Patent Application
20180122352
The present invention relates to a soundproof structure, and more particularly to a soundproof structure that is a multilayered laminated soundproof structure in which a single layer soundproof structure, which is formed by arranging one soundproof cell including a frame, a film fixed to the frame, and an opening portion including one or more holes drilled in the film or formed by arranging a plurality of soundproof cells in a two-dimensional manner, is laminated and that is for strongly shielding the sound of a target frequency selectively.
In the case of a general sound insulation material, as the mass increases, the sound is more effectively shielded. Accordingly, in order to obtain a good sound insulation effect, the sound insulation material itself becomes large and heavy. On the other hand, in particular, it is difficult to shield the sound of low frequency components. In general, this region is called a mass law, and it is known that the shielding increases by 6 dB in a case where the frequency doubles.
Thus, most of the conventional soundproof structures are disadvantageous in that the soundproof structures are large and heavy due to sound insulation by the mass of the structures and that it is difficult to shield low frequencies.
For this reason, as a sound insulation material corresponding to various situations, such as equipment, automobiles, and general households, a light and thin sound insulation structure has been demanded. In recent years, therefore, a sound insulation structure for controlling the vibration of a film by attaching a frame to a thin and light film structure has been drawing attention (refer to JP4832245B, U.S. Pat. No. 7,395,898B (corresponding Japanese Patent Application Publication: JP2005-250474A), and JP2009-139556A).
In the case of these structures, the principle of sound insulation is a stiffness law different from the mass law described above. Accordingly, low frequency components can be further shielded even with a thin structure. This region is called a stiffness law, and the behavior is the same as in a case where a film has a finite size matching a frame opening portion since the film vibration is fixed at the frame portion.
JP4832245B discloses a sound absorber that has a frame body, which has a through-hole formed therein, and a sound absorbing material, which covers one opening of the through-hole and whose first storage modulus E1 is 9.7×106 or more and second storage modulus E2 is 346 or less (refer to abstract, claim 1, paragraphs [0005] to [0007] and [0034], and the like). The storage modulus of the sound absorbing material means a component, which is internally stored, of the energy generated in the sound absorbing material by sound absorption.
In JP4832245B, in the embodiment, by using a sound absorbing material containing a resin or a mixture of a resin and a filler as a mixing material, it is possible to obtain the peak value of the sound absorption rate in the range of 0.5 to 1.0 and the peak frequency in the range of 290 to 500 Hz and to achieve a high sound absorption effect in a low frequency region of 500 Hz or less without causing an increase in the size of the sound absorber.
In addition, U.S. Pat. No. 7,395,898B (corresponding Japanese Patent Application Publication: JP2005-250474A) discloses a sound attenuation panel including an acoustically transparent two-dimensional rigid frame divided into a plurality of individual cells, a sheet of flexible material fixed to the rigid frame, and a plurality of weights, and a sound attenuation structure (refer to claims 1, 12, and 15, FIG. 4, page 4, and the like). In the sound attenuation panel, the plurality of individual cells are approximately two-dimensional cells, each weight is fixed to the sheet of flexible material so that the weight is provided in each cell, and the resonance frequency of the sound attenuation panel is defined by the two-dimensional shape of each cell individual cell, the flexibility of the flexible material, and each weight thereon.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,395,898B (corresponding Japanese Patent Application Publication: JP2005-250474A) discloses that the sound attenuation panel has the following advantages compared with the related art. That is, (1) the acoustic panel can be made very thin. (2) The acoustic panel can be made very light (with a low density). (3) The panel can be laminated together to form wide-frequency locally resonant sonic materials (LRSM) since the panel does not follow the mass law over a wide frequency range, and in particular, this can deviate from the mass law at frequencies lower than 500 Hz. (4) The panel can be easily and inexpensively manufactured (refer to page 5, line 65 to page 6, line 5).
JP2009-139556A discloses a sound absorber which is partitioned by a partition wall serving as a frame and is closed by a rear wall (rigid wall) of a plate-shaped member and in which a film material (film-shaped sound absorbing material) covering an opening portion of the cavity whose front portion is the opening portion is covered, a pressing plate is placed thereon, and a resonance hole for Helmholtz resonance is formed in a region (corner portion) in the range of 20% of the size of the surface of the film-shaped sound absorbing material from the fixed end of the peripheral portion of the opening portion that is a region where the displacement of the film material due to sound waves is the least likely to occur. In the sound absorber, the cavity is blocked except for the resonance hole. The sound absorber performs both a sound absorbing action by film vibration and a sound absorbing action by Helmholtz resonance.
Incidentally, most of the conventional soundproof structures have problems that the soundproof structures are large and heavy due to sound insulation by the mass of the structures and that it is difficult to shield low frequencies. A sponge structure having voids thereinside, such as urethane or synthrate, which is often used as a soundproof material has poor heat conductivity and heat dissipation so that the sponge structure can be used as a heat insulation material. For this reason, measures against heat are essential for use in automobiles and the like. In particular, there has been a problem it is extremely difficult to use the sponge structure immediately in the vicinity of an engine or the like serving as a heat source.
In addition, since the sound absorber disclosed in JP4832245B is light and the peak value of the sound absorption rate is as high as 0.5 or more, it is possible to achieve a high sound absorption effect in a low frequency region where the peak frequency is 500 Hz or less. However, there has been a problem that the range of selection of a sound absorbing material is narrow and accordingly it is difficult to achieve the high sound absorption effect in a low frequency region.
Since the sound absorbing material of such a sound absorber completely blocks the through-hole of the frame body, the sound absorbing material does not allow wind or heat to pass therethrough and accordingly heat tends to accumulate on the inside. For this reason, there is a problem that this is not suitable for the sound insulation of equipment and automobiles, which is disclosed in JP4832245B in particular.
In addition, the sound insulation performance of the sound absorber disclosed in JP4832245B changes smoothly according to the usual stiffness law or mass law. For this reason, it has been difficult to effectively use the sound absorber in general equipment and automobiles in which specific frequency components, such as motor sounds, are often strongly generated in a pulsed manner.
The sound attenuation panel disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,395,898B (corresponding Japanese Patent Application Publication: JP2005-250474A) has the following problems even though large shielding can be obtained on the low frequency side due to the combination structure of the frame, the film, and the weight.
In the sound attenuation panel disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,395,898B (corresponding Japanese Patent Application Publication: JP2005-250474A), a weight is essential for the film. Accordingly, since the structure becomes heavy, it is difficult to use the sound attenuation panel in equipment, automobiles, general households, and the like.
There is no easy means for placing the weight in each cell structure. Accordingly, there is no manufacturing suitability. In addition, since adhesion to the weight and the film is needed, the cost is correspondingly increased.
Since the frequency and size of shielding strongly depend on the weight of the weight and the position of the weight on the film, robustness as a sound insulation material is low. Accordingly, there is no stability.
Since the film is specified as an impermeable film, the film does not allow wind or heat to pass therethrough and accordingly heat tends to accumulate on the inside. For this reason, this is not suitable for the sound insulation of equipment and automobiles in particular.
In JP2009-139556A, since it is necessary to use both the sound absorbing action by film vibration and the sound absorbing action by Hertzholm resonance, the rear wall of the partition wall serving as a frame is blocked by the plate-shaped member. Therefore, similarly to JP4832245B, since it is not possible to pass the wind and heat, heat tends to accumulate on the inside. For this reason, there is a problem that the sound absorber is not suitable for sound insulation of equipment, automobiles, and the like.
An object of the present invention is to solve the aforementioned problems of the conventional techniques and provide a soundproof structure which is light and thin, of which sound insulation characteristics such as a shielding frequency and a shielding size do not depend on the position and shape of a hole, which has high robustness as a sound insulation material and is stable, which can realize sound insulation of a plurality of sounds or widening of sound insulation and can obtain a desired shielding frequency, and which is suitable for equipment, automobiles, and household applications and is excellent in manufacturing suitability, by adopting a two-layer structure in which single layer soundproof structures, each of which is configured to include a frame, a film, and one or more holes of an opening portion or a frame and a film and in which conditions of at least one of the frame, the film, or the opening portion are different, are laminated.
In addition to the above object, it is another object of the present invention to provide a soundproof structure which has air permeability so that wind and heat can pass therethrough and accordingly has no heat thereinside.
In the present invention, “soundproof” includes the meaning of both “sound insulation” and “sound absorption” as acoustic characteristics, but in particular, refers to “sound insulation”. “Sound insulation” refers to “shielding sound”, that is, “not transmitting sound”, and accordingly, includes “reflecting” sound (reflection of sound) and “absorbing” sound (absorption of sound) (refer to Sanseido Daijibin (Third Edition) and http://www.onzai.or.jp/question/soundproof.html and http://www.onzai.or.jp/pdf/ new/gijutsu201312_3.pdf on the web page of the Japan Acoustological Materials Society).
