• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.12
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• pp.1061-1066
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• 2016

Corrugation of a corrugated panel dramatically increases the bending stiffness per weight. However, corrugated panels show lower sound insulation performance than that of the flat plate having the same weight. Especially, in a particular frequency region, the sound transmission loss significantly decreases. Main reason of the problem is known as the local resonance. A number of local resonance modes occur above a certain frequency band and modal density rapidly increases. In this study, we investigate the relation of the sound transmission loss and the modal density. Finally, we propose a design methodology in terms of the modal density to improve the sound insulation performance of the corrugated panels without weight increase.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.288-290
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• 2010

국산자동차의 품질이 비약적으로 발전하였으나, 주행시나 정차시의 정숙성은 세계최고의 자동차에 비해서는 여전히 취약한 실정이며, 특히 자동차 트렁크에서 발생한 소음과 자동차 하체에서 발생한 소음이 트렁크를 타고 내부에 전달되는 문제가 발생되어 그 해결책이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 흡 차음이 높은 자동차 트렁크 매트를 개발하는데 목적이 있다. 연구방법으로는 공동연구기업에서 제공한 완제품 형식의 자동차 트렁크 시트와 성형하기 전에 플라스틱판(Board)과 부직포를 이용하여 트렁크 매트의 흡음 및 차음성능을 테스트하였으며, 부직포와 시트의 면밀도를 증가시켜 흡음률과 투과손실의 변화를 살펴보았다. 흡 차음 성능이 높은 자동차트렁크 매트를 개발하기 위하여 부직포와 시트 사이에 다공층을 형성하는 설계를 통하여 매트를 제작하였으며, 개발된 매트의 흡/차음성의 변화를 살펴본 결과 흡음률과 차음도가 기존 제품보다 우수한 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.315-322
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• 2012

In a tunnel, interior noise of a high speed train increases by 5dB~7dB. The reason is that the sound intensity of the acoustic field in the tunnel significantly increases by the reflected waves occurred in the closed space. Especially, the incident acoustic power largely increases on the outside of the compartment side panel and large transmission of noise is available through the side panel and the glass window. In this paper, the sound insulation strategy in the tunnel is proposed for the next generation high speed train under development. Specimens of the aluminum extruded panels, layered panels and double glazed window are manufactured and intensity transmission loss is measured according to ASTM E2249-02. Based on the measured data, problems in the sound insulation performance are diagnosed and the sound insulation strategy is reviewed on each panel and layered structures.

• Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.123-130
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• 2016

Unitex is widely used for the floor structure of urban railway vehicles because it shows good structural safety and heat insulation, has long life, and lowers the cost owing to easy installation. However, in spite of these merits, Unitex has a limit to the sound insulation performance, which is very important in vehicle structure. It shows a sound transmission loss considerably lower than the mass law value, which indicates the sound insulation performance per unit weight. Recently, railway vehicle manufacturers and Unitex supplier have tried to improve the sound insulation performance of Unitex, but meaningful results have not been achieved yet. Through the industry-university collaborative research, we propose structural improvement methods to increase the sound transmission loss by more than 5dB and we then verify the effect by performing experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.19-23
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• 2011

The method to reduce interior noise of train was being studied. To improve transmission loss of train is one of the best way to reduce interior noise. But, the estimate to transmission loss requires lots of the commercial costs. In this study, the method to estimate transmission loss of high speed train is proposed using a scale reverberation chamber. The result shows that a transmission loss estimated using small scale reverberation is similar to that using huge reverberation chamber. The transmission loss estimated based on small scale reverberation chamber can be optimal with respect to the commercial coasts.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.329-337
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• 2017

In USA and UK, the standards of both reverberation time and background noise level have been established for the appropriate aural environment in classrooms. In order to realize this, guidelines for architectural planning and interior finishing have been also suggested. However, in Korea, there has hardly been any guidelines for satisfying background noise criteria and investigation about sound insulation performance of current walls of classrooms. The present study investigates the structure of outer wall and walls between classrooms of two middle schools in order to analyze the sound insulation performance against both exterior and interior noises. Acoustic parameters including transmission loss, standardized sound level difference, and signal to noise ratio have been measured and analyzed for sound insulation performance of walls and flanking noises. As a result, concerning the walls in between classrooms, it was found that walls of dry construction have greater sound insulation performance rather than the walls of wet construction especially in mid and high frequency bands. Also, It was revealed that thermopane, insulated pair glass, of outer walls, has greater sound insulation performance than the double window consisted of two single pane glass. Regarding flanking noises, the standards were exceeded when all windows, or windows and doors front onto corridor were opened. It denotes that students could be disturbed with the sound transmission by the interior noises.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.191-196
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• 2016

Applying diffraction of waves and muffler principle, the theory of macroscopic air ventilation with soundproofing was explained. Soundproofing frequency range can be selected by this method. The sound wave was attenuated at the resonator located between double-layered walls. A soundproof plate was designed and the experiment was processed. There are two air holes of diameter of 5cm and thickness of 8cm on the surfaces per each soundproofing cell. There was a transmission loss of about 25dB and it is more than at least 10dB compared with that of the Comnex technology of wave cancellation by air holes in Japan. Furthermore, there was no soundproof frequency selection in the Comnex technology.

• Composites Research
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.154-158
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• 2012

The effect of structure on the sound absorption and sound transmission loss of composite sheet was investigated. A sheet of polypropylene was bonded by hot press with nonwoven fabric sheets of polyethylene terephthalate on the top side and the back side. Absorption coefficient of composite sheet using nonwoven fabric with surface density of $0.64kg/m^2$ was 0.1-0.2. It is 100-400% improvement compare to that of polypropylene sheet. The transmission loss of composite sheet was increased with surface density of polypropylene board and introduction of hemisphere hole on the surface of sheet. Two types of composite sheet were made using flat sheet and sine wave shaped sheet and the effect of sheet structure on the transmission loss was investigated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.473-480
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• 1997

This paper presents the feasibility of the assumption that incident sound to panels might have a Gaussian distribution, instead of the well-known uniform distribution in the analysis of sound transmission loss of panels. Being compared with the latter, it seems that the former is physically more concrete. To prove the assumption, the problems with diffuse fields in reverberation room are considered by case study and comparisions of the prediction with the measurement of sound transmission loss of walls are performed. The results show good agreement between the two values.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.694-698
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• 2004

The importance of insulating material becomes greater recently in order to attain a quieter life style amidst today's sound noise such as transportation, industrial machinery. The demand for insulating material is increasing due to the increase of noise space. It is reasonable to predict the transmission loss and the absorption of the insulating Material before arranging it in the appropriate places and attaining a Pleasant acoustic environment inside the space. The experiments of insulating material's were performed using Impedance tube Type 4206 T of B&K, and VIOLINS which is a FEM Program of LMS was used for the analysis