Numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns

Wood perforated wall panel with geometric pattern is a form of direct piercing carved wood panel (DPCWP). It has been extensively used as decoration element in Malay architecture especially in palaces, mosques, public building and some houses. The important aspect focused on this DPCWP is its abilit...

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Main Author: Hassan, Hasnizom
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Published: 2012
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spelling my-utm-ep.323262017-07-31T08:38:03Z Numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns 2012 Hassan, Hasnizom T Technology (General) Wood perforated wall panel with geometric pattern is a form of direct piercing carved wood panel (DPCWP). It has been extensively used as decoration element in Malay architecture especially in palaces, mosques, public building and some houses. The important aspect focused on this DPCWP is its ability to act as sound absorber. The sound absorption coefficient (SAC) an, of wood perforated wall panel with uniform and small geometric patterns at 1kHz to 4kHz frequency band shall be improved optimally through the contribution of perforation ratio and resonance frequencies. From previous findings, the hypothesis is that wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns gives good sound absorption performance at 1kHz to 4kHz frequency region. Two patterns of DPCWP are designed using resonance frequency technique at 1/3 octave centre frequency from 1.6kHz to 5kHz with perforation ratio in the range of 35% to 40% and have been successfully investigated. Simulation process is carried out using BEASY acoustics software, which is an established numerical modelling tool for Boundary Element Method (BEM) works. Numerical modelling based on BEM has been widely used for engineering design and prediction. Results show that it has almost the same trend with those in previous results. However, at frequency 1kHz to 4kHz, an results show an increment to the higher an compared to the previous results which are show small an values at the same frequencies. The higher an phenomena at high frequencies shown by the best samples, S5 and S7 are due to resonance frequency inside the air column in DPCWP apertures. Noise reduction coefficients (NRC) calculated in the region of 0.75 to 0.95 prove that DPCWP with uniform and small geometric pattern able to act as good sound absorber. This finding allows DPCWP to be used as sound absorber more effectively mosques and other enclosed rooms. 2012 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32326/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32326/1/HasnizomHassanMFKE2012.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:73551?queryType=vitalDismax&query=Numerical+simulation+of+sound+absorption+coefficient+of+wood+perforated+wall+panel+with+uniform+small+geometric+patterns&public=true masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
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Hassan, Hasnizom
Numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns
description Wood perforated wall panel with geometric pattern is a form of direct piercing carved wood panel (DPCWP). It has been extensively used as decoration element in Malay architecture especially in palaces, mosques, public building and some houses. The important aspect focused on this DPCWP is its ability to act as sound absorber. The sound absorption coefficient (SAC) an, of wood perforated wall panel with uniform and small geometric patterns at 1kHz to 4kHz frequency band shall be improved optimally through the contribution of perforation ratio and resonance frequencies. From previous findings, the hypothesis is that wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns gives good sound absorption performance at 1kHz to 4kHz frequency region. Two patterns of DPCWP are designed using resonance frequency technique at 1/3 octave centre frequency from 1.6kHz to 5kHz with perforation ratio in the range of 35% to 40% and have been successfully investigated. Simulation process is carried out using BEASY acoustics software, which is an established numerical modelling tool for Boundary Element Method (BEM) works. Numerical modelling based on BEM has been widely used for engineering design and prediction. Results show that it has almost the same trend with those in previous results. However, at frequency 1kHz to 4kHz, an results show an increment to the higher an compared to the previous results which are show small an values at the same frequencies. The higher an phenomena at high frequencies shown by the best samples, S5 and S7 are due to resonance frequency inside the air column in DPCWP apertures. Noise reduction coefficients (NRC) calculated in the region of 0.75 to 0.95 prove that DPCWP with uniform and small geometric pattern able to act as good sound absorber. This finding allows DPCWP to be used as sound absorber more effectively mosques and other enclosed rooms.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Hassan, Hasnizom
author_facet Hassan, Hasnizom
author_sort Hassan, Hasnizom
title Numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns
title_short Numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns
title_full Numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns
title_fullStr Numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns
title_full_unstemmed Numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns
title_sort numerical simulation of sound absorption coefficient of wood perforated wall panel with uniform small geometric patterns
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32326/1/HasnizomHassanMFKE2012.pdf
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