Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance

The purpose of the muffler is to reduce the exhaust noise produced by the engine. The main objective of this study is to simulate and investigate experimentally the muffler of the Alfa Romeo 145 vehicle. The dimensions of the muffler were used to perform the simulation. Experimentations were perfor...

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Main Authors: Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Rahman, Mohammed Ataur, Gazali, Yazid
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2007
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author Mohiuddin, A. K. M.
Rahman, Mohammed Ataur
Gazali, Yazid
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Rahman, Mohammed Ataur
Gazali, Yazid
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description The purpose of the muffler is to reduce the exhaust noise produced by the engine. The main objective of this study is to simulate and investigate experimentally the muffler of the Alfa Romeo 145 vehicle. The dimensions of the muffler were used to perform the simulation. Experimentations were performed with the same muffler to develop a relationship between the noise and back pressure on muffler design. The performance of a muffler is based on Insertion loss, Transmission loss, and Back pressure. To study the performance of the muffler, simulation was carried out using GAMBIT software with FLUENT. GAMBIT was used to create a mesh surface and to define the boundary conditions of the required object, which was read and analyzed by FLUENT. The experiment on the actual muffler of Alfa Romeo 145 was conducted at different engine speed. Experimental investigation was performed on four parameters: manifold temperature, tail pipe temperature, manifold pressure and sound pressure level (SPL). Curves are drawn and analyzed using the measured parameters.
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spelling iium-14922013-06-26T08:24:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1492/ Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Rahman, Mohammed Ataur Gazali, Yazid TL1 Motor vehicles The purpose of the muffler is to reduce the exhaust noise produced by the engine. The main objective of this study is to simulate and investigate experimentally the muffler of the Alfa Romeo 145 vehicle. The dimensions of the muffler were used to perform the simulation. Experimentations were performed with the same muffler to develop a relationship between the noise and back pressure on muffler design. The performance of a muffler is based on Insertion loss, Transmission loss, and Back pressure. To study the performance of the muffler, simulation was carried out using GAMBIT software with FLUENT. GAMBIT was used to create a mesh surface and to define the boundary conditions of the required object, which was read and analyzed by FLUENT. The experiment on the actual muffler of Alfa Romeo 145 was conducted at different engine speed. Experimental investigation was performed on four parameters: manifold temperature, tail pipe temperature, manifold pressure and sound pressure level (SPL). Curves are drawn and analyzed using the measured parameters. 2007-12 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1492/1/ICME07-TH-27.pdf Mohiuddin, A. K. M. and Rahman, Mohammed Ataur and Gazali, Yazid (2007) Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance. In: International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2007 (ICME 2007), 29-31 December, 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
spellingShingle TL1 Motor vehicles
Mohiuddin, A. K. M.
Rahman, Mohammed Ataur
Gazali, Yazid
Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance
title Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance
title_full Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance
title_fullStr Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance
title_full_unstemmed Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance
title_short Experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance
title_sort experimental investigation and simulation of muffler performance
topic TL1 Motor vehicles
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/1492/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/1492/1/ICME07-TH-27.pdf