BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company.
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State – 2012 Center for Acoustics and Vibration Workshop
Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling 2012 Penn State Center for Acoustics and
Vibration Workshop
Adam Weston Senior Structural-Acoustics Specialist Interior Noise Technology May 2012
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 2
Overview
Aerospace Modeling Approach
• Verify – Simulate - Fly
Cabin Noise Sources
Cabin Treatments
Tools
• SEA
• FEM/BEM
• Database Methods
FEM/BEM Applications
Automation Role
Summary and Opportunities
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 3
Aerospace Modeling Approach
Acoustic Simulation Role
Simulate Optimize
Noise/Weight/Cost
Fly Verify Processes
Structural
Components
Field point meshField point mesh
Acoustic
Response
Sources Air
Fuselage
skin
Insulation 1
Insulation 2
Trim
SeptumAir
Fuselage
skin
Insulation 1
Insulation 2
Trim
Septum
Treatment
Verify State-of-the-Art
Δflight= Lflight - Lmodel Lflight Lmodel
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 4
Cabin Noise Sources
Aircraft Walkaround
Interior • Environmental System
• Equipment “vibration” noise
• Galley and Lavatories
Exhaust Shock-cells
Engine Noise
Fan Inlet
Vibration
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 5
Cabin Noise Sources
Flight Variation
dB
A
Takeoff
Climb Cruise Descent
Thrust
Reverse
Taxi Taxi
Time
Jet Noise
Buzz-Saw
Turbulent Boundary Layer
Shock Cell
Shock-cell
Turbulent Boundary Layer
Turbulent Boundary Layer
Thrust Reverser
Jet Noise
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 6
Cabin Acoustic Treatments
Aircraft Walkaround
Inlet Lining (buzz-saw)
Nozzle/Chevrons (shock-cell)
Balance/Vibration (EVRN)
Structural Damping Constrained layer
Flow resistance
Particle
Blankets Fiberglass
Bagging materials
Mass septum
Foams
Over blankets
Active Noise/Vibration Control Engines / EVRN
ANC zonal / headsets
Smart Foams
Fluidic Wall paper
Isolation Mounts ECS/Equipment /Tie Rods
Flight control actuators
Engines / APU
Tuned Vibration Absorbers
Acoustic Absorption Seats & surfaces
Floor coverings
Acoustic panels
ECS system Reactive / resistive mufflers
Flow rates / pipe sizes
Diffusers / flow restrictors
Fans & powered equipment
Air return grill
ramp noise
Fluids in Pipes hydraulics
Doors
Hatches
& Latches Trim system trim panels
floors
stow-bins
monuments
APU (ramp noise)
FEM/BEM Focus
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 7
Tools
Evolution
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Year
% T
oo
l U
sa
ge
Empirical
FEM
SEA
BEM
Ray Tracing CFD
For Project X, my
preferred tools are?
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 8
Tools
Structural Acoustics Design Tools
System response is determined by interaction of all components
SEA • Mid to high frequencies
• Systems Cabin, Sidewall, Equipment Transfer Function,
Large test articles
• Simple source representation
FEM • Low frequencies (Engine Rumble/EVRN)
• Small systems, components, detailed design skin pocket, insulation, damping, isolation,
mufflers
External radiation/diffraction, e.g. ramp
• Complex source representation – TBL, shock cell, buzzsaw
• Hybrid components (damping, mufflers)
Database • Close derivative
• Quick turnaround
• Model verification
Normalized data
dB3
dBdB 210
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 10
Building Semi-empirical Source Models
Raw data sets Normalized data
Check
Data / Predictions
Prediction curve
The increase in the
uncertainty over the
measurement uncertainty is
due to limitations of the
scaling rules used to
normalize the basic data.
Scaling rules are required
to apply the data to new
situations.
