Auralization of the sound fields within flight vehicle interiors is of interest to aircraft designers considering crew and passenger ride quality. Computer models can be used to predict the filtering effects that the fuselage structure and interior volume have on the exterior sound field in order to simulate the resulting cabin interior noise. However, this can become expensive when a wide frequency range of analysis suitable for passenger auralization is desired. This is particularly the case when using deterministic modeling methods such as finite element analysis (FEA) wherein prohibitively high levels of detail and finite element discretizations are required to resolve the wavelengths at high frequencies. On the contrary, Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA), while not capturing important modal behaviors at low frequencies, is better suited for higher frequency analyses where structural and interior dynamics exhibit high modal overlap and spatially averaged physical quantities suffice. For this reason, a hybrid procedure is considered here that utilizes FE modal solutions at lower frequencies and SEA results at higher frequencies. A transfer function dataset containing the exterior to interior vibroacoustic filtering effect is calculated accordingly and subsequently stored to be used for a variety of exterior dynamic load cases. At low frequencies, the transfer function dataset detail is related to the level of FE model refinement whereas at high frequencies it functions as an equalizer array with a level of detail corresponding to the SEA subsystem partitioning scheme. The above procedure is described herein and demonstrated on a six passenger flight vehicle with eight propulsors in a hover flight condition.


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    Title :

    A Hybrid Transfer Function Procedure for Broadband Auralization Within Small Flight Vehicle Interiors


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Fall 2023 NASA Acoustics Technical Working Group Meeting ; 2023 ; Cleveland, OH, US
    Noise-Con 2023 ; 2023 ; Grand Rapids, MI, US


    Publication date :

    2023-05-15


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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