Hereinafter, basically, “sound insulation” and “shielding” are referred to in a case where “reflection” and “absorption” are not distinguished from each other, and “reflection” and “absorption” are referred to in a case where “reflection” and “absorption” are distinguished from each other.
In the present invention, the distance of the two-layer structure refers to the average distance in the lamination direction between the film surfaces facing each other in a case where single layer soundproof structures of two layers are laminated, and is defined as an “inter-film distance”. Here, the average distance is set so as to be able to deal with cases where the single layer soundproof structures are arranged slightly obliquely at the time of lamination.
In order to achieve the aforementioned object, a soundproof structure of the present invention is a laminated soundproof structure formed by laminating a single layer soundproof structure having one or more soundproof cells arranged in a two-dimensional plane. Each of the one or more soundproof cells of the single layer soundproof structure comprises a frame having a through-hole, a film fixed to the frame, and an opening portion configured to include one or more holes drilled in the film. The single layer soundproof structure has a basic shielding peak frequency, which is determined by the opening portion of each of the one or more soundproof cells and at which a transmission loss is maximized, on a lower frequency side than a first natural vibration frequency of the film of each of the one or more soundproof cells. One or more of the soundproof cells of one of the laminated single layer soundproof structures and one or more other soundproof cells of the other laminated single layer soundproof structure are laminated. Each of the one or more other soundproof cells is configured to include the frame, the film, and the opening portion or the frame and the film. At least some of the one or more other soundproof cells are different from the one or more of the laminated soundproof cells in conditions of at least one of the frame, the film, or the opening portion.
Here, it is preferable that the one or more soundproof cells are a plurality of soundproof cells arranged in a two-dimensional manner and the one or more other soundproof cells are a plurality of other second soundproof cells arranged in a two-dimensional manner.
It is preferable that the laminated soundproof structure has a minimum value at which a transmission loss due to natural vibration of the laminated soundproof cells is minimized, and has a lamination shielding peak frequency, which is determined by the opening portions of the laminated soundproof cells and at which a transmission loss is maximized, on a lower frequency side than the minimum frequency at which the transmission loss is minimized, and that sound in a frequency band centered on the lamination shielding peak frequency is selectively insulated.
It is preferable that the laminated soundproof structure has at least one layer of the single layer soundproof structure, in which the one or more other soundproof cells each of which is configured to include the frame and the film are arranged, in at least a part of a laminated structure.
It is preferable that the laminated soundproof structure has the single layer soundproof structure, in which the one or more other soundproof cells each of which is configured to include the frame and the film are arranged on an outermost surface, in at least a part of a laminated structure.
It is preferable that, in the laminated soundproof structure, in at least a part of a laminated structure, all of the laminated single layer soundproof structures are configured to include the frame, the film, and the opening portion.
It is preferable that the one or more soundproof cells and the one or more other soundproof cells, which are different in conditions of at least one of the frame, the film, or the opening portion, are laminated to have two or more shielding peak frequencies at which a transmission loss is maximized.
It is preferable that the laminated soundproof structure has a maximum value of an absorbance on a lower frequency side than a maximum value of the transmission loss on a lower frequency side than the first natural vibration frequency of each of the two laminated single layer soundproof structures, which is determined by the opening portion of each of the laminated soundproof cells, due to the single layer soundproof structure being laminated in two layers.
It is preferable that a frequency on a lower frequency side than a minimum value of the transmission loss corresponding to the first natural vibration frequency of the single layer soundproof structure is included in a range of 10 Hz to 100000 Hz.
Assuming that a circle equivalent radius of the frame is R2 (m), a thickness of the film is t2 (m), a Young's modulus of the film is E2 (Pa), and a density of the film is d (kg/m3), a parameter B expressed by following Equation (2) is preferably 15.47 or more and 235000 or less.
B=t2/R22*√(E2/d) (1)
It is preferable that, in a case where the one or more soundproof cells of the laminated single layer soundproof structures of the laminated soundproof structure are a plurality of soundproof cells arranged in a two-dimensional manner, 60% or more of the soundproof cells of the single layer soundproof structures are formed by the frame, the film, and the opening portion of the same size.
It is preferable that the frame of each of the laminated soundproof cells of the laminated soundproof structure has a continuous frame structure and that, in at least some of the laminated soundproof cells, the film is disposed on two or more planes of at least one plane of two surfaces of the frame structure and/or a plane of an intermediate portion between the two surfaces.
It is preferable that, in at least some of the laminated soundproof cells of the laminated soundproof structure, a space between the films of the soundproof cells laminated so as to be adjacent to each other is blocked by the frame.
It is preferable that, in at least some of the laminated soundproof cells of the laminated soundproof structure, the opening portions drilled in the films overlap each other as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the film.
It is preferable that the distance between the two laminated single layer soundproof structures of the laminated soundproof structure is smaller than a wavelength of a shielding peak at which the transmission loss is maximized.
It is preferable that “conditions of at least one of the frame, the film, or the opening portion of the laminated soundproof cells are different” means that an average of a shift amount of each of a first natural vibration frequency and a shielding peak frequency of a spectrum of the transmission loss between the soundproof cells of the laminated single layer soundproof structures of the laminated soundproof structure is more than 10%.
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a soundproof structure which is light and thin, of which sound insulation characteristics such as a shielding frequency and a shielding size do not depend on the position and shape of a hole, which has high robustness as a sound insulation material and is stable, which can realize sound insulation of a plurality of sounds or widening of sound insulation and can obtain a desired shielding frequency, and which is suitable for equipment, automobiles, and household applications and is excellent in manufacturing suitability, by adopting a two-layer structure in which single layer soundproof structures, each of which is configured to include a frame, a film, and an opening portion (one or more holes) or a frame and a film and in which conditions of at least one of the frame, the film, or the opening portion are different, are laminated.
According to the present invention, in addition to the above effect, in a case where the soundproof cell of the laminated single layer soundproof structure has an opening portion, it is possible to provide a soundproof structure which has air permeability so that wind and heat can pass therethrough and accordingly has no heat thereinside.
In particular, according to the present invention, in the soundproof structure of a two-layer structure in which single layer soundproof structures having different conditions of at least one of the frame, the film, or the opening portion are laminated, in a case where the distance between two layers is made small, it is possible to obtain a sound insulation effect at an extremely low frequency compared with the shielding frequency of the soundproof cell of the original single layer soundproof structure. In addition, the effect of shifting to the low frequency by reducing the volume of the laminated soundproof structure is a theoretically new effect opposite to the conventional acoustic theory, and it is possible to shield low frequencies, which have been difficult to shield, with light weight and small size. Therefore, this is highly practicable.
According to the present invention, since the soundproof effect is determined by the hardness, density, and thickness among the physical properties of the film and does not depend on the other physical properties, a combination with other various excellent physical properties, such as flame retardancy, high transparency, biocompatibility, and radio wave transparency, is possible.
For example, for the radio wave transparency, the radio wave transparency is secured by a combination of a dielectric film and a frame material having no electrical conductivity, such as acrylic, and on the other hand, radio waves can be shielded by covering the entire surface with a metal film or a frame material having a large electrical conductivity, such as aluminum.
Hereinafter, a soundproof structure according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying diagrams.
In the soundproof structure according to the present invention, in two single layer soundproof structures forming a laminated soundproof structure, conditions of a soundproof cell of one single layer soundproof structure and conditions of a soundproof cell of the other single layer soundproof structure, specifically, conditions of at least one of a frame, a film, or an opening portion configured to include one or more holes are different. That is, acoustic conditions thereof are different. For example, acoustic spectra (transmission loss spectra) thereof are different. In the following description, a case where the sizes of holes of opening portions, each of which is configured to include one hole formed in a film, are different and a case of a combination of the presence or absence of holes in the film will be described as representative examples. The present invention is not limited to these cases, and the number of holes may be different, the frame size may be different, at least one of the shape or the material of each frame may be different, at least one of the thickness or the material of each film may be different, as long as the acoustic spectrum of each soundproof cell can be made different. In the present invention, in a case where there is no hole in the film, it is assumed that the hole size is infinitely small. Accordingly, a case of a combination of the presence or absence of holes in the film may be included in a case where the hole size is different.
