Sound Absorption Characteristic of Glass and Plastic Bottles: Considerations of Their Dependences on Material Properties

Author(s):  
Teruo Iwase ◽  
Satoshi Sugie ◽  
Hiroyasu Kurono ◽  
Masayuki Abe ◽  
Yasuaki Okada ◽  
...  

Great number of bottles made by glass, plastic and metal are used to store beverages, liquid ingredients as water, milk, vinegar and also liqueur. Empty bottles after usage are collected for recycling use and resources. Many of them have narrow open mouth and look like typical shape in kinds of Helmholtz resonator. Authors thought that their reuse for functional building parts with sound absorption would be very valuable from points of view of green building and environmental policies, and authors then measured each resonance frequency and sound absorption coefficient of representative, including light-soft-plastic, bottles, with net capacity from 7 to 2000 ml, by setting on the edge of sound tube with diameter of 100 mm. Sound resonances with sound absorption coefficient of 0.3–1.0 at frequencies from 100 to 1000 Hz clearly depending on the capacity could be confirmed. It was also found that measured result was well matched to the numerical calculation based on acoustic impedance change at each section area gradually changed in bottle. It is thought that combination use of recycled bottles with independent resonance frequency is more effective than use of new uniform perforated plates for wide space where we need additional sound absorption in certain frequency range.

2014 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
pp. 421-425
Author(s):  
N.S.S. Selamat ◽  
Mohd Faizal Mat Tahir ◽  
Rozli Zulkifli ◽  
Mohd Jailani Mohd Nor ◽  
Mohd Anas Mohd Sabri ◽  
...  

Various noise-absorbing materials and apparatus were developed not only for industry purposes but also for increased personal convenience through the absorption of unwanted sound. Absorbing products are typically passive mediums, whereas active-control absorption is expensive and complicated to install. Thus, in this study, a semi-active panel design for the sound absorber is developed to ensure operation at a required absorption level for a particular environment and to allow manual control. This study focused on producing an optimum design from several blueprints by using the simulation program, WinFlag. Simulation results are validated by using the impedance tube method. The samples used are perforated plates with open areas of 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5%, ​​and 15%. The second layer is a 35-mm thick coconut coir fiber as the main absorbing material. The third layer is air cavity. Simulation results indicate that the panel with perforation plates with 15% open areas gained the highest peak of sound absorption coefficient (0.851) at 5000 Hz. By using 30 mm thick air cavities, the highest peak is 0.963 at 3129 Hz. Experimental results indicate that the highest peak of sound absorption coefficient is 0.847 for the 15% open area of perforated plates, whereas the highest peak is 0.934 when 30 mm thick air cavities are used. The same pattern in the overall results denotes that the experiment result agrees with that of the simulation


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
O. Yu. Kustov ◽  
I. V. Khramtsov ◽  
R. V. Bulbovich

Samples of sound-absorbing Helmholtz resonator-type liners of circular shape were manufactured from two types of ABS plastic and nylon on the basis of 3D modeling and 3D printing technology. Check samples were made of metal on a numerically controlled machine. Deviations of geometric parameters of the manufactured samples from the design values were determined by visual and dimensional inspection using high-precision equipment. The minimum deviations were obtained for check samples made of metal. The acoustic characteristics of the samples were experimentally determined using an interferometer with normal wave incidence at high sound pressure levels. Numerical simulation of the acoustic processes in the interferometer for the given samples was carried out on the basis of solving full Navier-Stokes equations with account for compressibility. The obtained values of the resonant frequency, impedance and sound absorption coefficient were compared with the experimental ones. It was noted that the impedance values are most sensitive to the deviations of the geometric parameters of the samples from the design values, while the deviations in the sound absorption coefficient and resonance frequency are not so sensitive to them.


