM) are employed for the predictions of the acoustic attenuation in the absence of mean flow. To account for the wave propagation in absorbing fiber, the complex-valued characteristic impedance and wave number are measured. The perforation impedance facing the fiber is also presented in terms of complex-valued characteristic impedance and wave number. The effects of outer chamber diameter and the fiber density are examined. Comparisons of predictions with the experiments illustrate the need for multi-dimensional analysis at higher frequencies, while the one-dimensional treatment provides a reasonable accuracy at lower frequencies, as expected. The study also shows a significant improvement in the acoustic attenuation of the silencer due to fiber absorption. Multi-dimensional BEM predictions of a hybrid silencer demonstrate that a reactive component such as a Helmholtz resonator can improve transmission loss at low frequencies and a higher duct porosity may be effective at higher frequencies.     

Acoustic attenuation analysis of network systems by using impedance matrix method

An impedance matrix method is proposed to predict the acoustic attenuation characteristics of network systems. The system may contain several silencer modules and each module may be composed of complex components such as multiply connected tubes, portions with any-shaped cross-section and dissipative parts. The technique of substructuring is adopted and the system is divided into several substructure modules. Three strategies: boundary element method (BEM), numerical point collocation approach and numerical mode matching technique are introduced and the impedance matrix of each module may be computed by a certain appropriate methodology according to the dimensions and geometry of the substructure. Impedance matrix synthesis is employed to obtain the resultant impedance matrix and then transmission loss may be calculated. All the calculation results are verified by experimental measurements and 3-D BEM predictions.     

Acoustic attenuation analysis of silencers with multi-chamber by using coupling method based on subdomain division technique

For multi-chamber silencers with non-uniform cross-sections at axial direction, the coupling method based on subdomain division technique is proposed. The silencer is divided into several subdomains which impedance matrixes are calculated by using suitable 3-D methods. Combining with the continuity conditions at the interfaces to solve the integral impedance matrix of the silencer, thereby the transmission loss is derived. For the double-chamber silencers, the transmission loss and computational speed results from the proposed method, the numerical mode matching (NMM) method, 3-D finite element (FE) method predictions and experimental measurements are compared, which verifies the accuracy and efficiency.     

插管结构对膨胀腔消声器声学性能的影响

将数值模态匹配法(NMM)拓展应用于计算和分析外插管膨胀腔消声器的声学性能,推导了相应的理论公式并编写了计算程序。使用二维有限元法提取横向波数和本征向量,应用模态匹配法计算消声器的传递损失。使用数值模态匹配法和三维有限元法(FEM)研究了插管长度和进出口位置对带有外插进出口管椭圆形非同轴膨胀腔消声器声学性能的影响,两种方法计算结果吻合良好,从而验证了本文数值模态匹配法的正确性。研究结果表明,设置特定的插管长度和进出口位置可以消除消声器的通过频率,进而改善消声器中低频的消声性能。      

均匀流直通穿孔消声器的声学特性分析

将数值模态匹配法(NMM)扩展应用于计算有均匀流存在时直通穿孔管抗性和阻性消声器的声学特性,编写了相应的计算程序。对于圆形同轴穿孔管抗性和阻性消声器,应用数值模态匹配法计算得到的传递损失结果与实验测量结果吻合良好,从而验证了计算方法和计算程序的正确性。进而应用数值模态匹配法研究了运流效应和穿孔阻抗以及穿孔管偏移对穿孔管抗性和阻性消声器传递损失的影响。研究结果表明,马赫数越高,穿孔管抗性消声器在中高频的消声量越高,阻性消声器在整体频段内的消声性能越差;低马赫数时运流效应对穿孔管抗性消声器的影响可以忽略,马赫数较高时运流效应和穿孔阻抗的影响比较明显;对于穿孔管阻性消声器,穿孔阻抗对消声器声学特性的影响比运流效应的影响小,但是与真实值的差别不可忽略;穿孔管偏移对消声器声学特性的影响与频率和消声器结构均相关。      

Impact of perforation impedance on the transmission loss of reactive and dissipative silencers

The effect of perforation impedance on the acoustic behavior of reactive and dissipative silencers is investigated using experimental and computational approaches. The boundary element method (BEM) is applied for the prediction of transmission loss of silencers with different perforation geometries. The variations are considered in the porosity (8.4 and 25.7%) and hole diameter (0.249 and 0.498 cm) of perforations for both reactive and dissipative silencers, as well as the fiber filling density (100 and 200 kg/m3) for the latter. The acoustic impedance for a number of perforations in contact with air alone and fibrous material has been incorporated into the predictions, which are then compared with the measured transmission loss using an impedance tube setup. The results demonstrate the significance of the accuracy of the perforation impedance in the predictions for both reactive and dissipative silencers.     