A soundproof structure 10 of the present invention shown in
The single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b) in the illustrated example has: a frame body 16 forming a plurality of frames 14 (in the illustrated example, the same four frames 14) each of which has the same through-hole 12 and which are arranged in a two-dimensional manner; a sheet-shaped film body 20 forming a plurality of films 18 (in the illustrated example, the same four films 18 arranged within the two-dimensional plane) which are fixed to the respective frames 14 so as to cover the through-holes 12 of the respective frames 14; and a plurality of opening portions 24 (24a, 24b) (in the illustrated example, four opening portions 24 (24a, 24b)) each of which includes one or more holes 22 (22a, 22b) (in the illustrated example, one hole 22 (22a, 22b)) drilled so as to penetrate through the film 18 in each frame 14.
In the present invention, each of the four opening portions 24a of the single layer soundproof structure 30a is configured to include one hole 22a, and each of the four opening portions 24b of the single layer soundproof structure 30b is configured to include one hole 22b. However, the hole 22a of the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the hole 22b of the single layer soundproof structure 30b have different hole sizes, that is, hole diameters.
Here, the sheet-shaped film body 20 may cover the entire surface of the frame body 16, may cover only a part thereof, or may protrude from the frame body 16.
In the single layer soundproof structure 30a, one frame 14, the film 18 fixed to the frame 14, and the opening portion 24a provided in the film 18 form one soundproof cell 26a. In the single layer soundproof structure 30b, one frame 14, the film 18 fixed to the frame 14, and the opening portion 24b provided in the film 18 form one soundproof cell 26b. Therefore, the single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b) used in the present invention is formed by a plurality of soundproof cells 26 (26a, 26b) (in the illustrated example, four soundproof cells 26 (26a, 26b)).
Although the single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b) of the illustrated example is formed by a plurality of soundproof cells 26 (26a, 26b). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be formed by one soundproof cell 26 (26a, 26b) configured to include one frame 14, one film 18, and one opening portion 24 (24a, 24b).
In the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention shown in
In the soundproof structure 10 shown in
In the illustrated example, the frame body 16 forming each frame 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the frame body 16 forming each frame 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30b are separated from each other by the film body 20 forming the film 18. However, as a frame structure in which both the frame bodies 16 are continuous, a configuration in which the film 18 is fixed to the frame body 16 of the continuous frame structure may be adopted.
The soundproof structure 10 shown in
In the present invention, as in a soundproof structure 10B according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in
The spacer 32 shown in
As shown in
In the soundproof structure 10B shown in
The single layer soundproof structure 30a and 30b and the spacer 32 of the soundproof structure 10B shown in
In the soundproof structure 10C shown in
The soundproof structure 10B shown in
Also in the soundproof structure 10D shown in
As described above, in at least some of the soundproof cells 26 of the laminated single layer soundproof structure 30 of each laminated soundproof structure of the soundproof structures 10 and 10A to 10D of the present invention, it is preferable that the space between the films 18 of the soundproof cells 26 laminated so as to be adjacent to each other is blocked by the frame 14 of the spacer 32.
In the soundproof structures 10B to 10D described above, as shown in
In such a soundproof structure having the configuration shown in
In the soundproof structure shown in
In the example described above, in the soundproof cells 26a and 26b of the laminated single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b of the laminated soundproof structure described above, the hole 22a of the opening portion 24a and the hole 22b of the opening portion 24b drilled in each of those films 18 are different in size, and their centers match each other, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In at least some of the soundproof cells 26a and 26b of the laminated single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b, it is preferable that the hole 22a of the opening portion 24a and the hole 22b of the opening portion 24b drilled in the respective films 18 partially overlap each other as viewed from the lamination direction. However, as the characteristics of the soundproof cell used in the present invention, acoustic characteristics hardly depend on the position of the hole on the film (refer to JP2015-121994 filed by the present applicant). Therefore, even if the holes do not overlap each other as viewed from the lamination direction, the effect is maintained.
In the above examples, only one spacer 32 is used between the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the single layer soundproof structure 30b and only one spacer 33 is used between the single layer soundproof structure 30c and the single layer soundproof structure 30b. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the spacer 32 may be used between the single layer soundproof structures 30c and 30b, or the spacer 33 may be used between the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b. In addition, one or more spacers 32 or 33 may be used according to the inter-film distance between the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b or the inter-film distance between the single layer soundproof structures 30c and 30b, or the spacers 32 and 33 may be simultaneously used in combination.
In the soundproof structures 10 and 10A to 10F described above, a two-layer structure of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b or a two-layer structure of the single layer soundproof structures 30c and 30b is adopted, but the present invention is not limited thereto. As long as two or more of the single layer soundproof structures 30a, 30b, and 30c are used, a two-layer structure of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30c may be adopted, or single layer soundproof structures 30 (30a, 30b, 30c) of three or more layers may be laminated. It is needless to say that one or more spacers 32 and 33 may be used for adjustment of the inter-film distance in such a laminated soundproof structure of three or more layers.
A soundproof structure 10G shown in
The laminated structure of the single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b, 30c) in the soundproof structures 10 and 10A to 10G of the present invention is configured as described above. Hereinafter, in a case where the soundproof structures 10 and 10A to 10G are the same and it is not necessary to distinguish these from each other, the soundproof structures 10 and 10A to 10G will be represented by the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention.
Next, each component of the single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b, 30c) that forms the soundproof structure of the present invention will be described.
Since the frame 14 is formed so as to annularly surround a thick plate-shaped member 16, has the through-hole 12 thereinside, and fixes the film 18 so as to cover the through-hole 12 on at least one side, the frame 14 serves as a node of film vibration of the film 18 fixed to the frame 14. Therefore, the frame 14 has higher stiffness than the film 18. Specifically, both the mass and the stiffness of the frame 14 per unit area need to be high.
It is preferable that the shape of the frame 14 has a closed continuous shape capable of fixing the film 18 so as to restrain the entire outer periphery of the film 18. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the frame 14 may be made to have a discontinuous shape by cutting a part thereof as long as the frame 14 serves as a node of film vibration of the film 18 fixed to the frame 14. That is, since the role of the frame 14 is to fix the film 18 to control the film vibration, the effect is achieved even if there are small cuts in the frame 14 or even if there are very slightly unbonded parts.
The geometric form of the through-hole 12 formed by the frame 14 is a planar shape (in the example shown in
The size of the frame 14 is a size in plan view, and can be defined as the size of the through-hole 12. However, in the case of a regular polygon such as a square shown in
In the single layer soundproof structure 30, the size of the frame 14 may be fixed in all frames 14. However, frames having different sizes (including a case where shapes are different) may be included. In this case, the average size of the frames 14 may be used as the size of the frame 14.
The size of the frame 14 is not particularly limited, and may be set according to a soundproofing target to which the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention formed by laminating the single layer soundproof structure 30 is applied, for example, a copying machine, a blower, air conditioning equipment, a ventilator, a pump, a generator, a duct, industrial equipment including various kinds of manufacturing equipment capable of emitting sound such as a coating machine, a rotary machine, and a conveyor machine, transportation equipment such as an automobile, a train, and aircraft, and general household equipment such as a refrigerator, a washing machine, a dryer, a television, a copying machine, a microwave oven, a game machine, an air conditioner, a fan, a PC, a vacuum cleaner, and an air purifier.
The soundproof structure 10 itself can also be used like a partition in order to shield sound from a plurality of noise sources. Also in this case, the size of the frame 14 can be selected from the frequency of the target noise.
Although the details will be described later, it is preferable to reduce the size of the frame 14 in order to obtain the natural vibration mode of the structure configured to include the frame 14 and the film 18 on the high frequency side.
Although the details will be described later, in the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b, in order to prevent sound leakage due to diffraction at the shielding peak of the soundproof cells 26a and 26b due to the opening portion 24 (24a, 24b) that is configured to the include holes 22 (22a, 22b) provided in the film 18, it is preferable that the average size of the frame 14 is equal to or less than the wavelength size corresponding to a shielding peak frequency to be described later.
For example, the size of the frame 14 is preferably 0.5 mm to 200 mm, more preferably 1 mm to 100 mm, and most preferably 2 mm to 30 mm.
The size of the frame 14 is preferably expressed by an average size, for example, in a case where different sizes are included in each frame 14.
In addition, the width and the thickness of the frame 14 are not particularly limited as long as the film 18 can be fixed so as to be reliably restrained and accordingly the film 18 can be reliably supported. For example, the width and the thickness of the frame 14 can be set according to the size of the frame 14.
For example, in a case where the size of the frame 14 is 0.5 mm to 50 mm, the width of the frame 14 is preferably 0.5 mm to 20 mm, more preferably 0.7 mm to 10 mm, and most preferably 1 mm to 5 mm.
In a case where the ratio of the width of the frame 14 to the size of the frame 14 is too large, the area ratio of the frame 14 with respect to the entire structure increases. Accordingly, there is a concern that the device will become heavy. On the other hand, in a case where the ratio is too small, it is difficult to strongly fix the film with an adhesive or the like in the frame 14 portion.
