Smart double panel with decentralised active dampers for control of sound transmission

This report presents the results of a theoretical study of active sound transmission control through a double panel. The double panel material and geometrical properties have been chosen so as to emulate section of an aircraft fuselage, or bodywork of a vehicle. It consists of two plates: an aluminium plate simply supported along all the edges and a honeycomb plate with all the edges free. The two plates, having the same length and width, are connected using elastic mounts, so that a double panel with a thin rectangular cavity between the plates is formed. Since the two plates are linked by the mounting system, and since the air is confined in the cavity between them, they form a structurally and acoustically coupled system. The sound transmission properties of the system are studied in such a way that the aluminium plate (“source panel”) is excited using a plane acoustic wave, while the honeycomb plate (“radiating panel”) radiates sound into free field. The aim of the active control is to reduce the sound transmitted in a broad frequency band, but with a particular focus on the reduction of the sound transmission at lower frequencies of the band. Decentralised velocity feedback control systems (applying active damping) are implemented, with purpose of reducing sound transmission at resonance frequencies. Control sensors and actuators are embedded into the double plate system as a regular array, so that a smart double panel is created. The theoretical study includes analysis of the passive sound transmission in terms of a parametric study, implementation of the active control using skyhook velocity sensors and skyhook force actuators, and the performance/stability analysis in case when reactive actuators and skyhook velocity sensors are used. In the latter case the actuating force is obtained using actuators located in the air cavity which can react off the two plates

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