A CFD APPROACH TO THE COMPUTATION OF THE

ACOUSTIC RESPONSE OF EXHAUST MUFFLERS

A. BROATCH et al, J. Comp. Acous. 13, 301 (2005). DOI: 10.1142/S0218396X05002682
A. BROATCH
CMT Motores Trmicos. Universidad Politcnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n. 46022-Valencia, Spain
X. MARGOT
CMT Motores Trmicos. Universidad Politcnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n. 46022-Valencia, Spain
A. GIL
CMT Motores Trmicos. Universidad Politcnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n. 46022-Valencia, Spain
F. D. DENIA
Depto. Ingeniera Mecnica y de Materiales. Universidad Politcnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n.
46022-Valencia, Spain
Received: 6 November 2003
Revised: 1 July 2004

The study of the three-dimensional acoustic field inside an exhaust muffler is usually performed through the
numerical solution of the linearized equations. In this paper, an alternative procedure is proposed, in which the
full equations are solved in the time domain. The procedure is based on the CFD simulation of an impulsive
test, so that the transmission loss may be computed and compared with measurements and other numerical
approaches. Also, the details of the flow inside the muffler may be studied, both in the time and the frequency
domains. The results obtained compare favorably with a conventional FEM calculation, mostly in the ability of
the procedure to account for dissipative processes inside the muffler.

Keywords: CFD simulation; transmission loss; exhaust muffler; frequency response

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A time domain finite volume approach for prediction of muffler

transmission loss including thermal effectsProceedings of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical
Engineering Science 0954406213481714, first published on March
13, 2013

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The Mufflers modeling by transfer matrix method

Authors: Mihai Bugaru

Department of Mechanics, University Politechnica of

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Ovidiu Vasile

Department of Mechanics, University Politechnica of

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Nicolae Enescu Department of Mechanics, University Politechnica of

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

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Proceeding
MATH'06 Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Pages 476-483

Modeling and Experimental

Investigation of a Helmholtz
Resonator With a Flexible Plate
Shahin S. Nudehi, G. Scott Duncan and Umar Farooq

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Acoust. 135(4),
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06,
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Abstract
Abstract | Introduction | Background and Notation | Receptance of a
Helmholtz
Resonator
With
a
Flexible
End
Plate | Case
Study | Conclusions | Acknowledgements | References
A Helmholtz resonator with a uniform, flexible end plate is studied in this work. This work
shows that the flexible plate modifies the frequency response characteristics of the resonator,
providing multiple distinct resonant frequencies instead of a single resonant frequency.
Therefore, acoustical transmission loss will increase at each of the multiple resonant
frequencies of the resonator and plate assembly versus at a single frequency for the
unmodified Helmholtz resonator. By using receptance coupling as the modeling approach, the
receptance of the Helmholtz resonator and flexible plate assembly is predicted by coupling
receptance models of an unmodified Helmholtz resonator and a clamped plate. Finally, the
predicted receptance of the Helmholtz resonator and flexible plate assembly is compared
against experimental results.