NOISE-CON 2011 Short Course #2 Course: Practical Aspects of Muffler Design and Optimization.

Instructors: Andy Seybert, University of Kentucky Mechanical Engineering Department, seybert@engr.uky.edu David Herrin, University of Kentucky - Mechanical Engineering Department, dherrin@engr.uky.edu Day: Sunday 2011, July 24 Time: 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Location: TBD Cost: $150 - INCE Member Rate on 2011, June 22 or before $200 - Non-INCE Member Rate on 2011, June 22 or before $200 - INCE Member Rate on 2011, June 23 or after $250 - Non-INCE Member Rate on 2011, June 23 or after Description: This half-day short course will focus on the design and optimization of mufflers in real applications of engine exhaust noise control. Following a review of basic concepts and terminology, we will examine a series of muffler examples to illustrate these concepts and explore other issues such as back pressure control, flow noise management, temperature, etc. An important part of this course will be the inclass use of a muffler modeling software program that makes design and design changes easy to carry out. The software also optimize the design of a muffler to a given insertion loss target. It will be assumed that course participants have a basic knowledge of acoustics and noise control. Those benefitting from this course will be engineers and technicians involved in muffler design as well as those specifying and purchasing mufflers for their own machines.

Andy Seybert is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky where he has taught noise control and acoustics for over 30 years. At UK he founded in 1996 the Vibro-Acoustics Consortium (www.engr.uky.edu/vac) composed of industrial partners interested in all aspects of NVH. Seybert is also president of Spectronics, Inc., which meets the consulting needs of industry and offers software and high-end impedance tube systems for laboratory and field use.

David Herrin is a research professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky and has over 15 years of experience in vibro-acoustics. Herrin is the Director of the Vibro-Acoustics Consortium and is currently involved in a number of projects concerning muffler design, combustion oscillations, and HVAC.