In a case where the size of the frame 14 exceeds 50 mm and is equal to or less than 200 mm, the width of the frame 14 is preferably 1 mm to 100 mm, more preferably 3 mm to 50 mm, and most preferably 5 mm to 20 mm.
In addition, the thickness of the frame 14 is preferably 0.5 mm to 200 mm, more preferably 0.7 mm to 100 mm, and most preferably 1 mm to 50 mm.
It is preferable that the width and the thickness of the frame 14 are expressed by an average width and an average thickness, respectively, for example, in a case where different widths and thicknesses are included in each frame 14.
In the present invention, it is preferable that a plurality of frames 14, that is, two or more frames 14 are formed as the frame body 16 arranged so as to be connected in a two-dimensional manner, preferably, as one frame body 16.
Here, the number of frames 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30 used in the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention, that is, the number of frames 14 forming the frame body 16 in the illustrated example, is not particularly limited, and may be set according to the above-described soundproofing target of the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention. Alternatively, since the size of the frame 14 described above is set according to the above-described soundproofing target, the number of frames 14 may be set according to the size of the frame 14.
For example, in the case of in-device noise shielding (reflection and/or absorption), the number of frames 14 is preferably 1 to 10000, more preferably 2 to 5000, and most preferably 4 to 1000.
The reason is as follows. For the size of general equipment, the size of the equipment is fixed. Accordingly, in order to make the size of one soundproof cell 26 (26a, 26b, 26c) suitable for the frequency of noise, it is often necessary to perform shielding (reflection and/or absorption) with the frame body 16 obtained by combining a plurality of soundproof cells 26. In addition, by increasing the number of soundproof cells 26 too much, the total weight is increased by the weight of the frame 14. On the other hand, in a structure such as a partition that is not limited in size, it is possible to freely select the number of frames 14 according to the required overall size.
In addition, since one soundproof cell 26 has one frame 14 as a constitutional unit, the number of frames 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30, accordingly, the number of frames 14 of the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention can be said to be the number of soundproof cells 26.
The material of the frame 14, that is, the material of the frame body 16, is not particularly limited as long as the material can support the film 18, has a suitable strength in the case of being applied to the above soundproofing target, and is resistant to the soundproof environment of the soundproofing target, and can be selected according to the soundproofing target and the soundproof environment. For example, as materials of the frame 14, metal materials such as aluminum, titanium, magnesium, tungsten, iron, steel, chromium, chromium molybdenum, nichrome molybdenum, and alloys thereof, resin materials such as acrylic resins, polymethyl methacrylate, polycarbonate, polyamideide, polyarylate, polyether imide, polyacetal, polyether ether ketone, polyphenylene sulfide, polysulfone, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyimide, and triacetyl cellulose, carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), carbon fiber, and glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) can be mentioned.
A plurality of materials of the frame 14 may be used in combination.
In the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention, in the two single layer soundproof structures 30 forming the laminated soundproof structure, the size of the hole 22 is made different (including the presence or absence of the hole 22). However, the size of the hole 22 may be the same, and at least one of the size or the material of the frame 14 may be made different.
Since the film 18 is fixed so as to be restrained by the frame 14 so as to cover the through-hole 12 inside the frame 14, the film 18 vibrates in response to sound waves from the outside. By absorbing or reflecting the energy of sound waves, the sound is insulated. For this reason, it is preferable that the film 18 is impermeable to air.
Incidentally, since the film 18 needs to vibrate with the frame 14 as a node, it is necessary that the film 18 is fixed to the frame 14 so as to be reliably restrained by the frame 14 and accordingly becomes an antinode of film vibration, thereby absorbing or reflecting the energy of sound waves to insulate sound. For this reason, it is preferable that the film 18 is formed of a flexible elastic material.
Therefore, the shape of the film 18 is the shape of the through-hole 12 of the frame 14. In addition, the size of the film 18 is the size of the frame 14. More specifically, the size of the film 18 can be said to be the size of the through-hole 12 of the frame 14.
As shown in
Here, the first natural vibration frequency of the film 18, which is fixed so as to be restrained by the frame 14, in the structure configured to include the frame 14 and the film 18 is the frequency of the natural vibration mode at which the sound wave most vibrates the film vibration due to the resonance phenomenon. The sound wave is largely transmitted at the frequency.
According to the finding of the present inventors, in the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b, the holes 22a and 22b forming the opening portions 24a and 24b are drilled in the film 18 as through-holes. Therefore, as shown in
Accordingly, in the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b, the shielding (transmission loss) becomes a peak (maximum) at the shielding peak frequency. As a result, it is possible to selectively insulate sound in a certain frequency band centered on the shielding peak frequency.
In the present invention, since at least one of the single layer soundproof structure 30a or the single layer soundproof structure 30b is used, first, it is possible to increase the shielding of sound and to control the peak of shielding. In addition to these features, there is a feature that the absorption of sound (energy of sound waves) appears on the lower frequency side due to the effect of the through-hole 22 (22a and 22b).
For example, in the example shown in
In addition, a method of measuring the transmission loss (dB) in the single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b, 30c) and the soundproof structure 10 (10A to 10C) of the present invention will be described later.
Therefore, in order to set the shielding peak frequency depending on the opening portion 24 (22a, 22b) configured to include one or more holes 22 (22a, 22b) to an arbitrary frequency within the audible range in the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b each of which is configured to include the frame 14 and the film 18, it is important to obtain the natural vibration mode on the high frequency side if possible. In particular, this is practically important. For this reason, it is preferable to make the film 18 thick, it is preferable to increase the Young's modulus of the material of the film 18, and it is preferable to reduce the size of the frame 14, accordingly, the size of the film 18 as described above. That is, in the present invention, these preferable conditions are important.
Therefore, the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b comply with the stiffness law. In order to shield sound waves at frequencies lower than the first natural vibration frequency of the film 18 fixed to the frame 14, the first natural vibration frequency of the film 18 is preferably 10 Hz to 100000 Hz corresponding to the sound wave sensing range of a human being, more preferably 20 Hz to 20000 Hz that is the audible range of sound waves of a human being, even more preferably 40 Hz to 16000 Hz, most preferably 100 Hz to 12000 Hz.
The thickness of the film 18 is not particularly limited as long as the film can vibrate by absorbing or reflecting the energy of sound waves to insulate sound. However, it is preferable to make the film 18 thick in order to obtain a natural vibration mode on the high frequency side. In the present invention, for example, the thickness of the film 18 can be set according to the size of the frame 14, that is, the size of the film.
For example, in a case where the size of the frame 14 is 0.5 mm to 50 mm, the thickness of the film 18 is preferably 0.005 mm (5 μm) to 5 mm, more preferably 0.007 mm (7 μm) to 2 mm, and most preferably 0.01 mm (10 μm) to 1 mm.
In a case where the size of the frame 14 exceeds 50 mm and is equal to or less than 200 mm, the thickness of the film 18 is preferably 0.01 mm (10 μm) to 20 mm, more preferably 0.02 mm (20 μm) to 10 mm, and most preferably 0.05 mm (50 μm) to 5 mm.
The thickness of the film 18 is preferably expressed by an average thickness, for example, in a case where the thickness of one film 18 is different or in a case where different thicknesses are included in each film 18.
In the single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b, 30c), the first natural vibration frequency of the film 18 in the structure configured to include the frame 14 and the film 18 can be determined by the geometric form of the frame 14 of a plurality of soundproof cells 26, for example, the shape and size of the frame 14, and the stiffness of the film of the plurality of soundproof cells, for example, thickness and flexibility of the film.
As a parameter characterizing the first natural vibration mode of the film 18, in the case of the film 18 of the same material, a ratio between the thickness (t) of the film 18 and the square of the size (a) of the frame 14 can be used. For example, in the case of a square, a ratio [a2/t] between the size of one side and the square (t) of the size (a) of the frame 14 can be used. In a case where the ratio [a2/t] is the same, for example, in a case where (t, a) is (50 μm, 7.5 mm) and a case where (t, a) is (200 μm, 15 mm), the first natural vibration mode is the same frequency, that is, the same first natural vibration frequency. That is, by setting the ratio [a2/t] to a fixed value, the scale law is established. Accordingly, an appropriate size can be selected.
The Young's modulus of the film 18 is not particularly limited as long as the film has elasticity capable of vibrating in order to insulate sound by absorbing or reflecting the energy of sound waves. However, it is preferable to set the Young's modulus of the film 18 to be large in order to obtain a natural vibration mode on the high frequency side. For example, the Young's modulus of the film 18 can be set according to the size of the frame 14, that is, the size of the film in the present invention.
