Investigation and Benchmarking for Vehicle Floor Coverings HP Pelzer Automotive Systems, Incorporated

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Balte, Rolf, author.

Conference Name:

SAE 2003 Noise & Vibration Conference and Exhibition (2003-05-05 : Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2003

Summary:

A systematic benchmarking study was performed to investigate the acoustic performance of production floor coverings (id est carpets) of vehicles. A larger number of passenger cars including compact, mid-size, full size, and a truck were selected. The floor coverings were removed from these vehicles and evaluated both on absorption and sound transmission loss (STL) performances. The methodology used and the experimental results are presented in this paper. It was discovered that the design of the carpet is more important than the materials used. In addition, a carpet with highest absorption does not necessarily have the best STL and vice versa. However, an optimum design could achieve high performance in both categories

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Publisher Number:

2003-01-1575

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