Microperforated board is one of the important ways to absorb noise. However, the mechanism is still not well understood of the interaction between micropores, and the influence of the distance between the micropores on the sound absorption performance of microperforated plates is still not clarified. Professor Merlin introduced the influence of micropore interaction on the sound absorption performance of microperforated plates. Based on Maa and Melling theory, this paper proposed an absorption coefficient that considers the effect of perforation interactions. In addition, the formula was used to calculate the absorption coefficient and the resonance frequency and, subsequently, was tested by the conducted experiments. The results show that the structure parameters of the micro-perforated panel affect its absorption coefficient, and the model can search the absorption coefficient more efficiently, with the calculated result close to the experimental value. KEYWORDS cavity on the back, micro-perforated panel (MPP), nonlinear, sound absorption coefficient
INTRODUCTIONFor decades, the use of micro-perforated panel (MPP), a sound absorbing material placed in front of a rigid wall, has been highly regarded, and a schematic diagram of the structure is shown in Figure 1. As the Figure shown, there exists a gap/cavity between the sound absorbing material and the wall, with many holes on the MPP sheet. MPP provides a high sound absorption coefficient in low frequency ranges and a wider absorption bandwidth, having many advantages such as low cost, light weight, small size solution, and simple structure. Compared with traditional porous materials, MPP can be used not only in outdoor environments but also in indoor surroundings. Moreover, MPP does not cause air pollution but can withstand noise in any environment such as washing, wind, and freezing. Therefore, MPP can be used in the field of noise control and is considered to be a potential absorbing material with ideal effect in the future. For example, the microperforated board with polymer material is an innovative material for absorption noise.The sound absorption principle of the MPP absorber was analyzed by an equivalent circuit model, regarded as one of the more valuable theories.The basic principle was following the Helmholtz resonator, 1 with the parameters such as aperture size, aperture distance, and backing volume. Wan et al, 2 Duval et al, 3 and Mejdi and Atalla 4 established the MPP noise absorption formula based on classical plate equations and acoustic equations, which can explain the vibration effects of acoustic perforation boards. Maury et al 5 also indicated that the MPP structure can be used to amplify the acoustic absorption range, if it was considered as a modal response. Also, the experimental values had a good consistency with model calculated results by combining the characteristics of the rectangular MPP with the tension effect, modeling the air flow resistance. 6 Generally speaking, structural vibrations improve the precision of the model, which i...