Conventionally, glass wool laminated glass fiber and urethane foam based on polyurethane resin have been used as sound absorption materials. However, the recyclability of glass wool and urethane foam is poor and they cannot independently absorb wideband noise. As a result of past research, it has been clarified that the internal structure of the foam changes from closed-cell foam to opened-cell foam depending on the foaming time. However, the sound absorption mechanism of the foam made under various conditions was unclear because of the complex internal structure of closed-cell and opened-cell foam in foaming. Therefore, in this study, the influence of the surface air permeability and the thickness of foam on sound absorption properties was investigated by using foam with separated internal structures(closed-cell and opened-cell foam). As a result, it was clarified that sound absorption in the low frequency band becomes wider as the thickness of the foam increases regardless of the foam structure, while in the high frequency band it improves as the air permeability increases.
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