For example, the Young's modulus of the film 18 is preferably 1000 Pa to 3000 GPa, more preferably 10000 Pa to 2000 GPa, and most preferably 1 MPa to 1000 GPa.
The density of the film 18 is not particularly limited either as long as the film can vibrate by absorbing or reflecting the energy of sound waves to insulate sound. For example, the density of the film 18 is preferably 10 kg/m3 to 30000 kg/m3, more preferably 100 kg/m3 to 20000 kg/m3, and most preferably 500 kg/m3 to 10000 kg/m3.
In a case where a film-shaped material or a foil-shaped material is used as a material of the film 18, the material of the film 18 is not particularly limited as long as the material has a strength in the case of being applied to the above soundproofing target and is resistant to the soundproof environment of the soundproofing target so that the film 18 can vibrate by absorbing or reflecting the energy of sound waves to insulate sound, and can be selected according to the soundproofing target, the soundproof environment, and the like. Examples of the material of the film 18 include resin materials that can be made into a film shape such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyimide, polymethylmethacrylate, polycarbonate, acrylic (PMMA), polyamideide, polyarylate, polyetherimide, polyacetal, polyetheretherketone, polyphenylene sulfide, polysulfone, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyimide, triacetyl cellulose, polyvinylidene chloride, low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, aromatic polyamide, silicone resin, ethylene ethyl acrylate, vinyl acetate copolymer, polyethylene, chlorinated polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polymethyl pentene, and polybutene, metal materials that can be made into a foil shape such as aluminum, chromium, titanium, stainless steel, nickel, tin, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, zirconium, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iron, copper, and permalloy, fibrous materials such as paper and cellulose, and materials or structures capable of forming a thin structure such as a nonwoven fabric, a film containing nano-sized fiber, porous materials including thinly processed urethane or synthrate, and carbon materials processed into a thin film structure.
The film 18 may be individually fixed to each of the plurality of frames 14 of the frame body 16 of the single layer soundproof structure 30 to form the sheet-shaped film body 20 as a whole. Conversely, each film 18 covering each frame 14 may be formed by one sheet-shaped film body 20 fixed so as to cover all the frames 14. That is, a plurality of films 18 may be formed by one sheet-shaped film body 20 covering a plurality of frames 14. Alternatively, the film 18 covering each frame 14 may be formed by fixing a sheet-shaped film body to a part of the frame 14 so as to cover some of the plurality of frames 14, and the sheet-shaped film body 20 covering all of the plurality of frames 14 (all frames 14) may be formed by using some of these sheet-shaped film bodies.
In addition, the film 18 is fixed to the frame 14 so as to cover an opening on at least one side of the through-hole 12 of the frame 14. That is, the film 18 may be fixed to the frame 14 so as to cover openings on one side, the other side, or both sides of the through-hole 12 of the frame 14.
Here, all the films 18 may be provided on the same side of the through-holes 12 of the plurality of frames 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30. Alternatively, some of the films 18 may be provided on one side of each of some of the through-holes 12 of the plurality of frames 14, and the remaining films 18 may be provided on the other side of each of the remaining some through-holes 12 of the plurality of frames 14.
The method of fixing the film 18 to the frame 14 is not particularly limited. Any method may be used as long as the film 18 can be fixed to the frame 14 so as to serve as a node of film vibration. For example, a method using an adhesive, a method using a physical fixture, and the like can be mentioned.
In the method of using an adhesive, an adhesive is applied onto the surface of the frame 14 surrounding the through-hole 12 and the film 18 is placed thereon, so that the film 18 is fixed to the frame 14 with the adhesive. Examples of the adhesive include epoxy-based adhesives (Araldite (registered trademark) (manufactured by Nichiban Co., Ltd.) and the like), cyanoacrylate-based adhesives (Aron Alpha (registered trademark) (manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd.) and the like), and acrylic-based adhesives.
As a method using a physical fixture, a method can be mentioned in which the film 18 disposed so as to cover the through-hole 12 of the frame 14 is interposed between the frame 14 and a fixing member, such as a rod, and the fixing member is fixed to the frame 14 by using a fixture, such as a screw.
In the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention, in the two single layer soundproof structures 30 forming the laminated soundproof structure, the size of the hole 22 is made different (including the presence or absence of the hole 22). However, the size of the hole 22 may be the same, and at least one of the thickness or the material of the film 18 may be made different.
In the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b, the film 18, that is, the soundproof cells 26a and 26b have the opening portion 24 (24a, 24b) configured to include one or more holes 22 (22a, 22b).
In the present invention, as shown in
In the following description, in a case where the holes 22a and 22b are the same and it is not necessary to distinguish these from each other, the two holes 22a and 22b will be collectively described as the hole 22. Similarly, in a case where the opening portions 24a and 24b are the same and it is not necessary to distinguish these from each other, the two opening portions 24a and 24b will be collectively described as the opening portion 24.
The shielding peak frequency appears due to the hole 22 of the opening portion 24 on the lower frequency side than the first natural vibration frequency that mainly depends on the film 18 of each of the soundproof cells 26a and 26b of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b. The shielding peak frequency is determined according to the size of the opening portion 24 with respect to the size of the frame 14 (or the film 18), specifically, the opening ratio of the opening portion 24 that is the ratio of the total area of the hole 22 to the area of the through-hole 12 (or the film 18 that covers the through-hole 12) of the frame 14.
Here, as shown in
That is, the sound insulation characteristics of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b are not changed simply by changing the drilling position of the hole 22.
In the present invention, however, it is preferable that the through-hole 22 is drilled in a region within a range away from the fixed end of the peripheral portion of the through-hole 12 more than 20% of the size of the surface of the film 18. Most preferably, the through-hole 22 is provided at the center of the film 18.
As shown in
In the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b and the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention using these, from the viewpoint of air permeability, as shown in
On the other hand, in a case where there is a plurality of holes 22 in one film 18, the sound insulation characteristics of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b indicate sound insulation characteristics corresponding to the total area of the plurality of holes 22, that is, the area of the opening portion 24. That is, the sound insulation characteristics of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b of the present invention indicate a corresponding sound insulation peak (shielding peak) at the corresponding sound insulation peak frequency (shielding peak frequency). Therefore, it is preferable that the area of the opening portion 24, which is the total area of the plurality of holes 22 in one film 18 (or the soundproof cells 26a and 26b) is equal to the area of the opening portion 24, which is the area of one hole 22 that is only provided in another film 18 (or the soundproof cells 26a and 26b). However, the present invention is not limited thereto.
In a case where the opening ratio of the opening portion 24 in the film 18 (the area ratio of the opening portion 24 to the area of the film 18 covering the through-hole 12 (the ratio of the total area of all the holes 22)) is the same, the same single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b are obtained with the single hole 22 and the plurality of holes 22. Accordingly, even if the size of the hole 22 is fixed to any size, it is possible to manufacture soundproof structures corresponding to various frequency bands.
In the present invention, the opening ratio (area ratio) of the opening portion 24 in the film 18 is not particularly limited, and may be set according to the sound insulation frequency band to be selectively insulated. The opening ratio (area ratio) of the opening portion 24 in the film 18 is preferably 0.000001% to 70%, more preferably 0.000005% to 50%, and most preferably 0.00001% to 30%. By setting the opening ratio of the opening portion 24 within the above range, it is possible to determine the sound insulation peak frequency, which is the center of the sound insulation frequency band to be selectively insulated, and the transmission loss at the sound insulation peak.
From the viewpoint of manufacturing suitability, it is preferable that each of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b has a plurality of holes 22 of the same size in one film 18. That is, it is preferable that the opening portion 24 of each film 18 is configured to include a plurality of holes 22 of the same size.
In addition, in the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b, it is preferable that the holes 22 forming the opening portions 24 of all the films 18 (soundproof cells 26a and 26b) have the same size.
In the present invention, it is preferable that the hole 22 is drilled using a processing method for absorbing energy, for example, laser processing, or it is preferable that the hole 22 is drilled using a mechanical processing method based on physical contact, for example, punching or needle processing.
Therefore, in a case where a plurality of holes 22 in one film 18 or one or a plurality of holes 22 in all the films 18 are made to have the same size, in the case of drilling holes by laser processing, punching, or needle processing, it is possible to continuously drill holes without changing the setting of a processing apparatus or the processing strength.
In the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b, the size of the hole 22 in the film 18 (soundproof cells 26a and 26b) may be different for each film 18. In a case where there are holes 22 having different sizes for each film 18 as described above, sound insulation characteristics corresponding to the average area of the areas of the holes 22, that is, a corresponding sound insulation peak at the corresponding sound insulation peak frequency is shown.
