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The effect of the folding rear-seat aperture in the acoustic response of a sedan car

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The coupled vibro-acoustic response of a sedan is analysed, and the effect of the folding rear-seat aperture is studied. First, a simplified model of an acoustic cavity that consists of… Click to show full abstract

The coupled vibro-acoustic response of a sedan is analysed, and the effect of the folding rear-seat aperture is studied. First, a simplified model of an acoustic cavity that consists of two adjacent boxes connected by an aperture is modelled. An analytical solution is proposed to calculate the acoustic eigenfrequencies of the simplified model. Then, the uncoupled acoustic eigenfrequencies of the actual cavity (where the trunk cavity and the cabin cavity are connected through an aperture) are computed. It is shown that the planar acoustic eigenfrequencies of the sedan can be calculated approximately using the analytical solution proposed. To clarify the effect of the folding rear-seat aperture further, the coupled vibro-acoustic response of the sedan is analysed using different case studies. It is observed that the booming noise is highly correlated with the calculated uncoupled planar acoustic eigenfrequencies.

Keywords: response sedan; aperture; folding rear; rear seat; acoustic response; effect folding

Journal Title: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
Year Published: 2017

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