Sound Transmission Loss of a Metal Panel With Rib Reinforcements and Pasted Damping

Abstract

The sound transmission losses (STL) of a metal panel with rib reinforcement (MPRR) are studied by both an experimental method and a simulation approach. The experimental method and data processing technique for obtaining STL are presented. Six MPRRs with different number of rib reinforcement and different geometry size of rib reinforcement, and six MPRRs with different type of the pasted damping material are designed and anufactured, and their STL performances are investigated by experimental method. The calculation model for STL of a MPRR is proposed and the calculated STL are compared favorably with the experimental data, which validates the proposed model. The analytical methods and conclusions are instructive for the design and the tuning of STL of MPRRs.