In addition, it is preferable that 70% or more of the opening portion 24 of each film 18 of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b is formed by holes having the same size.
The size of the hole 22 forming the opening portion 24 may be any size as long as the hole 22 can be appropriately drilled by the above-described processing method, and is not particularly limited. However, the size of the hole 22 forming the opening portion 24 needs to be different between the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the single layer soundproof structure 30b.
However, from the viewpoint of processing accuracy of laser processing such as accuracy of laser diaphragm, processing accuracy of punching or needle processing, manufacturing suitability such as easiness of processing, and the like, the size of the hole 22 on the lower limit side thereof is preferably 2 μm or more, more preferably 5 μm or more, and most preferably 10 μm or more.
However, of course, this is not required unless the hole size is regarded as infinitely small and the hole cannot be opened.
The upper limit of the size of the hole 22 needs to be smaller than the size of the frame 14. Therefore, normally, in a case where the size of the frame 14 is set to the order of mm and the size of the hole 22 is set to the order of μm, the upper limit of the size of the hole 22 does not exceed the size of the frame 14. In a case where the upper limit of the size of the hole 22 exceeds the size of the frame 14, the upper limit of the size of the hole 22 may be set to be equal to or less than the size of the frame 14.
The single layer soundproof structure used in the present invention is basically configured as described above.
Incidentally, the soundproof structure of the present invention is a laminated soundproof structure formed by laminating two or more single layer soundproof structures, of which conditions of the soundproof cells described above, that is, conditions of a frame, a film, and an opening portion configured to include holes are different, accordingly, acoustic conditions are different, in a plurality of layers, so that it is possible to obtain the desired shielding peak, to realize shielding of a plurality of sounds and/or widening of the band of sound insulation due to a plurality of peaks in shielding, and to easily adjust the shielding frequency according to noise.
In the related art, a single layer soundproof structure having a soundproof cell including a frame, a film, and a hole (opening portion) has a large feature in that it is possible to shield a specific sound while maintaining air permeability or thermal conductivity. In the soundproof structure of the present invention, however, by laminating a single layer soundproof structure having such a feature and having at least one of the conditions of a frame, a film, and a hole (opening portion) that is different, the feature of the shielding of specific sound is further extended to improve the sound insulation performance.
In the present invention, in a case where the conditions of at least one of the frame, the film, or the hole (opening portion) of the laminated soundproof cell are made different, the average of the shift amount of the first natural vibration frequency and the shielding peak frequency of the acoustic spectrum (transmission loss spectrum) between the soundproof cells of the laminated single layer soundproof structure of the laminated soundproof structure is preferably more than 10%, more preferably 15% or more, and even more preferably 20% or more.
The reason why the average of the shift amount is limited to the above range is that, in a case where the average value of the shift amount is 10% or less, the acoustic spectra become close to each other and the conditions of the frame, the film, and the hole (opening portion) becomes the same and as a result, it is not possible to obtain the above-described effect of the laminated soundproof structure.
In a case where the soundproof cells of each single layer soundproof structure of the laminated soundproof structure are a plurality of soundproof cells arranged in a two-dimensional manner, it is more preferable that 60% or more of the soundproof cells of each single layer soundproof structure is configured to include a frame, a film, and a hole (opening portion) having the same size.
In the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention, as shown in
Incidentally, since the wavelength of the sound is in the order of several centimeters to several meters, sufficient interference occurs at the normal inter-film distance of the soundproof structure of the present invention, for example, the inter-film distance between two layers.
Basically, even in a single layer soundproof structure or a laminated soundproof structure, the shielding frequency of the soundproof structure is different in a case where the conditions of the frame, the film, and the hole (opening portion) of the soundproof cell are different. The present inventors have found that, in a conventional single layer soundproof structure within the same two-dimensional plane, for example, even if soundproof cells under two conditions in which the frame and film conditions are the same and only the hole sizes are different are arranged within the same plane, there is only one shielding peak and widening of a band does not occur as shown in
On the other hand, in a laminated soundproof structure having a two-layer film structure configured to include laminated single layer soundproof structures as in the present invention, in a case where two conditions of different hole sizes are assumed, each shielding peak appears together as intended as shown in
That is, it is preferable that the laminated soundproof structure of the present invention has two or more shielding peak frequencies, at which the transmission loss is maximized, by laminating single layer soundproof structures, of which acoustic conditions are different due to one or more of the frame, the film, and the hole (opening portion) of soundproof cells being different, in two or more layers.
In the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention, it is preferable that the inter-film distance between the two laminated single layer soundproof structures 30 (30a and 30b, 30b and 30c, 30a and 30c) of the laminated soundproof structure is less than the wavelength (size) of the shielding peak at which the transmission loss is maximized.
It is preferable that the laminated soundproof structure of the soundproof structure of the present invention has one or more maximum values of an absorbance on a lower frequency side than a maximum value of the transmission loss on a lower frequency side than the first natural vibration frequency of each of the two laminated single layer soundproof structures, which is determined by the hole (opening portion) of the film of each of the laminated soundproof cells, by laminating single layer soundproof structures, of which acoustic conditions are different due to one or more of the frame, the film, and the hole (opening portion) of soundproof cells being different, in two or more layers. For example, in the present invention, as shown in
Incidentally, in the soundproof structure 10 (10A to 10G) of the present invention and the single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b, 30c), the present inventors have found that, assuming that the circle equivalent radius of the soundproof cell 26 (26a, 26b, 26c), that is, the frame 14 is R2 (m), the thickness of the film 18 is t2 (m), the Young's modulus of the film 18 is E2 (Pa), and the density of the film 18 is d (kg/m3), the parameter B (gym) expressed by the following Equation (1) and the first natural vibration frequency (Hz) of the structure configured to include the frame 14 and the film 18 of the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention, that is, the single layer soundproof structure 30 has a substantially linear relationship and are expressed by the following Equation (2) as shown in
B=t2/R22*√(E2/d) (1)
y=0.7278x0.9566 (2)
Here, y is the first natural vibration frequency (Hz), and x is the parameter B. y may be used as the first resonance frequency (Hz) of the laminated soundproof structure of the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention, but will be described as a representative of the first natural vibration frequency (Hz).
Incidentally,
From the above, in the single layer soundproof structure 30, by standardizing the circle equivalent radius R2 (m) of the soundproof cell 26, the thickness t2 (m) of the film 18, the Young's modulus E2 (Pa) of the film 18, and the density d (kg/m3) of the film 18 with the parameter B (√m), a point representing the relationship between the parameter B and the first natural vibration frequency (Hz) of the single layer soundproof structure 30 on the two-dimensional (xy) coordinates is expressed by the above Equation (3) regarded as a substantially linear equation. Therefore, it can be seen that all points are on substantially the same straight line. In addition, both R2 and R1 represent the circle equivalent radius of the soundproof cell 26, but there is a relationship of R2=103×R1. In addition, both t2 and t1 represent the thickness of the film 18, but there is a relationship of t2=106×t1. In addition, both E2 and E1 represent the Young's modulus of the film 18, but there is a relationship of E1=109×E2.
Table 1 shows the values of the parameter B corresponding to a plurality of values of the first natural vibration frequency from 10 Hz to 100000 Hz.
As is apparent from Table 1, the parameter B corresponds to the first natural vibration frequency. Therefore, in the present invention, the parameter B is preferably 1.547×10 (=15.47) to 2.350×105 (23500), more preferably 3.194×10 (=31.94) to 4.369×104 (43960), even more preferably 6.592×10 (=65.92) to 3.460×104 (34600), and most preferably 1.718×102 (=171.8) to 2.562×104 (25620).
By using the parameter B standardized as described above, it is possible to determine the lamination shielding peak frequency in the laminated soundproof structure of the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention or the single layer soundproof structure 30 or the first resonance frequency or the first natural vibration frequency that is an upper limit on the high frequency side of the shielding peak frequency, and it is possible to determine the lamination shielding peak frequency or the shielding peak frequency that is the center of the frequency band to be selectively insulated. Conversely, by using the parameter B, it is possible to set the single layer soundproof structure 30 having a first natural vibration frequency that can have a shielding peak frequency that is the center of the frequency band to be selectively insulated or the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention having a first resonance frequency that can have a lamination shielding peak frequency.
The present inventors have found that, in the laminated soundproof structure of the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention or the single layer soundproof structure 30, the first resonance frequency or the first natural vibration frequency is determined by the structure configured to include the frame 14 and the film 18, and the lamination shielding peak frequency or the shielding peak frequency at which the transmission loss reaches its peak is determined depending on the opening portion formed by the holes 22 drilled in the film of the structure configured to include the frame 14 and the film 18.
