Automotive panel noise contribution modeling based on finite element and measured structural-acoustic spectra

The radiated noise contributions of automotive body panels to the interior sound pressure levels are modeled using an approximate spectral formulation that applies the theoretical interior acoustic sensitivity terms derived from a finite element model and measured spatial-averaged structural-acoustic spectra. The finite element calculation is validated by comparison to a set of experimental acoustic transfer functions. A measurement set-up for the sound intensity and structural-acoustic response is applied to acquire the cross and auto power spectra needed to predict the relative mean-squared velocity term of each control plane near the panel surface, and to obtain the individual panel contribution function. The proposed approach also computes the noise spectra in 1/12 octave band form at selected positions in the passenger compartment, which matches well with the overall experimental results. Through an actual passenger car application, the approximate computational scheme is proven to be generally quite robust and effective for analyzing higher frequency interior noise problems.     

某乘用车加速工况车内轰鸣声诊断分析及控制方法

该文针对某乘用车加速工况出现的轰鸣声进行诊断分析与控制。首先通过主观评价确定问题工况,通过实车测试发现2400 r/min左右车内存在明显轰鸣声。利用阶次分析、模态分析及错频验证可知,发动机激励经悬置传递副车架,引起副车架的共振,进而传递到车内引起轰鸣声。最后通过传递分析及柔性连接点导纳法,优化副车架橡胶衬套结构。结果表明,优化后在2400 r/min声压总级与2阶声压差值为7.5 dB(A);声压总级较原状态降低2 d B(A),2阶噪声降低7.8 d B(A),声压总级和2阶噪声声压差值增大,轰鸣声明显减小,主观评价可接受。     

Design sensitivity analysis for sequential structural-acoustic problems

A design sensitivity analysis of a sequential structural-acoustic problem is presented in which structural and acoustic behaviors are de-coupled. A frequency-response analysis is used to obtain the dynamic behavior of an automotive structure, while the boundary element method is used to solve the pressure response of an interior, acoustic domain. For the purposes of design sensitivity analysis, a direct differentiation method and an adjoint variable method are presented. In the adjoint variable method, an adjoint load is obtained from the acoustic boundary element re-analysis, while the adjoint solution is calculated from the structural dynamic re-analysis. The evaluation of pressure sensitivity only involves a numerical integration process for the structural part. The proposed sensitivity results are compared to finite difference sensitivity results with excellent agreement.     

Structural-acoustic finite element analysis of the automobile passenger compartment: A review of current practice

This paper contains a brief review of the formulation of the finite element method for structural-acoustic analysis of an enclosed cavity, and illustrations are given of the application of this analytical method at General Motors Corporation to investigate the acoustics of the automobile passenger compartment. Low frequency noise in the passenger compartment (in approximately the 20–200 Hz frequency range) is of primary interest, and particularly that noise which is generated by the structural vibration of the wall panels of the compartment. The topics which are covered in the paper include the computation of acoustic modes and resonant frequencies of the passenger compartment, the effect of flexible wall panels on the cavity acoustics, the methods of direct and modal coupling of the structural and acoustic vehicle systems, and forced vibration analysis illustrating the techniques for computing panel-excited noise and for identifying critical panels around the passenger compartment. The capabilities of the finite element method are illustrated by applications to the production automobile, and experimental verifications of the various techniques are presented to illustrate the accuracy of the method.     

Experimental investigation of coupling effects of passenger compartment and trunk of a car on coupled system natural frequencies using noise transfer function

The parcel shelf of a car has several holes for speakers and electrical devices. In addition, air ventilation holes are installed on the trim that covers the parcel shelf. The effect of the holes between the two cavities, passenger compartment and the trunk, and the natural frequencies of double cavities connected by the neck (parcel shelf) are very vital and useful to noise–vibration–harshness engineers, as the low frequency resonances contribute to the booming noise inside the car. In the present study, the coupling effect of the passenger compartment and the trunk connected through the holes on the parcel shelf in between, has been investigated experimentally using noise transfer function. The first and second coupled system modes are measured at around 40 Hz and 70–80 Hz respectively. By increasing the effective size of the holes on the parcel shelf, the first and second natural frequencies of coupled modes can be shifted to higher values. The current study has verified that holes act as point sources in the low frequency ranges. It was concluded that the coupled acoustic modes, in the low frequency range, are strongly controlled by fluid–structure interaction as well as changes in the panels mass and stiffness in the car interior space. The shift in the natural frequencies of connected cavities can be useful in the prediction of the interior noise in an automobile as well as provide a verification tool for conventional numerical techniques such as finite element methods.     

