Acoustical Materials

S/W for Sound Insulation System

Developing S/W for Sound Insulation System

We are developing S/W to design efficient sound insulation system.
We have finished ‘HONUS 2005’ which is a program to predict acoustical performance and to estimate material properties such as structure factor, porosity, flow resistivity, Young’s modulus, loss factor, etc.
Using this program, we can estimate Transmission Loss and Absorption Coefficient with macroscopic properties of absorption materials and optimize macroscopic properties of absorption materials.

HONUS 2005
Material Properties Estimation

For limp and rigid porous material
- 4 parameters estimation (structure factor, porosity, VCL, TCL)
- 5 parameters estimation (flow resistivity, structure factor, porosity, VCL, TCL)
- Optional parameters estimation For elastic porous material
- 5 parameters estimation (flow resistivity, structure factor, porosity, VCL, TCL)
- 8 parameters estimation (5 parameters + Young’s modulus, Poission’s ratio, Loss factor)
- Optional parameters estimation

Material Properties Estimation Module
Material Performance Analysis
Material typeInput parametera
AirThickness
Permeable membraneThickness, density, flow reistivity
Permeable membraneThickness, density
PanelThickness, Young's Modulus, Poisson's ratio
Limp POROUS MATERIALThickness, density, flow reistivity, structure factor, porosity, VCL, TCL
Rigid POROUS MATERIALThickness, density, flow reistivity, structure factor, porosity, VCL, TCL
Elastic POROUS MATERIALThickness, density, flow reistivity, structure factor, porosity, VCL, TCL,
Yong's Modulus, Poisson's ratio
BU configuration
UB configuration
BB configuration
Physical parameters of panel and porous materiais
Acoustical Material Database