A Comparative Study on the Effect of Air Gap on Sound Transmission Loss Provided by Double Glazed Panels

2012 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 242-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zambri Harun ◽  
Elwaleed Awad ◽  
Mohd Jailani Mohd Nor ◽  
Muhamad Razi
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Nader Mohammadi

In this research, a triple-layered acoustic panel with sound-absorbing intermediate layer materials is modeled analytically in order to calculate the sound transmission loss in the normal incidence field. This information provides an appropriate platform for optimum noise control. In this paper, porous material is used as an absorbent layer between two elastic panels. In modeling these triple-layered panels, theory of wave propagation in porous materials is used and bounded boundary condition of the first elastic layer and unbounded boundary condition of the second elastic layer is applied. To validate the model, the results of this model are compared with the results of the Bolton. Comparison of results revealed very good compatibility. Here, the effect of the length of the air gap between the elastic layers, density and the material of the elastic plate, the thickness and vibro-acoustic properties of the intermediate porous material on the values of transmission loss is investigated.In a wide range of frequencies, increasing air gap, density of elastic panels and porous layer thickness, increase the transmission loss up to 10 dB. At frequencies above 10 kHz, a reduction in porosity, static Young's modulus, the loss coefficient, increasing bulk density of the solid phase, the factor of geometrical structure and viscosity of porous material, increase the sound transmission loss up to 15 dB.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107754632098213
Author(s):  
Seyyed M Hasheminejad ◽  
Ali Jamalpoor

A 3D analytical model is formulated for diffuse sound field transmission control through a smart hybrid double concentric sandwich circular cylindrical shell structure in presence of external and internal air gap mean flows. The multi-input multi-output sliding mode control is applied to enhance the sound transmission loss characteristics via direct control action of a uniform force piezoelectric actuator layer along with semi-active variation of the stiffness/damping characteristics of the electrorheological fluid core layer incorporated in a non-collocated configuration within the external or internal shell structure. Extensive numerical simulations examine the uncontrolled/controlled diffuse field sound transmission loss spectrums in a broad frequency range for single-wall and hybrid double-wall sandwich shells at selected external and air gap Mach numbers. The proposed smart hybrid active/semi-active double-wall configuration is demonstrated to provide satisfactory overall acoustic insulation control performance with much lower operative energy requirements. Limiting cases are considered, and validity of the formulation is verified against the available data.


2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 126-133
Author(s):  
Yuan-Wei Li ◽  
Chao-Nan Wang

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the sound insulation of double-leaf panels. In practice, double-leaf panels require a stud between two surface panels. To simplify the analysis, a stud was modeled as a spring and mass. Studies have indicated that the stiffness of the equivalent spring is not a constant and varies with the frequency of sound. Therefore, a frequency-dependent stiffness curve was used to model the effect of the stud to analyze the sound insulation of a double-leaf panel. First, the sound transmission loss of a panel reported by Halliwell was used to fit the results of this study to determine the stiffness of the distribution curve. With this stiffness distribution of steel stud, some previous proposed panels are also analyzed and are compared to the experimental results in the literature. The agreement is good. Finally, the effects of parameters, such as the thickness and density of the panel, thickness of the stud and spacing of the stud, on the sound insulation of double-leaf panels were analyzed.


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