Acoustic coupling between cascade sub-chambers and its influence on overall transmission loss

Abstract

In this letter, acoustic interaction between cascade sub-chambers is investigated by modelling the sound field in a silencer with cascade-connected sub-chambers using a sub-structuring technique. The contribution of the acoustic coupling to the net energy flow through each individual sub-chamber is derived quantitatively and the mechanism by which evanescence contributes to the sound transmission loss of the silencer is revealed.