Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
  • G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
  • G10K11/16—Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
  • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
  • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
  • E04B1/8218—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only soundproof enclosures
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
  • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
  • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
  • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/62—Insulation or other protection; Elements or use of specified material therefor
  • E04B1/74—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls
  • E04B1/82—Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
  • E04B1/84—Sound-absorbing elements
  • E04B2001/8414—Sound-absorbing elements with non-planar face, e.g. curved, egg-crate shaped

Definitions

• the invention concerns an acoustic barrier between a space with a noise source and a noise receiving space.
• barriers between spaces where a noise source is and areas where there are people with a need of reduced noise are mostly designed by choosing a material with a different absorption capacity. Their shape is not selected systematically. In many cases an outer shape of the space is cylindrical, which increases the acoustic energy radiation on surface straight lines. If barriers consist of thin plates and are reinforced by ribs, then, for production reasons, the ribs will have planar transitions, thus increasing the acoustic energy radiation.
• the aim of this invention is a device for reduction of noise transfer through a barrier, a design of which is based on structural elements with a lower radiation of acoustic energy applicable for any material.
• a subject matter of an acoustic barrier between a space with a noise source and a noise receiving space consists in an acoustic barrier consisting of a thin plate with both the radii of curvature of a finite size and the same sign.
• the acoustic barrier is equipped with at least one rib of a closed or an open shape. Ribs consist of thin plates with both the radii of curvature of a finite size and the same sign.
• the ribs can be of an oval shape or arranged side by side or concentrically or they can be arranged in layers one above the other, they can be equipped with openings between spaces of adjoining ribs or spaces of ribs and additional ribs.
• a thickness of the acoustic barrier is equal or less than a thickness of the ribs.
• a sound insulation material is inside the ribs and/or additional ribs.
• Fig. 1 shows a general arrangement of a noise barrier between two spaces
• Fig. 2 shows a particular barrier, or to be precise its part
• Figs. 3 to 20 show alternative embodiments of a barrier equipped with ribs
• Space 4 with noise source 2 is separated from space 5 with noise receiver 3 by acoustic barrier 1.
• the purpose of acoustic barrier 1 is to reduce the noise transfer from space 4 into space 5.
• An example of noise source 2 can be e.g. a combustion engine in a car or a plane and noise receiver 3 is a driver or a passenger.
• Acoustic barrier 1 is a car dashboard or a plane fuselage.
• Noise source 2 can also be a combustion engine cylinder and noise receiver 3 is a car engine space and acoustic barrier 1 is an engine head cover.
• a solution of an acoustic barrier according to this invention is based on the knowledge that planar surfaces (have infinite radii of curvature) radiate the acoustic energy more than curved surfaces (a finite radius of curvature) and surfaces containing straight lines (one infinite radius or radii of curvature with a different sign) radiate the acoustic energy more than surfaces not containing straight lines (radii of curvature with the same sign). So cylindrical, conical and straight surfaces are unsuitable. Thin-walled structures radiate acoustic energy less than thick-walled ones because they are lighter and contain mass points (given by an assumed cutout of a structure) with a lower weight. A thin-walled structure can have problems with the structure stability and a deformation under loading, therefore it is equipped with reinforcing ribs.
• Fig. 2 shows a solution of an acoustic barrier, where acoustic barrier 1 consists of a thin plate with a thickness td, the boundary surface of which has both main curvatures R1 and R2.
• R1 curvature with R1 curvature radius and R2 curvature with R2 curvature radius are finite sizes with the same sign.
• the noise transfer will be reduced, if acoustic barrier l is as thin as possible, this means td thickness is as small as possible, and acoustic barrier l is not planar, so both the curvatures are of a finite size, and does not contain straight lines, so both the curvatures are of the same sign.
• Acoustic barrier l is considered thin, when its td thickness 9 is not more than 0.1 of the plate dimension (a length or a width) or 0.1 of R1 or R2 radius of curvature.
• Acoustic barrier i consists of a thin “stamped” plate.
• the plate is a material object between two (exactly or approximately) equidistant surfaces and the plate curvature is a curvature of a boundary surface of the plate.