2018 ◽  
Vol 430 ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Sil Kim ◽  
Pyung-Sik Ma ◽  
Sang-Ryul Kim ◽  
Seong-Hyun Lee ◽  
Yun-Ho Seo

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 637
Author(s):  
Tomas Astrauskas ◽  
Tomas Januševičius ◽  
Raimondas Grubliauskas

Studies on recycled materials emerged during recent years. This paper investigates samples’ sound absorption properties for panels fabricated of a mixture of paper sludge (PS) and clay mixture. PS was the core material. The sound absorption was measured. We also consider the influence of an air gap between panels and rigid backing. Different air gaps (50, 100, 150, 200 mm) simulate existing acoustic panel systems. Finally, the PS and clay composite panel sound absorption coefficients are compared to those for a typical commercial absorptive ceiling panel. The average sound absorption coefficient of PS-clay composite panels (αavg. in the frequency range from 250 to 1600 Hz) was up to 0.55. The resulting average sound absorption coefficient of panels made of recycled (but unfinished) materials is even somewhat higher than for the finished commercial (finished) acoustic panel (αavg. = 0.51).


2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Won Kang ◽  
Eun-Suk Jang ◽  
Nam-Ho Lee ◽  
Sang-Sik Jang ◽  
Min Lee

AbstractWe investigated the effect of ultrasonic treatment on Malas (Homalium foetidum) gas permeability and sound absorption coefficient using the transfer function method. Results showed a longitudinal average Darcy permeability constant of 2.02 (standard deviation SD 0.72) for untreated wood and 6.15 (SD 3.07) for ultrasound-treated wood, a permeability increase of 3.04 times. We also determined the average sound absorption coefficients in the range of 50 to 6.4 kHz and NRC (noise reduction coefficient: average value of sound absorption coefficient value at 250, 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz) of untreated Malas. Those values were 0.23 (SD 0.02) and 0.13 (SD 0.01), respectively, while those of ultrasonic-treated Malas were 0.28 (SD 0.02) and 0.14 (SD 0.02), a 19.74% increase in average sound absorption coefficient.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1001 ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavol Liptai ◽  
Marek Moravec ◽  
Miroslav Badida

This paper describes possibilities in the use of recycled rubber granules and textile materials combined with vermiculite panel. The aim of the research is the application of materials that will be absorbing or reflecting sound energy. This objective is based on fundamental physical principles of materials research and acoustics. Method of measurement of sound absorption coefficient is based on the principle of standing wave in the impedance tube. With a sound level meter is measured maximum and minimum sound pressure level of standing wave. From the maximum and minimum sound pressure level of standing wave is calculated sound absorption coefficient αn, which can take values from 0 to 1. Determination of the sound absorption coefficient has been set in 1/3 octave band and in the frequency range from 50 Hz to 2000 Hz. In conclusion are proposed possibilities of application of these materials in terms of their mechanical and physical parameters.


2018 ◽  
Vol 89 (16) ◽  
pp. 3342-3361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Yang ◽  
Ferina Saati ◽  
Kirill V Horoshenkov ◽  
Xiaoman Xiong ◽  
Kai Yang ◽  
...  

This study presents an investigation of the acoustical properties of multi-component polyester nonwovens with experimental and numerical methods. Fifteen types of nonwoven samples made with staple, hollow and bi-component polyester fibers were chosen to carry out this study. The AFD300 AcoustiFlow device was employed to measure airflow resistivity. Several models were grouped in theoretical and empirical model categories and used to predict the airflow resistivity. A simple empirical model based on fiber diameter and fabric bulk density was obtained through the power-fitting method. The difference between measured and predicted airflow resistivity was analyzed. The surface impedance and sound absorption coefficient were determined by using a 45 mm Materiacustica impedance tube. Some widely used impedance models were used to predict the acoustical properties. A comparison between measured and predicted values was carried out to determine the most accurate model for multi-component polyester nonwovens. The results show that one of the Tarnow model provides the closest prediction to the measured value, with an error of 12%. The proposed power-fitted empirical model exhibits a very small error of 6.8%. It is shown that the Delany–Bazley and Miki models can accurately predict surface impedance of multi-component polyester nonwovens, but the Komatsu model is less accurate, especially at the low-frequency range. The results indicate that the Miki model is the most accurate method to predict the sound absorption coefficient, with a mean error of 8.39%.


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