Measurement Uncertainty
Physics
Engineering
dB1
dBdB 210
dB5
dB3
dB2
dB3
dB2
Sc
ali
ng
Un
ce
rtain
ty
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 11
Correlated Sources
FEM/BEM vs. FEM-only
BEM/FEM Analysis
• NASTRAN/Virtual Lab
• Coupled Structural-Acoustic
• Cross-spectra of Pressure
• Acoustic Loading
FEM Analysis
• NASTRAN
• Uncoupled Structural
• Cross-spectra of Force
• No Acoustic Loading
Computational Efficiency
Cross-Spectra Decomposition Partition of Aero-acoustic Loading
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 12
Application Example – Turbulent Boundary Layer
Nastran vs. Virtual Lab
1.0E-16
1.0E-15
1.0E-14
1.0E-13
1.0E-12
1.0E-11
100.0 120.0 140.0 160.0 180.0 200.0 220.0 240.0 260.0 280.0 300.0
Frequency (Hz)
Dis
pla
cem
ent
PS
D
Nastran (partition 10 x 10)
Nastran (partition 15 x 15)
Nastran (partition 20 x 20)
sysnoise (vector=200)
sysnoise (vector=100)
sysnoise (vector=50)
NASTRAN
- Subdivide the structure
- Smaller number of partition:
overpredict
Virtual Lab
- Smaller number of vector: underpredict
NASTRAN
Virtual Lab
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 13 Axial Coordinate
Axial Coordinate (inch)
Wa
terl
ine
Co
ord
ina
te(i
nch
)
1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900
100
150
200
250
300
350
SPLTOB
114
113
112
111
110
109
108
107
106
105
104
103
102
101
100
99
98
97
96
95
94
777-200 / Trent800 QTD1 Flight Test Data,Condition 103, Nozzle Pressure Ratios 1.71 / 2.46Third Octave Band Spectrum Level at 1 KHz
dpred05
Axial Position (inch)
Ba
nd
#
1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900
20
25
30
35
40
SPLTOB
114
113
112
111
110
109
108
107
106
105
104
103
102
101
100
99
98
97
96
95
94
dpred06
777-200 / Trent800 QTD1 Flight Test Data,Condition 103, Nozzle Pressure Ratios 1.71 / 2.46Third Octave Band Spectrum Level at angular position 75 deg.
Application Example
Shock Cell
Axial Coordinate
Fre
qu
ency
Ban
d
Wat
erli
ne
Co
ord
inat
e
Semi-Empirical Source Models Exterior Fluctuation Pressures
SEA Model
FEM Model
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 14
Diffuse and Aero-Acoustic Sources
Generalized Complex Cross-Spectra
Power
Spectra
Spatial
Coherence
Phase
Base Form
Diffuse Random No phase
TBL
Shock Cell
yyxx SS 2
xy
xyie
xyS
kr
krsin)(11 S),(12 rS
wUi phe/1
2
2
1
1
ee),,( 2112 S
),,( 2112 ie
5.02
2
22
1
1 ]))(
())(
[(
LLe
),,( 2112 S
yyxx SS ,
2xy
Power spectra of the pressure field
Coherence of the pressure field
Phase factor
Separation distance between nodes
Separation distances (flow, cross-wise)
Correlation length scales (flow, cross-wise)
Phase velocity
Correlation length w.r.t. engine nozzle
ie
2,1
2,1
phU
r
2,1L
2211 SS
2211 SS
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 15
FEM Application Example – Low Frequency
Engine Vibration Related Noise
Sidewall System (Biot Theory)
Structure (Entire Aircraft) Excitation (Rotor Dynamics)
Rotating shafts
Acoustic
(FEM)
Strut
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 16
Interior Panel •mass per unit area
•coincidence frequency
•damping loss factor
•Structural isolation
Insulation •flow resistance
•mass per unit area
•Thickness
•No leaks
Fuselage Structure •mass per unit area
•damping loss factor
•coincidence frequency
Cabin Acoustic Treatments Sidewall System Design
SEA entire system modeling
FEM/BEM focus is components
• Damping on a single skin pocket or stiffener
• Biot sidewall/trim slice
• Anechoic reverb TL simulation
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 17
FEM to SEA Cross-over in Aerospace Applications
SEA is the primary
integration tool
Includes effects of:
• Sources
• Insulation
• Damping
• Structure
• Absorption
• Leaks
With support from
FEM/BEM
Airplane Half-Ring Model
Lab TL Panel Model
30 to 200+ subsystems
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 18
A n e c h o i c c h a m b e r
G r o u n d g r o u n d
r e v e r b e r a t i o n r o o m
i s o l a t o r s
a n e c h o i c c h a m b e r
. . . . .
