Actively controlled acoustic treatment panel
US5702230A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10K2210/3227
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An actively controlled acoustic treatment panel for suppressing noise in a gas turbine engine nacelle including a backsheet formed by a planar matrix of adjacent individually controllable elements, where each of the controllable elements has a transducer and a honeycomb cell enclosing the transducer. A facesheet is also bonded to the controllable elements. A plurality of sensors are positioned within the acoustic treatment panel for sensing acoustic pressure of the noise propagated against the facesheet. A driver is provided for electrically driving each of the transducers to effect displacement thereof in a direction substantially perpendicular to the facesheet. Circuitry is also operatively connected to the pressure sensors and the driver for controlling velocity magnitude and phase of the transducers during displacement, wherein a resulting acoustic impedance at the facesheet achieves a desired acoustic impedance boundary condition at the nacelle. The transducer is further made up of an inner lamination layer, an outer lamination layer, and a piezoelectric membrane positioned between the inner and outer lamination layers, wherein a plurality of aligned openings are provided in t…
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