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Design and Simulation of Two Stroke Engines

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Chapter 8 - Reduction <strong>of</strong> Noise Emission from <strong>Two</strong>-<strong>Stroke</strong> <strong>Engines</strong><br />

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Fig. 8.5 One-third noise spectrogram from SYSTEM 3.<br />

flow rate calculation over a complete cycle determine the noisiest frequency to be tackled by<br />

the silencer.<br />

Of direct interest is the silencing effect <strong>of</strong> the various silencer elements attached to the<br />

exhaust pipe by Coates, SYSTEMS 2-4, the noise spectra for which are shown in Figs. 8.4-<br />

8.6. The SYSTEM 2, a simple diffusing silencer without re-entrant pipes, can be seen to<br />

reduce the noise level <strong>of</strong> the fundamental frequency at 133 Hz from 116 dB to 104 dB, an<br />

attenuation <strong>of</strong> 12 dB. From the discussion in Sec. 8.1.2, an attenuation <strong>of</strong> 12 dB is a considerable<br />

level <strong>of</strong> noise reduction. It will also be observed that a large "hole," or strong attenuation,<br />

has been created in the noise spectra <strong>of</strong> SYSTEM 2 at a frequency <strong>of</strong> 400 Hz. In Sec. 8.5.1 this<br />

will be a source <strong>of</strong> further comment when an empirical frequency analysis is attempted for<br />

this particular design.<br />

The noise spectra for SYSTEM 3, a diffusing silencer with re-entrant pipes, is shown in<br />

Fig. 8.5. The noise level <strong>of</strong> the fundamental frequency <strong>of</strong> 133 Hz has been reduced further to<br />

98 dB. The "hole" <strong>of</strong> high attenuation is now at 300 Hz <strong>and</strong> deeper than that recorded by<br />

SYSTEM 2.<br />

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