Use of principle velocity patterns in the analysis of structural acoustic optimization

This work presents an application of principle velocity patterns in the analysis of the structural acoustic design optimization of an eight ply composite cylindrical shell. The approach consists of performing structural acoustic optimizations of a composite cylindrical shell subject to external harmonic monopole excitation. The ply angles are used as the design variables in the optimization. The results of the ply angle design variable formulation are interpreted using the singular value decomposition of the interior acoustic potential energy. The decomposition of the acoustic potential energy provides surface velocity patterns associated with lower levels of interior noise. These surface velocity patterns are shown to correspond to those from the structural acoustic optimization results. Thus, it is demonstrated that the capacity to design multi-ply composite cylinders for quiet interiors is determined by how well the cylinder be can designed to exhibit particular surface velocity patterns associated with lower noise levels.     

AN INVERSE EIGENVALUE FORMULATION FOR OPTIMIZING THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF PIN-JOINTED STRUCTURES

An efficient relationship between geometric and material properties of pin-jointed truss structures and their eigenvalues is established. The problem is formulated as an inverse eigenvalue problem. This formulation allows the determination of the required modifications on the structural members to achieve specified eigenfrequencies. In addition to the modification of the existing structural elements, the formulation also allows addition of new structural elements to obtain the desired frequencies. Using the proposed inverse method, two cases of plane as well as space truss structures are studied and the results are compared with those obtained using the conventional optimization techniques adopted by commercial finite element codes.     

Shape design sensitivity analysis for the radiated noise from the thin-body

Many industrial applications generally use thin-body structures in their design. To calculate the radiated noise from vibrated structure including thin bodies, the conventional boundary element method (BEM) using the Helmholtz integral equation is not an effective resolution. Thus, many researchers have studied to resolve the thin-body problem in various physical fields. No major study in the design sensitivity analysis (DSA) fields for thin-body acoustics, however, has been reported.A continuum-based shape DSA method is presented for the radiated noise from the thin-body. The normal derivative integral equation is employed as an analysis formulation. And, for the acoustic shape design sensitivity formulation, the equation is differentiated directly by using material derivative concept. To solve the normal derivative integral equation, the normal velocities on the surface should be calculated. In the acoustic shape sensitivity formulation, not only the normal velocities on the surface are required but also derivative coefficients of the normal velocities (structural shape design sensitivity) are also required as the input. Hence, the shape design sensitivity of structural velocities on the surface, with respect to the shape change, should be calculated. In this research, the structural shape design sensitivities are also obtained by using a continuum approach. And both a modified interpolation function and the Cauchy principle value are used to regularize the singularities generated from the acoustic shape design sensitivity formulation.A simple annular disk is considered as a numerical example to validate the accuracy and efficiency of the shape design sensitivity equations derived in this research. The commercial BEM code, SYSNOISE, is utilized to confirm the results of the developed in-house code based on a normal derivative integral equation. To validate the calculated design sensitivity results, central finite difference method (FDM) is employed. The error between FDM and the analytical result are less than 3%. This comparison demonstrates that the proposed design sensitivities of the radiated pressure are very accurate.     

