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Evaluation of composite materials providing improved acoustic transmission loss for UAVs.

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Title/Author:	Evaluation of composite materials providing improved acoustic transmission loss for UAVs./
Author:	Callicoat, Jeffrey R.
Description:	1 online resource (177 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-05B(E).
Subject:	Mechanical engineering. -
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ISBN:	9781369363784

Evaluation of composite materials providing improved acoustic transmission loss for UAVs.
Callicoat, Jeffrey R.

Evaluation of composite materials providing improved acoustic transmission loss for UAVs. - 1 online resource (177 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)

Includes bibliographical references

With the proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in civilian airspace in the near future, community noise will be a major issue of concern. Numerous studies have shown a direct link between community noise pollution (i.e., road traffic noise and airport noise) and serious health problems. There exists, therefore, a pressing need to create quiet UAVs, and this drives the need for noise-attenuating materials and structures suitable for UAV airframe fabrication. By shrouding predominant noise sources such as the engine, exhaust, and even the propeller (in the case of a ducted fan) with the airframe structure, the airframe can serve as a noise transmission barrier and substantially reduce UAV noise profiles. The present research effort is an experimental investigation of light-weight fiber-reinforced composite materials to provide high acoustic transmission loss (TL) for use in fabricating UAV airframes. A transmission loss tube acoustic test system was designed, fabricated, and validated, and extensive testing was done on numerous composite layups of interest for UAV fabrication. Composites under study included carbon fiber, fiberglass, and Kevlar fabrics as skin materials along with vinyl foam, Nomex honeycomb, and balsawood as core materials. Results from testing small 3"x3" samples in the TL tube led to the selection of four composite sandwich panels of interest for further study. Larger 36"x36" test samples of these selected layups were then fabricated and tested using a 2-room methodology. Whereas the TL tube yielded results in the stiffness-controlled region of acoustic behavior, the 2-room tests produced results in the mass-controlled region for these materials, enabling relative performance comparisons over both acoustic regimes. Recognizing that a good material for airframe fabrication should possess not only high TL, but also low weight and high stiffness, load-deflection tests were conducted and overall material performance was compared in terms of the parameter [(TL * stiffness) / surface density]. A sandwich panel layup of 5.7 oz carbon fiber skins with a vinyl foam core emerged as the preferable material choice, and a UAV fuselage of this construction was evaluated in the OSU anechoic chamber and shown to substantially reduce sound propagation from enclosed noise sources.

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2018

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