Improvement of sound absorption of porous materials through periodic holes of sinusoidal decreasing profile

• Main Authors: Laly, Zacharie, Panneton, Raymond, Atalla, Noureddine, Ghinet, Sebastian, Mechefske, Christopher, Verdière, Kevin
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• ISSN: 1939-800X
• DOI: 10.1121/2.0001901

Porous materials used in several engineering applications for noise attenuation present poor acoustic performance at low frequencies. In this paper, a design of porous materials with various periodic decreasing hole profiles is presented and studied using the finite element method. The sound absorption coefficient and the normalized surface impedance are compared for different periodic decreasing hole profiles. A small drop in sound absorption is observed after the first peak with a decreasing linear profile. Using a sinusoidal decreasing hole profile, it is shown that the drop is attenuated. The impacts of the amplitude and the period of the sinusoidal profile on the sound absorption coefficient and the surface impedance are demonstrated. The proposed porous material design with periodic holes having a sinusoidal decreasing profile shows a significant improvement in sound absorption over a large frequency band compared to conventional porous materials.