Study of Ventilated Acoustic Attenuation-Bearing Metamaterial: Design and Additive Manufacturing
LUO Jiajie1, ZHANG Shaoji1, ZHANG Mangong2, SHEN Cheng3,4, SONG Jun1, MENG Xiangyan1, SONG Bo1, SHI Yusheng1
1. State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
2. Wuhan Second Ship Design and Research Institute, Wuhan 430064, China;
3. State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Aerospace Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China;
4. Nanjing Center for Multifunctional Lightweight Materials and Structures (MLMS), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Low-frequency noise control has consistently been a key focus and challenge in the field of noise control. Due to the limited effectiveness of traditional duct silencing materials in absorbing low-frequency noise, acoustic metamaterials have emerged as a prominent research topic. Previous designs of acoustic metamaterials often overlooked the structural load-bearing performance requirements imposed by practical application environments. Lattice-enhanced structures, as a significant branch of mechanical metamaterials, can be integrated into acoustic metamaterials to enhance their mechanical properties, thereby increasing the feasibility of applying acoustic metamaterials. This study introduces the plate-lattice structure from lattice-enhanced structures into a Helmholtz resonator, designing ventilated acoustic attenuationbearing metamaterials (VAABM). VAABM samples were fabricated using fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology. Their low-frequency sound attenuation performance was calculated using the transfer matrix method (TMM) and validated through finite element (FE) simulation and acoustic impedance tube testing. The results demonstrate that the transmission loss (TL) reaches 21.3 dB at 674 Hz and 33.8 dB at 1078 Hz, with a TL greater than 10 dB across the frequency band of 642–1600 Hz. Furthermore, the study investigates the influence of key geometric parameters of the metamaterial structure on the sound attenuation performance of VAABM, which is shown to primarily originate from the resonance effect. Additionally, the mechanical performance of VAABM is discussed and compared with that of two classic triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures. The results indicate that VAABM exhibits superior load-bearing capacity and dimensional stability. The multifunctionality of VAABM endows it with broad application prospects in the field of duct noise control.