A direct mixed-body boundary element method for packed silencers

Bulk-reacting sound absorbing materials are often used in packed silencers to reduce broadband noise. A bulk-reacting material is characterized by a complex mean density and a complex speed of sound. These two material properties can be measured by the two-cavity method or calculated by empirical formulas. Modeling the entire silencer domain with a bulk-reacting lining will involve two different acoustic media, air and the bulk-reacting material. Traditionally, the interior silencer domain is divided into different zones and a multi-domain boundary element method (BEM) may be applied to solve the problem. However, defining different zones and matching the elements along each interface is tedious, especially when the zones are intricately connected. In this paper, a direct mixed-body boundary element method is used to model a packed silencer without subdividing it into different zones. This is achieved by summing up all the integral equations in different zones and then adding the hypersingular integral equations at interfaces. Several test cases, including a packed expansion chamber with and without an absorbing center bullet, and a parallel baffle silencer, are studied. Numerical results for the prediction of transmission loss (TL) are compared to experimental data.     

FINITE ELEMENT AND BOUNDARY ELEMENT MODELLING FOR THE ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION IN MEAN FLOW MEDIUM

The frequency characteristics of the acoustic wave transmission in a medium with mean flow are considered. One approach is to solve the Helmholtz equation with mean flow medium in original co-ordinates, which is directly discretized for the one-dimensional and the axisymmetric FEM. Another approach is to transform the equation into the standard Helmholtz equation, which is discretized for the axisymmetric FEM and the three-dimensional BEM. The numerical models are examined first for a straight circular duct. The solutions by the numerical approaches are compared with the analytical solution. The examination is then extended to the case when the mean flow is locally present in the muffler with expansion chamber. To model the spatial mean flow in the BEM model, the partitioned domain approach is also developed. No shear effect between the two regions are included.     

Study on plate silencer with general boundary conditions

A plate silencer consists of an expansion chamber with two side-branch rigid cavities covered by plates. Previous studies showed that, in a duct, the introduction of simply supported or clamped plates into an air conveying system could achieve broadband quieting from low to medium frequencies. In this study, analytical formulation is extended to the plate silencer with general boundary conditions. A set of static beam functions, which are a combination of sine series and third-order polynomial, is employed as the trial functions of the plate vibration velocity. Green?s function and Kirchhoff–Helmholtz integral are used to solve the sound radiation in the duct and the cavity, and then the vibration velocity of the plate is obtained. Having obtained the vibration velocity, the pressure perturbations induced by the plate oscillation and the transmission loss are found. Optimization is carried out in order to obtain the widest stopband. The transmission loss calculated by the analytical method agrees closely with the result of the finite element method simulation. Further studies with regard to the plate under several different classical boundary conditions based on the validated model show that a clamped-free plate silencer has the worst stopband. Attempts to release the boundary restriction of the plate are also made to study its effect on sound reflection. Results show that a softer end for a clamped–clamped plate silencer helps increase the optimal bandwidth, while the same treatment for simply supported plate silencer will result in performance degradation.     

The use of a hybrid model to compute the nonlinear acoustic performance of silencers for the finite amplitude acoustic wave

In the present study, a hybrid method is proposed for predicting the acoustic performance of a silencer for a nonlinear wave. This method is developed by combining two models: (i) a frequency-domain model for the computation of sound attenuation due to a silencer in a linear regime and (ii) a wavenumber space model for the prediction of the nonlinear time-evolution of finite amplitudes of the acoustic wave in a uniform duct of the same length as the silencer. The present method is proposed under the observation that the physical process of the nonlinear sound attenuation phenomenon of a silencer may be decoupled into two distinct mechanisms: (a) a linear acoustic energy loss that owes to the mismatch in the acoustic impedance between reactive elements and/or the sound absorption of acoustic liners in a silencer; (b) a nonlinear acoustic energy loss that is due to the energy-cascade phenomenon that arises from the nonlinear interaction between components of different frequencies. To establish the validity of the present model for predicting the acoustic performance of silencers, two model problems are considered. First, the performance of simple expansion mufflers with nonlinear incident waves has been predicted. Second, proposed method is applied for computing nonlinear acoustic wave propagation in the NASA Langley impedance duct configuration with ceramic tubular liner (CT57). Both results obtained from the hybrid models are compared with those from computational aero-acoustic techniques in a time-space domain that utilize a high-order finite-difference method. Through these comparisons, it is shown that there are good agreements between the two predictions. The main advantage of the present method is that it can effectively compute the nonlinear acoustic performance of silencers in nonlinear regimes without time-space domain calculations that generally entail a greater computational burden.