抑制大型折叠腔结构光斑抖动技术的研究

针对光腔镜盒的真空变形和振动对精密光学系统的影响,分析了传统刚性连接的光学调整架平台以及球关节连接结构在减振降噪设计的不足,从支撑和柔性密封连接的角度,设计了隔离振动和光腔镜盒真空变形的精密光学调整架平台,对应用于大型折叠腔的双层光学调整架平台的动力学特性进行ANSYS仿真,并完成了光斑抖动验证实验。结果显示框架式双层光学调整架平台的第一阶弹性体频率可达到126.5,172.3Hz,很好地满足折叠腔光学调整架平台的使用要求;应用在大型折叠腔,抽真空试验前后He-Ne导引光输出光斑位置无变化,形状变化很小,出光过程中输出抖动角均方根值为3.73″,隔离振动传递效果明显。     

混合动力车型燃油箱晃荡声的时变响度评价方法与降噪应用

随着市场对汽车舒适性要求的提高,燃油箱油液晃动噪声问题越来越被重视。尤其是对于混合动力乘用车型,由于缺少发动机怠速噪声的掩蔽效应,更容易引起市场用户对燃油箱晃荡声的抱怨。本文以某搭载BSG混合动力SUV(Sports Utility Vehicle)车型的燃油箱晃荡声问题为案例,系统性地进行了整车测试分析与路径排查工作,通过对比分析声压级与响度指标方法的差异,说明了采用时变响度声品质指标能够更准确地反映出车内人耳对晃荡声的主观评价感受。本文主要通过“结构声”传递路径的优化,降低了油箱晃动激励到车内的传递,显著改善了车内的油液晃荡声问题,这为提升燃油系统NVH性能集成开发的能力,有着较重要的工程参考价值。     

面向传递路径分析方法研究的试验系统设计*

在传递路径分析理论研究中,经典传递路径分析要求在传递函数测量时拆卸激励源,为了减少工作量,设计一套面向传递路径分析方法研究的实验系统。以简化发动机模型作为激励源,真实汽车发动机悬置作为传递路径,简化车身内的响应为目标响应,建立一套完整的传递路径分析模型。在保留主要激励特征情况下简化发动机机体结构,将NI Compact RIO作为控制核心,激振器作为激励施加装置,以缸压信号和机体振动信号为激励信号对机体加载,实现发动机激励特征的模拟。最终验证该实验系统可模拟出发动机的结构噪声,采集信号中阶次成分明显,主要噪声频段基本吻合,可从阶次信号中提取对应转速信息。整个实验系统结构简单,可作为载体用于传递路径分析方法的研究。     

A new type of semi-active hydraulic engine mount using controllable area of inertia track

Automotive engine mounts function to constrain the engine shake motion resulting at low-frequencies, as well as to isolate noises and vibrations generated by the engine with unbalanced disturbances at the high frequencies. The property of the mount depends on vibration amplitude and excitation frequency. It means that the excitation amplitude is large in low excitation frequency range and small in high frequency range. In this paper, a new hydraulic engine mount with a controllable area of inertia track is proposed and investigated. Theoretical works with the mount model to isolate the engine-related vibrations were conducted by an optimal algorithm to control the area of the inertia track under shocks and multi-signal force excitations. This research clearly gives an analysis of the considerable changes in the mount dynamic properties according to the changes in the inertia track area. Consequently, when the inertia track area is tuned, the transmissibility of the mount is effectively reduced.     

A novel design of semi-active hydraulic mount with wide-band tunable notch frequency

Hydraulic engine mount is advanced vibration isolator with superior performance to reduce vibration transferred from engine to chassis. As the stiffness at notch frequency is small, some semi-active or active hydraulic mounts tune some parameters to let notch frequency coincide with exciting frequency for better vibration isolation performance. It is discovered the current semi-active mounts can tune the notch frequency in narrow frequency band when only one parameter is tuned. A novel semi-active hydraulic engine mount design which introduces screw thread is proposed and researched in the paper. This hydraulic mount can control both cross section area and the length of inertia track and the theoretical tunable notch frequency band is [0, ∞). Theoretical work is carried out to uncover the capability for the proposed design to tune notch frequency. Simulation work is performed to understand its high vibration isolation performance. For the purpose of energy conservation, the friction self-locking is introduced. This denotes once the mount is tuned at optimal condition, the energy can be cut off and the optimal condition will never change. We also determine the best time to tune the parameters of the proposed mount in order to decrease the acting force. The proposed semi-active mount has capability to obtain wide band tunable notch frequency and has merit of energy conservation.     