Here, the present inventors have found that, in the laminated soundproof structure of the soundproof structure 10 (10A to 10G) of the present invention or the single layer soundproof structure 30a or 30b, assuming that the circle equivalent radius of the soundproof cell 26a or 26b, that is, the frame 14 is R1 (mm), the thickness of the film 18 is t1 (μm), the Young's modulus of the film 18 is E1 (GPa), and the circle equivalent radius of the opening portion 24a or 24b is r (μm), the parameter A expressed by the following Equation (3) and the lamination shielding peak frequency of the laminated soundproof structure of the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention or the shielding peak vibration frequency (Hz) of the single layer soundproof structure 30a or 30b have a substantially linear relationship, are expressed by a substantially linear equation, and are present on substantially the same straight line on the two-dimensional coordinates as shown in
A=√(E1)*(t11.2)*(ln(r)−e)/(R12.8) (3)
Here, e is the number of Napier, and ln(x) is the logarithm of x with base e.
Here, it is assumed that, in a case where a plurality of opening portions 24a or 24b are present in the soundproof cell 26, the circle equivalent radius r is calculated from the total area of a plurality of opening portions.
In addition,
In the laminated soundproof structure of the soundproof structure 10 of the present invention or the single layer soundproof structure 30, assuming that the first resonance frequency or the first natural vibration frequency is 10 Hz to 100000 Hz, the lamination shielding peak vibration frequency is a frequency equal to or lower than the first resonance frequency, or the shielding peak vibration frequency is a frequency equal to or lower than the first natural vibration frequency. Accordingly, Table 2 shows the values of the parameter A corresponding to a plurality of values of the lamination shielding peak vibration frequency or the shielding peak vibration frequency from 10 Hz to 100000 Hz.
As is apparent from Table 2, the parameter A corresponds to the first resonance frequency or the first natural vibration frequency. Therefore, in the present invention, the parameter A is preferably 0.07000 to 759.1, more preferably 0.1410 to 151.82, even more preferably 0.2820 to 121.5, most preferably 0.7050 to 91.09.
By using the parameter A standardized as described above, the shielding peak frequency or the lamination shielding peak frequency can be determined in the soundproof structure of the present invention, and the sound in a predetermined frequency band centered on the lamination shielding peak frequency can be selectively insulated. Conversely, by using the parameter A, it is possible to set the soundproof structure of the present invention having the lamination shielding peak frequency that is the center of the frequency band to be selectively insulated.
In the soundproof structure of the present invention, it is important that both the through-hole 22, through which sound can pass as an acoustic wave rather than vibration, and the film 18 as a vibration film, through which sound passes, are present.
Therefore, even in a state in which the through-hole 22 through which sound can pass is covered with a member allowing sound to pass therethrough as an acoustic wave traveling through the air instead of film vibration of sound, it is possible to obtain a peak of sound insulation similarly to the case where the through-hole 22 is open. Such a member is a generally air-permeable member.
As a representative member having such air permeability, a mesh net can be mentioned. As an example, an Amidology 30 mesh product manufactured by NBC Meshtec Inc. can be mentioned. However, the present inventors have confirmed that even if the through-hole 22 is closed by this, the obtained spectrum does not change.
The net may have a lattice form or a triangular lattice form. In particular, since the net does not depend on its shape, there is no limitation on the net. The size of the entire net may be larger or smaller than the size of the frame body of the present invention. In addition, the size of the net may be a size covering the through-hole 22 of the film 18 in a one-to-one manner. In addition, the net may be a net whose mesh has a size intended for so-called insect repelling, or may be a net that prevents the entry of more fine sand. The material may be a net formed of a synthetic resin, or may be a wire for crime prevention or radio wave shielding.
In addition, the above-described permeable member is not limited to the mesh net. In addition to the net, a nonwoven fabric material, a urethane material, Synthrate (manufactured by 3M Company), Breath Air (manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd.), Dot Air (manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc.), and the like can be mentioned. In the present invention, by covering the through-hole 22 with such a material having air permeability, it is possible to prevent insects or sand from passing through the hole, to ensure the privacy such that the inside can be seen from a part of the through-hole 22, and to ensure hiding.
The soundproof structure of the present invention may be a window member, a screen door member, or a blind, a curtain, or a partition used as a foldable structure, or may be a cage member having a rectangular parallelepiped shape or a side wall provided on the side surface of the road or the railroad track. It is preferable that the soundproof structure of the present invention has a mechanism for changing the inter-film distance between the two single layer soundproof structures.
The soundproof structure of the present invention is basically configured as described above.
Since the soundproof structure of the present invention is configured as described above, the soundproof structure of the present invention has features that it is possible to perform low frequency shielding, which has been difficult in conventional soundproof structures, and that it is possible to design a structure capable of strongly insulating noise of various frequencies from low frequencies to frequencies exceeding 1000 Hz. In addition, since the soundproof structure of the present invention is based on the sound insulation principle independent of the mass of the structure (mass law), it is possible to realize a very light and thin sound insulation structure compared with conventional soundproof structures. Therefore, the soundproof structure of the present invention can also be applied to a soundproofing target from which it has been difficult to sufficiently insulate sound with the conventional soundproof structures.
For example, even in a single layer soundproof structure configured to include a frame, a film, and a hole (opening portion), a shielding peak appeared at a low frequency less than the first resonance frequency. However, the shielding peak was only a single peak, and there was a problem in widening the band of sound insulation. In addition, outputting to frequencies for large absorption on the low frequency side was conventionally difficult.
For this reason, in the laminated soundproof structure of the present invention, by laminating single layer soundproof structures, of which acoustic conditions are different due to one or more of the frame, the film, and the hole (opening portion) of soundproof cells being different, in two or more layers, it is possible to make a plurality of shielding peaks appear. In addition, even on the low frequency side of the maximum value of the transmission loss, which was conventionally difficult, a large peak can be formed with respect to sound absorption (sound absorption rate).
In the present invention, arbitrary frequencies of low to medium frequencies within the audible range can be strongly shielded. However, since a soundproof cell having a lighter weight and having a hole is used, it is possible to provide a structure further having air permeability and heat conductivity. Therefore, the soundproof structure of the present invention has superior characteristics to the conventional soundproof structure.
By forming the laminated soundproof structure of the present invention as a laminated structure, in which single layer soundproof structures whose acoustic conditions are different due to one or more of the frame, the film, and the hole (opening portion) of soundproof cells being different are laminated in two or more layers, it is possible to exhibit the sound insulation performance in a broader band than in the conventional soundproof structure. The soundproof structure of the present invention is very effective as a device for realizing large shielding of low-frequency vibration, which has been rare in the related art, and is also very effective in soundproofing inside the duct or the like which is required in equipment makers and the like.
Compared with most conventional sound insulation materials such as the technique disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,395,898B (corresponding Japanese Patent Application Publication: JP2005-250474A), the soundproof structure of the present invention has a feature that a weight for making the sound insulation structure heavy by shielding based on the mass law in the related art is not required, there is manufacturing suitability simply by providing a hole in the film, and there is high robustness as a light sound insulation material.
Similarly to the single layer soundproof structure, the soundproof structure of the present invention does not require a weight that causes an increase in the mass compared with the sound attenuation panel and the structure disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,395,898B (corresponding Japanese Patent Application Publication: JP2005-250474A), it is possible to realize a lighter sound insulation structure.
In the soundproof structure of the present invention, it is possible to realize a strong sound insulation structure simply by drilling a hole in the film.
In the soundproof structure of the present invention, since a hole can be drilled in a film quickly and easily by laser processing or punch hole processing, there is manufacturing suitability.
In the soundproof structure of the present invention, since the sound insulation characteristics hardly depend on the position or the shape of a hole, there is an advantage that stability is high in manufacturing.
In the soundproof structure of the present invention, in the case of using a soundproof cell with a hole, since a hole is present, it is possible to realize a structure that shields, that is, reflects and/or absorbs sound while making a film have air permeability, that is, while allowing wind or heat to pass through the film.
In the soundproof structure of the present invention, since the single layer soundproof structure configured to include a frame, a film, and an opening portion (one or more holes) is laminated in two layers, the inter-film distance between the two layers can be used as a parameter. In addition, by changing the inter-film distance between the two layers, it is possible to easily change the shielding frequency and the width (band) thereof. This is also a great advantage in adjusting the frequency.
Hereinafter, the physical properties or characteristics of a structural member that can be combined with a soundproof member having the soundproof structure of the present invention will be described.
Hereinafter, a single layer soundproof structure laminated to form the multilayered laminated soundproof structure of the present invention will be described.
[Flame Retardancy]
In the case of using a soundproof member having the soundproof structure of the present invention as a soundproof material in a building or a device, flame retardancy is required.
