Materials, Vol. 18, Pages 3087: Structural Optimization and Performance Analysis of Acoustic Metamaterials with Parallel Unequal Cavities

Materials doi: 10.3390/ma18133087

Authors:
Tengyue Pan
Fei Yang
Chengming Jiang
Xinmin Shen
Xiaocui Yang
Wenqiang Peng
Zhidan Sun
Enshuai Wang
Juying Dai
Jingwei Zhu

Noise reduction for manufacturing enterprises is favorable for workers because it relieves occupational diseases and improves productivity. An acoustic metamaterial with parallel, unequal cavities is proposed and optimized, aiming to achieve an optimal broadband sound absorber in the low–frequency range with a limited total thickness. A theoretical model for the acoustic metamaterial of a hexagonal column with 6 triangular cavities and 12 right–angled trapezoidal cavities was established. The lengths of these embedded apertures were optimized using the particle swarm optimization algorithm, with initial parameters obtained from acoustic finite element simulation. Additionally, the impacts of manufacturing errors on different regions were analyzed. The experimental results prove that the proposed acoustic metamaterials can achieve an average absorption coefficient of 0.87 from 384 Hz to 667 Hz with a thickness of 50 mm, 0.83 from 265 Hz to 525 Hz with a thickness of 70 mm, and 0.82 from 156 Hz to 250 Hz with a thickness of 100 mm. The experimental validation demonstrates the accuracy of the finite element model and the effectiveness of the optimization algorithm. This extensible acoustic metamaterial, with excellent sound absorption performance in the low-frequency range, can be mass-produced and widely applied for noise control in industries.

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