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Acoustics Performance Research and Analysis of Light Timber Construction Wall Elements Based on Helmholtz Metasurface
Si Chen1, Yuhao Zhou1, Sarah Mohrmann2, Haiyan Fu1, Yuying Zou1, Zheng Wang1,*
1
Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Materials Science and
Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
2
College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
* Corresponding Author: Zheng Wang. Email:
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Functionalization of Wood and Bamboo-Based Materials)
Journal of Renewable Materials 2022, 10(11), 2791-2803. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.021531
Received 19 January 2022; Accepted 12 March 2022; Issue published 29 June 2022
Abstract
Based on the efficient sound absorption characteristics of Helmholtz resonance structures in the range of medium
and low frequency acoustic waves, this paper investigates an effective solution for light timber construction walls
with acoustic problems. This study takes the light timber construction wall structure as the research object. Based
on the Helmholtz resonance principle, the structure design of the wall unit, impedance tube experiment and
COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS simulation calculation were carried out to obtain the change rule of acoustic performance of the Helmholtz resonance wall unit structure. The research results show that the overall stability of sound
insulation of the structure is improved, and the frequency range with sound transmission loss more than 50 dB in
the experimental group is 640–1600 Hz, while in the control group is 500–906 Hz and 1238–1600 Hz; the sound
absorption performance of the structure is obviously better than that of the ordinary structure, especially in the
low frequency acoustic wave range of 100–320 Hz, the sound absorption coefficient of the experimental group is
more than 0.49, while the sound absorption coefficient of the control group is less than 0.1. It is expected that
these results will contribute to the optimization of the acoustic performance of light timber construction walls
and have high application and popularization value.
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Chen, S., Zhou, Y., Mohrmann, S., Fu, H., Zou, Y. et al. (2022). Acoustics Performance Research and Analysis of Light Timber Construction Wall Elements Based on Helmholtz Metasurface.
Journal of Renewable Materials, 10(11), 2791–2803. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.021531