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Attenuation for the Simple Expansion Chamber Muffler with a Right Angle Inlet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2011

C.-H. Wu  and
C.-N. Wang
C.-H. Wu*
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, R.O.C.
C.-N. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, R.O.C.
*
**Graduate student, corresponding author
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Abstract

The simple expansion chamber muffler is a base control device whose use is to attenuate sound power, and has been known for a long time. Some of the most compelling research has focused on the mufflers with a straight inlet and outlet. To date, a muffler with a right angle inlet has never been studied. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to analyze the simple expansion chamber muffler with a right angle inlet. The numerical results show a comparable agreement between the experiment and other numerical approaches. A discussion is also presented in this work on the muffler with a different radius to that of the inlet/outlet pipe, a different inlet part, etc. The result clearly shows that the attenuation of the muffler with a right angle inlet is better than that with a straight inlet at particular frequencies. In addition, the mufflers do not have any absorbent linings attached to the inside of them, unlike the right angle-inlets which do. However, the propagation of sound in the muffler with a right angle inlet can lead its sound power to be attenuated about 10 ∼ 40dB at those particular frequencies.

Keywords

MufflerSilencerBoundary element methodTransfer function
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 287 - 292
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2011

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