REVIEW ARTICLE


Acoustic Analysis of an Exhaust MANIFOLD by INDIRECT Boundary Element Method



R. Citarella*, M. Landi
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy.

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2011
Volume: 5
First Page: 138
Last Page: 151
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-5-138
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01105010138

Article History:

Received Date: 3/12/2011
Revision Received Date: 31/10/2011
Acceptance Date: 1/11/2011
Electronic publication date: 29/11/2011
Collection year: 2010

© 2011 Citarella and Landi

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy; Tel: +39089964111; Fax: +39089968781; E-mail: rcitarella@unisa.it


Abstract

The present work is aimed at the development of a numerical procedure, based on the usage of the Boundary Element Method (BEM) as implemented in the software LMS Virtual.Lab, for the vibro-acoustics analysis of an exhaust manifold. The manifold vibrations are induced by two different ways: engine vibrations (transmitted to the manifold surfaces) and turbulences generated by the air flow in the exhaust system. The indirect BEM (IBEM), with a variational solution algorithm, is adopted to assess the exhaust manifold acoustic radiation. The modal analysis of the acoustic cavity is realized by the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the corresponding eigenfrequencies compared with those obtained by an IBEM forced response analysis and by experimental measurement. Experimental acoustic pressures at the manifold inlet and outlet are measured in anechoic room in order to compare with corresponding numerical predictions and assess the accuracy level obtained.

Keywords: Acoustic analysis, exhaust manifold, experimental measurements, FEM, IBEM, modal analysis.