Acoustic transmission performance of double-wall active sound packages in a tube: Numerical/experimental validations

A method based on the combination of the (u, p) formulation and the finite element approach is proposed for calculating the transmission loss of double-wall active sound packages with porous-material cores in a rectangular tube. The (u, p) formulation based on the displacement in the solid phase and the pressure in the fluid phase is rewritten to investigate sound propagation in porous materials, and the coupled boundary conditions and related parameters involved are given. The transmission loss of the double-wall active sound packages excited by a plane wave is calculated via the COMSOL environment with passive and active control. Moreover, a two source-location method is developed to measure the transmission loss of these double-wall active sound packages in a rectangular tube. Some results from numerical examples are shown to be in good agreement with the measured data. It is concluded that with active control, the transmission loss of double-wall active sound packages can be improved by more than 10 dB around resonance frequencies.