To determine the most suitable porosity of a fiber assembly used as a sound absorbent, we measured the sound absorption coefficients of fiber assemblies having air spaces behind them by the standing wave method and investigated their sound absorption characteristics. The results:
(1) Sound absorption characteristics change from a viscosity-resistance type to, successively, a mixed type and a resonance type as they decrease in porosity. There are two types of absorption characteristics of the resonance type. One is a fibrous resonance type, which is for a thick sample. The other is a board resonance, for a thin sample.
(2) The relation between the most suitable porosity
Pe; (%) at which a fiber assembly has the maximum sound absorption, i.e., 1.00, and the thickness
T (cm) is shown as follows: (100-P
e; )=a'T
-b' where
a' is a constant which is decided by fiber fineness and
b' is another constant. If
T is constant, the relation between
Pe; and fiber fineness
d (denier) is shown as follows: (100-P
e; )d
1/2=C where
C is a constant decided by
T.
(3) The relation between the total surface area
S (cm
2) of fibers constituting a fiber assembly of porosity
Pe; (%) and
T (cm) is shown as follows: S=aT
b×10
4 where
a and
b are constants.
A fiber assembly which meets this equation has the maximum sound absorption coefficient at a certain frequency, if it has no back air space, or at an optional frequency if it has a back air space suited to the frequency.
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