A time-domain finite volume method for the prediction of water muffler transmission loss considering elastic walls

This work extends the application of the finite volume method to predict the acoustic performance of the water muffler with the consideration of elastic walls. The three-dimensional time-domain finite volume method and the improved time-domain impulse method are employed to predict the acoustic attenuation characteristics of mufflers. The present results agree well with analytical solutions and numerical results obtained by finite element method with commercial codes. The effects of different thicknesses of elastic end cavity wall, elastic tube, and cavity walls on acoustic characteristics of a water-filled Helmholtz resonator are investigated. An attempt to simplify the present method with the effective sound speed has been implemented and discussed.