Sound absorption performance of acoustic metamaterials composed of double-layer honeycomb structure

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to assess the sound absorption performance (SAP) of acoustic metamaterials made of double-layer Nomex honeycomb structures in which a micro-orifice corresponds to a honeycomb unit. For this purpose, the influences of structural parameters on the SAP of acoustic metamaterials were investigated by using experimental testing and a validated theoretical model. In addition, the sandwich structure was optimized by the genetic algorithm. The research shows that the panel thickness and micro-orifice diameter mainly affect the second resonant frequency and second peak sound absorption coefficient (SAC) of the structure. The unit cell size is found to influence the first and second resonant frequencies and two peaks of the SAC. An extremely low side-length of the honeycomb core decreases the SAP of the structure for low-frequency noise signals. Additionally, the sandwich structure presents a better SAP when the diameter of micro-orifices on the front micro-perforated panel (MPP) exceeds that of the back MPP. The sandwich structure shows better noise reduction performance after the optimization aiming at the noise frequency outside trains.

Keywords

acoustic metamaterials / sound absorption / honeycomb sandwich panel / micro-perforated panel

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