• Fig. 3 shows a thin plate as depicted in Fig. 1 equipped with a rib (ribs) 10 of a thickness tz, so that its strength and structure stability could withstand the thinness.
• Fig. 4 shows an example, where acoustic barrier i is equipped with two ribs 10.
• Fig. 5 and next Figs. 6-12 show schematic depictions of various arrangements of different numbers of ribs 10.
• Fig.5 shows two rectangular ribs 10
• Fig. 6 shows more rectangular ribs 10
• Fig. 7 shows skew ribs 10
• Fig. 8 shows polygonal ribs 10, in this case hexagonal ones
• Fig. 9 shows oval (elliptical) ribs 10
• Fig. 10 shows curvilinear ribs 10 as a closed curve
• Fig. 11 shows curvilinear ribs K) consisting of more open curves.
• Fig. 12 shows oval (elliptical) ribs Jj) that are nested one into another. Since ribs 10 are also excited acoustically, they can radiate noise. Therefore it is applicable that ribs JJ) should also be thin and have the both main curvatures of a finite size and the same sign.
• FIG. 9 and Fig. 12 A perfect embodiment of ribs 10 is shown in Fig. 9 and Fig. 12, because ribs 10 in a projection have a curvature of the same sign.
• Fig. 13 and 14 show the second curvature of ribs 10 of the same sign.
• ribs 10 In the projection on the right-hand side in Figs. 13 and 14 ribs 10 have a curvature of one sign and perpendicular to the plate of acoustic barrier 1 in the projection on the left-hand side in the Figure they have a curvature of the same sign as in the projection on the right-hand side.
• Fig. 15 shows a solution of acoustic barrier 1 with rib 10, which is closed and have curvatures of a finite size and the same sign. If rib 10 is closed, it will be structurally more stable and can be lighter. Thinner rib 10 radiates less acoustic energy.
• Fig. 16 shows a solution of acoustic barrier 1 with ribs 10, which is closed and have curvatures of a finite size and the same sign.
• Ribs JO cover the whole acoustic barrier 1 or its large part. It is similar to the embodiment depicted in Fig. 8 but ribs JJ) are closed and have curvatures of a finite size and the same sign.
• Fig. 17 shows a solution of acoustic barrier 1 with ribs JO, which are covered with additional ribs 12. Additional ribs 12 are connected to rib/ribs 10 or other additional rib/ribs 12.
• ribs 10 are separately connected to acoustic barrier 1 and additional ribs J_2 are not connected to acoustic barrier 1.
• the advantage is that ribs 10 or additional ribs 12 can be both thin-walled, thus radiating less acoustic energy, and can form other barriers to prevent further noise propagation.
• Fig. 18 shows a similar solution of the acoustic barrier as depicted in Fig. 17.
• Additional ribs 12 connect acoustic barrier 1 to rib 10. Only the next layer of additional ribs 12 is connected only to foregoing additional ribs 12.
• acoustic insulation material filler 6 which can be e.g. foam, cotton-wool, loose material, granules, particles. This filler can be inside other or all or only some ribs JJ) and/or 12. This filler can fill the entire rib space or only its part.
• Fig. 19 shows a similar embodiment as depicted in Fig. 18, where rib 10 and/or additional ribs 12 include a various number of openings 13. Openings 13 are positioned side by side or they are separated by attachments of other ribs 10 or 12. The advantage is that openings 13 transmit sound, which is then muffled by an interaction with the inner space inside other additional rib 12- Other open ribs can also be inside ribs JJ) or 12, for example as depicted in Figs. 13 and 14.
• Fig. 20 shows an embodiment of acoustic barrier 1, which is closed, for example a plane fuselage, a crew cockpit or, on the other hand, an engine space. There is a longitudinal and transverse section depicted. Acoustic barrier 1 is thin and has curvatures of a finite size and the same sign. Closed acoustic barrier 1 in Fig. 20 has a shape significantly different from a cylinder. It can be reinforced with ribs JO and additional ribs 12. These ribs can cover whole acoustic barrier J_.
• Ribs 10 and 12 in certain embodiments have a form of a “honeycomb”.
• the advantage of the described invention is a possibility to reduce a noise transfer between two spaces using a barrier.
• a subject matter is to create a thin-walled acoustic barrier in a shape of a thin plate with curvatures of a finite size and the same sign.
• the plate is as thin as possible and its strength and structure stability is solved by ribs. Ribs are thin and also have curvatures of a finite size and the same sign.
• a surface of each rib JO, 12 is significantly less than a surface of acoustic barrier J_.
• acoustic insulation material filler 6 which can be e.g. foam, cotton-wool, loose material, granules, particles.
• Loose material which does not fill the rib inner space completely, starts to move by acoustic energy acting and the acoustic energy becomes muffled by effect of mutual friction of the particles.
• Sand can be an example.
• the device can be made of any material.
• 3D print is an advisable manufacturing technology that enables to make ribs with finite curvatures and closed ribs.

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