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Prediction of the spatial characteristics of higher mode sound transmission through a periodic slit screen

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posted on 2014-04-15, 12:20 authored by Jane Horner, Stephen Walsh
Periodic slit screens are often installed in rectangular apertures either to mask the opening or to reduce transmitted noise. This investigation considers the higher-order scattered and transmitted sound from a point source through a periodic screen mounted in a rigid baffle. In particular, this paper considers the spatial characteristics, or directivity, of the scattered field for a particular higher order mode. Uncoupled higher-order mode analysis is used to estimate the scattered and transmitted sound fields for the selected mode of the aperture without the presence of the screen. Transmission coefficients for the screens are then calculated using the well established equivalent mass layer effect and applied to the calculated higher-order mode scattered and transmitted sound pressures. Using an anechoic chamber, measurements were made over a small arc of the scattered sound field through a range of screens of different aspect ratios but the same porosity. The screens consisted of equally spaced open slits and solid laths and the number of slits was reduced to change the aspect ratio. In each case the point source was positioned on the impinging side of the aperture so as to drive one particular scattered higher-order aperture mode at or near cut-on. Comparison of the measured and predicted sound pressures indicate that good estimates of the sound field can be obtained through the approach of applying simple corrections for the presence of the screens to the estimates for the open aperture established using uncoupled calculations for the higher-order modes. It is also shown that the results for a specific mode excited at one particular frequency are applicable at other excitation frequencies provided that the correct non-dimensionalisation is applied.

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School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Citation

HORNER, J.L. and WALSH, S.J., 2014. Prediction of the spatial characteristics of higher mode sound transmission through a periodic slit screen. Applied Acoustics, 83, pp. 47 - 56

Publisher

© Elsevier

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2014

Notes

This article was published in the journal, Applied Acoustics [© Elsevier]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.03.009

ISSN

0003-682X

Language

  • en