Double-notch single-pumper fluid mounts

Passive fluid mounts are widely used in the automotive and aerospace applications to isolate the cabin from the engine noise and vibration. In the case of aerospace fixed wing applications, when fluid mounts are used, they are placed in between the engine and the fuselage, and the notch frequency of each fluid mount is tuned to either N1 frequency (engine low speed shaft imbalance excitation frequency) or to N2 frequency (engine high speed shaft imbalance excitation frequency) at the cruise condition. Since current passive fluid mount designs have only one notch, isolation is only possible at N1 or at N2, but not both. Here, in this paper, a double-notch passive fluid mount design will be presented, which has two notch frequencies, and therefore can provide vibration and noise isolation at two frequencies. In this paper, the new fluid mount design concept and its mathematical model and simulation results will be presented.     

Sound quality evaluation of the booming sensation for passenger cars

Automotive booming noise due to powertrain occurs when pure or narrow band tones related to the firing frequency of engine and its harmonics excite the passenger cavity, which entails a prominent increase of sound intensity. The booming sensation has been considered as very important to the acoustic comfort of passengers. In this study, a sound quality index which can objectively evaluate the booming sensation was derived. Because of the tonal nature of powertrain booming noise, subjective pitch was employed to find only aurally relevant tonal components which influence booming sensation as well as loudness. Using the empirical data and the frequency difference limen for just-noticeable change of booming sensation obtained from the listening test, an existing pitch extraction algorithm could be modified. The modified pitch model was applied to the interior noises of accelerating passenger cars together with a loudness analysis for representing the objective features of booming feeling. Subjective tests using the magnitude estimation method were conducted to evaluate the degree of booming sensation. Finally, booming strength was proposed for quantifying the booming sensation, which was validated by subjective results. The correlation coefficient between the derived booming strength and the degree of booming sensation obtained by the subjective test was 0.926.     

矩形梁式前副车架车型车内轰鸣的优化

针对某矩形梁式前副车架车型匀速和加速行驶时的车内轰鸣问题进行了分析和优化。对激励源和传递路径的测试和分析结果表明,动力总成的激励通过悬置传递到副车架上,而副车架的模态与车内空腔模态耦合导致了车内严重轰鸣。通过优化动力总成悬置系统减小动力总成对副车架的激励,以及在副车架上安装动力吸振器的两种方案能有效减小车内轰鸣,改善车内噪声水平。     

小阻尼封闭空间声压级灵敏度分析与优化设计

本文研究了小阻尼界面封闭空间低频声学有限元分析、灵敏度分析和优化设计问题。分别用模态法和直接法计算了封闭空间内声压级响应，并推导了声压级响应对声空间边界形状控制参数的灵敏度分析公式，在此基础上建立了小阻尼空间声学问题的优化模型，同时给出了优化求解算法，并在JIFEX软件中进行了程序实现。本文提出的灵敏度分析和优化设计方法可以使声场的边界布局更为合理，从而达到改进小阻尼界面封闭空间声学性能的目的。数值算例验证了本文提出的灵敏度分析和优化算法的有效性。     

Suppression of brake squeal noise applying finite element brake and pad model enhanced by spectral-based assurance criteria

An enhanced dynamic finite element (FE) model with friction coupling is applied to analyze the design of disc brake pad structure for squeal noise reduction. The FE model is built-up from the individual brake component representations. Its interfacial structural connections and boundary conditions are determined by correlating to a set of measured frequency response functions using a spectral-based assurance criterion. The proposed friction coupling formulation produces an asymmetric system stiffness matrix that yields a set of complex conjugate eigenvalues. The analysis shows that eigenvalues possessing positive real parts tend to produce unstable modes with the propensity towards the generation of squeal noise. Using a proposed lumped parameter model and eigenvalue sensitivity study, beneficial pad design changes can be identified and implemented in the detailed FE model to determine the potential improvements in the dynamic stability of the system. Also, a selected set of parametric studies is performed to evaluate numerous design concepts using the proposed dynamic FE model. The best pad design attained, which produces the least amount of squeal response, is finally validated by comparison to a set of actual vehicle test results.