t e s t a r t i c l e Pi Pr
FEM/BEM Application Example
Transmission Loss
Transmission Loss Test Facility
anechoic chamber
isolators
Test
article
reverberation room
Damping verification, Transmission Loss
• Don’t model chambers, just panel Indirect BEM,
Baffle, Diffuse Source
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 19
FEM/BEM Application Example
Flat Panel Transmission Loss Validation
TL Comparison--SYSNOISE vs. Textbook Results
Beranek Noise & Vibration Control Page 307: 5ft x 6.5 ft x 1/8 in panel
(a) reference mode calc. (b) plateau calc. (c) force wave calc. (d) experimental results
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
20 40 80 160
315
630
1250
2500
5000
1000
0
2000
0
Frequency
Tra
nsm
issi
on
Lo
ss
SYSNOISE
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 20
FEM/BEM Application Example
Transmission Loss Validation
f = 100 Hz
Structural model Acoustic model
Link
f = 223 Hz
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 21
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
200 1000
Frequency (Hz)
TL
(d
B)
Sysnoise trim
Test trim
Sysnoise bare
Test bare
3” 3I Fiberglass
0.067 Septum
Lining Panel
FEM/BEM Application Example
Transmission Loss Validation
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 23
FEM/Modal/IRDM Application Example
Damping Estimations
Detailed FEM
Modal Strain
Energy
Material Loss
Factor System Damping
(Modal)
Synthesized FRFs System Damping
(Band-Average)
0
0.005
0.01
0.015
0.02
0 100 200 300 400 500
0
0.005
0.01
0.015
0.02
100 1000 10000
IRDM Analysis
Modal Damping
Band Average Damping
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 24
Application Example - Damping
Define SEA Loss Factors Through FEM
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
100 1000 10000
Insul+Add-on
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
100 1000 10000
Insulation
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
100 1000 10000
Add-On
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
10 100 1000 10000
So
un
d P
res
su
re L
eve
l, S
PL
- d
B r
e 2
0 m
Pa
Loss Factor-1
Loss Factor-2
Loss Factor-3
10 dB
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 25
FEM Application Example – Automation/Components
Acoustic Muffler Tool
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
FrequencyT
ran
sm
issio
n L
oss
GUI
Reactive
Perforate
Absorbent Combination
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 26
Automation of the design process
Physics based models
Conceptual Airplane
Automated model
airplane creation (SEA, FEM, ECS, Ramp)
EBDtrimdens(9%)
UpperNCTL2(51%)
TrimUpThk(36%)
Other(4%)
Anova information for response dBavar
TrimLoThk(40%)
OrthotrimDens(13%)
EBDtrimdens(8%)
UpperNCTL2(5%)
septsurfmass(5%)
TrimUpThk(26%)
Other(3%)
Anova information for response weightvar
Optimization
Component
Performance
Confirmation
Sound Quality and
Regulatory based
Design Objectives
Component
and Parts
Specifications
Use for high pay-off,
redundant and error prone
processes
Muffler tool
SEA Support – Damping,
TL test simulation
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.
Penn State - 2012 CAV Workshop | Aircraft Cabin Acoustic Modeling
Adam Weston, May 2012 27
Summary and Challenges
Summary • Accurate source modeling critical for aerospace acoustic and structural-acoustic
applications
Future challenges • Verify
Lab
1. Partially correlated sources approximations
2. Improve treatment measurement techniques
Lower/quantify manufacturing tolerances
Component model validation
• Simulate
Improve modeling accuracy and speed
Efficient integration of all methods – FEM, SEA, databases
• Fly
Improve in-flight measurements for (1) better source representations (2) path analysis
Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All rights reserved.