Extension ANSYS Acoustics

This App exposes 3D acoustic features in Mechanical without the

need for APDL

• Define acoustics properties

• Apply acoustic boundary conditions & loads
• Postprocess acoustic results

ACT Acoustics extension is a customization made with ACT to integrate ANSYS

acoustics capabilities in Mechanical. The extension consists of one XML file (Configures
the UI content) and one python script (Implements the extension functionality).

ACT Acoustics extension can be used to create acoustic boundary conditions and
defining fluid bodies (elements & material properties):
• Pressure
• Mass Flow
• Impedance
• FSI Interface
• Fluid body (FLUID30, 220 or 221
elements according to the mesh)

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Application

Acoustics is the study of the generation, propagation, absorption, and reflection of sound
pressure waves in a fluid medium. Applications for acoustics include the following
examples:
• Sonar - the acoustic counterpart of radar
• Noise minimization in machines
• Noise cancellation in automobiles
• Underwater acoustics
• Design of speakers, speaker housings, acoustic filters, mufflers, and many other similar
devices
• Geophysical exploration

An acoustic analysis, available in the ANSYS Multiphysics and ANSYS Mechanical

programs only, usually involves modeling the fluid medium and the surrounding structure.
Typical quantities of interest are the pressure distribution in the fluid at different
frequencies, pressure gradient, particle velocity, the sound pressure level, as well as,
scattering, diffraction, transmission, radiation, attenuation, and dispersion of acoustic
waves. A coupled acoustic analysis takes the fluid-structure interaction into account. An
uncoupled acoustic analysis models only the fluid and ignores any fluidstructure
interaction. The program assumes that the fluid is compressible, but allows only relatively
small pressure changes with respect to the mean pressure. Also, the fluid is assumed to
be non-flowing. The pressure solution is the deviation from the mean pressure, not the
absolute pressure.

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