` NOISE CONTROL

IN
IC ENGINE
 INTRODUCTION:

Noise control is becoming increasingly important for a wide variety of

OEM designers. Examples of products that take noise control
considerations into account during their design cycles include
equipment such as computer hard drives, house appliances, material
handling and transportation equipment etc.
 DEFINITIONS OF SOUND:

Sound can be defined as the perception of vibrations

stimulating the ear. If scientifically taken into account, sound is a
periodic disturbance in fluids density or in the elastic strain of a
solid, generated by vibrating objects. These waves or vibrations
propagate in two basic ways.
1. longitudinal waves.
2. Transverse waves
 BASICS:

DECIBEL Sound level is measured in decibel. Sound level in

decibels is a logarithmic rather than a linear measure of change
in pressure with respect to a reference pressure level. A small
increase in decibels can represents a large increase in sound
energy.
TYPES OF SOURCES OF NOISE :

Sources of noise are numerous but may be

classified broadly into two classes as

1. INDUSTRIAL
2. NON INDUSTRIAL
INDUSTRIAL

:
The industrial may included noises from various
industries operating in cities like transportation, air
crafts, rockets, defense equipments, explosions
etc. The disturbing qualities of noise emitted by
industrial premises are generally its loudness, its
distinguishing features such as tonal or impulsive
components and its intermittency and duration.
 INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINE NOISE :

Several alternative methods can be used

to classify internal combustion engine
noise. The two most typical classification
techniques are discussed below.
CLASSIFICATION BY NOISE CHARACTERISTICS:
One typical engine noise classification technique
separates the aerodynamic noise, combustion
noise and mechanical noise.

1. AERODYNAMIC NOISE
2. COMBUSTION NOISE
3. MECHANICAL NOISE
AERODYNAMIC NOISE-aerodynamic noise includes exhaust gas and
intake air noise as well as noise generated by cooling fans, auxillary
fans or any other air flow.

COMBUSTION NOISE- combustion noise refers to noise generated by

the vibrating surfaces of the engine structure, engine components
and engine accessories after excitation by combustion forces.
MECHANICAL NOISE-mechanical noise refers to noise generated by
the vibrating surfaces of the engine components and engine
accessories after excitation by reciprocating or rotating engine
components.
CLASSIFICATION BY ENGINE NOISE SOURCES:

A second approach to the classification of piston

engine noise involves the separation of engine
noise into the following categories
1. EXHAUST SYSTEM NOISE
2. INTAKE SYSTEM NOISE
3. COOLING SYSTEM NOISE
4. ENGINE SURFACE RADIATED NOISE
ENGINE APPLICATIONS
AND NOISE :
Application of the internal combustion engine
covers a broad spectrum. The internal
combustion engine is now used to power
anything from a small hand-held weed cutter to a
large ocean liner. One typical application is as
given below.
 Stopping it at the source
1. Improving the engineering in many noisy
objects has cut noise nearly by 30 decibels (i.e.
snow mobiles)
2. Government has set up regulations to
manufacturers such as GM and Mack truck to
reduce vibration in heavy gears, axles and
transmissions.
3. Reducing sound at the sources by an average
of 10 decibel cuts soundness in half.
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