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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2012, Vol. 13 Issue (9): 709-716    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1200155
Energy Engineering     
CFD analysis of a transfer matrix of exhaust muffler with mean flow and prediction of exhaust noise
Lian-yun Liu, Zhi-yong Hao, Chi Liu
Department of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Abstract  A multi-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach was proposed in this study aiming to calculate the transfer matrix of an engine exhaust muffler in the conditions with and without mean flow. The CFD model of the muffler with absorptive material defined as porous zone was calibrated with the measured noise reduction without mean flow, and was further employed to study the effect of the mean flow on the acoustic performance of the muffler. Furthermore, the exhaust acoustical source was derived from the calculated transfer matrices of six different additional acoustic loads obtained by the proposed CFD approach as well as the measured tail noise based on a multiload least squares method. Finally, the exhaust noise was predicted based on Thevenin’s theorem. The proposed CFD approach was suggested to be able to predict the acoustic performance of a complex muffler considering mean flow (without and with mean flow) and heat transfer, and provide reasonable results of the exhaust noise.

Key wordsComputational fluid dynamics (CFD)      Transfer matrix      Mean flow      Acoustical source      Exhaust noise     
Received: 22 June 2012      Published: 30 August 2012
CLC:  TK402  
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Lian-yun Liu, Zhi-yong Hao, Chi Liu. CFD analysis of a transfer matrix of exhaust muffler with mean flow and prediction of exhaust noise. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2012, 13(9): 709-716.

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