In this work, we are interested in the modelling of the acoustic attenuation of exhaust mufflers including perforated ducts, and its numerical computation. The study is worked out in harmonic time regime, for the two-dimensional case. The hole diameter and the center-to-center distance between consecutive holes are supposed of same order, and small compared to the size of the muffler. The formulation is derived by using multiscale techniques and matching the asymptotic expansions. The numerical method couples finite elements in the muffler with modal decomposition in the inlet and the outlet of the duct.

We consider the three-dimensional scalar problem of acoustic propagation in a muffler. We develop and analyze a Fredholm-type formulation for a stationary fluid in the time-harmonic setting. We prove a homogenization result for a muffler containing periodically perforated ducts. Essentially, the perforated boundaries become completely transparent when the period of perforations, which is assumed to be of the same order as the size of perforations, tends to zero. We also derive a homogenized impedance condition when the perforated duct is coated by an absorbing material. We present numerical examples in two dimensions, obtained from coupling finite elements in the muffler with modal decompositions in the inlet and outlet ducts, which demonstrate the limiting validity of the theoretical results.