%0 Journal Article
%T Normal Incidence of Sound Transmission Loss from Perforated Plates with Micro and Macro Size Holes
%A A. Putra
%A A. Y. Ismail
%J Advances in Acoustics and Vibration
%D 2014
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2014/534569
%X This paper studies the sound transmission loss of perforated panels and investigates the effect of the hole diameter on the sound insulation performance under normal incidence of acoustic loading. The hole diameters are distinguished into micro (submillimeter) and macro (millimeter) sizes. In general, the transmission loss reduces as the perforation ratio is increased. However, by retaining the perforation ratio, it is found that the transmission loss increases as the hole diameter is reduced for a perforate with micro holes due to the effect of resistive part in the hole impedance, which is contrary to the results for those with the macro holes. Both show similar trend at high frequency where the fluid behavior inside the hole is inertial. Simple analytical formulae for engineering purpose are provided. Validation of the models with measurement data also gives good agreement. 1. Introduction Perforated panels are commonly found in acoustics and noise control applications, for example, as a facing for porous material or as a structure in machinery. For the former, the perforate acts more as the protective layer for the porous acoustic material but at the same time influences the surface impedance affecting the sound absorption. For the latter, introduction of holes reduces the surface volume velocity of a vibrating structure which then reduces the structural noise radiation. For both practices, the perforate is typically constructed with hole size which is obvious for one to observe (usually 1£żmm). A perforated plate with submillimeter holes becomes well known recently as a non-fibrous sound absorber. Backed by an air layer in front of a rigid surface, this type of perforate behaves like a Helmholtz resonator which optimally absorbs sound energy at its resonant frequency. For optimum absorption, this microperforated panel (MPP) should have hole size ranging between 0.05 and 1£żmm and with perforation ratio of 0.5%¨C1.5% [1]. Several works have been published to discuss the performance of the perforates in terms of their sound absorption and sound radiation. For examples, Lee et al. [2] investigated the effect of modal vibration on a MPP which is found to widen the frequency bandwidth of the absorption. Pfretzschner et al. [3] show that a MPP can be coupled with a thick perforated plate to increase structural strength of the absorber and at the same time also increases the absorption frequency range into two or three octave bands. A suspended MPP system without rigid backing is also found to have good sound absorption in application [4]. Sakagami et al.
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