Analysis and Experimental Investigation of Sound Absorbing Materials for Industrial Noise Control

Abstract

These days, noise pollution is a major issue that affects the environment. The high amount of noise present in the industries has adverse impact on the workers, operators and people associated in those fields. The consequences could be as hazardous as heart attack or even lifelong hearing loss. Sound absorption through barriers, mufflers are some popular fields of study. Some natural extracted materials show impressive SAC at lower and mid frequencies. Moreover, natural materials usage in this field is being popular as they emit almost zero amount of greenhouse gases and their manufacturing process requires a little amount of energy to process for ready to usage. A galvanized steel pipe as the impedance tube was chosen because it is cheaper than the impedance tube available in the market. We have tried to measure sound absorption coefficient of some combinations of different materials as an acoustic barrier material.