Therefore, the film is preferably flame retardant. As the film, for example, Lumirror (registered trademark) nonhalogen flame-retardant type ZV series (manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc.) that is a flame-retardant PET film, Teijin Tetoron (registered trademark) UF (manufactured by Teijin Ltd.), and/or Dialamy (registered trademark) (manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics Co., Ltd.) that is a flame-retardant polyester film may be used.
The frame is also preferably a flame-retardant material. A metal such as aluminum, an inorganic material such as semilac, a glass material, flame-retardant polycarbonate (for example, PCMUPY 610 (manufactured by Takiron Co., Ltd.)), and/or flame-retardant plastics such as flame-retardant acrylic (for example, Acrylite (registered trademark) FR1 (manufactured by Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.)) can be mentioned.
As a method of fixing the film to the frame, a bonding method using a flame-retardant adhesive (Three Bond 1537 series (manufactured by Three Bond Co. Ltd.)) or solder or a mechanical fixing method, such as interposing a film between two frames so as to be fixed therebetween, is preferable.
[Heat Resistance]
There is a concern that the soundproofing characteristics may be changed due to the expansion and contraction of the structural member of the soundproof structure of the present invention due to an environmental temperature change. Therefore, the material forming the structural member is preferably a heat resistant material, particularly a material having low heat shrinkage.
As the film, for example, Teijin Tetoron (registered trademark) film SLA (manufactured by Teijin DuPont), PEN film Teonex (registered trademark) (manufactured by Teijin DuPont), and/or Lumirror (registered trademark) off-anneal low shrinkage type (manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc.) are preferably used. In general, it is preferable to use a metal film, such as aluminum having a smaller thermal expansion factor than a plastic material.
As the frame, it is preferable to use heat resistant plastics, such as polyimide resin (TECASINT 4111 (manufactured by Enzinger Japan Co., Ltd.)) and/or glass fiber reinforced resin (TECAPEEKGF 30 (manufactured by Enzinger Japan Co., Ltd.)) and/or to use a metal such as aluminum, an inorganic material such as ceramic, or a glass material.
As the adhesive, it is preferable to use a heat resistant adhesive (TB 3732 (Three Bond Co., Ltd.), super heat resistant one component shrinkable RTV silicone adhesive sealing material (manufactured by Momentive Performance Materials Japan Ltd.) and/or heat resistant inorganic adhesive Aron Ceramic (registered trademark) (manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd.)). In the case of applying these adhesives to a film or a frame, it is preferable to set the thickness to 1 μm or less so that the amount of expansion and contraction can be reduced.
[Weather Resistance and Light Resistance]
In a case where the soundproof member having the soundproof structure of the present invention is disposed outdoors or in a place where light is incident, the weather resistance of the structural member becomes a problem.
Therefore, as a film, it is preferable to use a weather-resistant film, such as a special polyolefin film (ARTPLY (registered trademark) (manufactured by Mitsubishi Plastics Inc.)), an acrylic resin film (ACRYPRENE (manufactured by Mitsubishi Rayon Co.)), and/or Scotch Calfilm (trademark) (manufactured by 3M Co.).
As a frame material, it is preferable to use plastics having high weather resistance such as polyvinyl chloride, polymethyl methacryl (acryl), metal such as aluminum, inorganic materials such as ceramics, and/or glass materials.
As an adhesive, it is preferable to use epoxy resin based adhesives and/or highly weather-resistant adhesives such as Dry Flex (manufactured by Repair Care International).
Regarding moisture resistance as well, it is preferable to appropriately select a film, a frame, and an adhesive having high moisture resistance. Regarding water absorption and chemical resistance, it is preferable to appropriately select an appropriate film, frame, and adhesive.
[Dust]
During long-term use, dust may adhere to the film surface to affect the soundproofing characteristics of the soundproof structure of the present invention. Therefore, it is preferable to prevent the adhesion of dust or to remove adhering dust.
As a method of preventing dust, it is preferable to use a film formed of a material to which dust is hard to adhere. For example, by using a conductive film (Flecria (registered trademark) (manufactured by TDK Corporation) and/or NCF (Nagaoka Sangyou Co., Ltd.)) so that the film is not charged, it is possible to prevent adhesion of dust due to charging. It is also possible to suppress the adhesion of dust by using a fluororesin film (Dynoch Film (trademark) (manufactured by 3M Co.)), and/or a hydrophilic film (Miraclain (manufactured by Lifegard Co.)), RIVEX (manufactured by Riken Technology Inc.) and/or SH2CLHF (manufactured by 3M Co.)). By using a photocatalytic film (Raceline (manufactured by Kimoto Corporation)), contamination of the film can also be prevented. A similar effect can also be obtained by applying a spray having the conductivity, hydrophilic property and/or photocatalytic property and/or a spray containing a fluorine compound to the film.
In addition to using the above special films, it is also possible to prevent contamination by providing a cover on the film. As the cover, it is possible to use a thin film material (Saran Wrap (registered trademark) or the like), a mesh having a mesh size not allowing dust to pass therethrough, a nonwoven fabric, a urethane, an airgel, a porous film, and the like.
In the soundproof structure having a through-hole serving as a ventilation hole in the film, as in soundproof members 40a and 40b shown in
As a method of removing adhering dust, it is possible to remove dust by emitting sound having the resonance frequency of a film and strongly vibrating the film. The same effect can be obtained even if a blower or wiping is used.
[Wind Pressure]
In a case where a strong wind hits a film, the film may be pressed to change the resonance frequency. Therefore, by covering the film with a nonwoven fabric, urethane, and/or a film, the influence of wind can be suppressed. In the soundproof structure having a through-hole in the film, similarly to the case of dust described above, as in the soundproof members 40a and 40b shown in
[Combination of Unit Cells]
The soundproof structures 10 and 10A to 10G of the present invention shown in
As a method of connecting a plurality of unit cells, as will be described later, a Magic Tape (registered trademark), a magnet, a button, a suction cup, and/or an uneven portion may be attached to a frame body portion so as to be combined therewith, or a plurality of unit cells can be connected using a tape or the like.
[Arrangement]
In order to allow the soundproof member having the soundproof structure of the present invention to be easily attached to a wall or the like or to be removable therefrom, a detaching mechanism formed of a magnetic material, a Magic Tape (registered trademark), a button, a suction cup, or the like is preferably attached to the soundproof member. For example, as shown in
In the case of adjusting the soundproofing characteristics of the soundproof member 40d by combining respective soundproof cells having different resonance frequencies, for example, by combining soundproof cells 41a, 41b, and 41c as shown in
In addition, an uneven portion may be provided in a soundproof cell. For example, as shown in
Furthermore, the soundproof cells may be detached from each other by combining the above-described detaching mechanism 50 shown in
[Mechanical Strength of Frame]
As the size of the soundproof member having the soundproof structure of the present invention increases, the frame easily vibrates, and a function as a fixed end with respect to film vibration is degraded. Therefore, it is preferable to increase the frame stiffness by increasing the thickness of the frame. However, increasing the thickness of the frame causes an increase in the mass of the soundproof member. This declines the advantage of the present soundproof member that is lightweight.
Therefore, in order to reduce the increase in mass while maintaining high stiffness, it is preferable to form a hole or a groove in the frame. For example, by using a truss structure as shown in a side view of
For example, as shown in
In this manner, it is possible to achieve both high stiffness and light weight.
For the sake of simplicity, a through-hole is not shown in the film 18 of each of the soundproof cells shown in
The soundproof structure of the present invention can be used as the following soundproof members.
For example, as soundproof members having the soundproof structure of the present invention, it is possible to mention: a soundproof member for building materials (soundproof member used as building materials); a soundproof member for air conditioning equipment (soundproof member installed in ventilation openings, air conditioning ducts, and the like to prevent external noise); a soundproof member for external opening portion (soundproof member installed in the window of a room to prevent noise from indoor or outdoor); a soundproof member for ceiling (soundproof member installed on the ceiling of a room to control the sound in the room); a soundproofing member for floor (soundproof member installed on the floor to control the sound in the room); a soundproof member for internal opening portion (soundproof member installed in a portion of the inside door or sliding door to prevent noise from each room); a soundproof member for toilet (soundproof member installed in a toilet or a door (indoor and outdoor) portion to prevent noise from the toilet); a soundproof member for balcony (soundproof member installed on the balcony to prevent noise from the balcony or the adjacent balcony); an indoor sound adjusting member (soundproof member for controlling the sound of the room); a simple soundproof chamber member (soundproof member that can be easily assembled and can be easily moved); a soundproof chamber member for pet (soundproof member that surrounds a pet's room to prevent noise); amusement facilities (soundproof member installed in a game centers, a sports center, a concert hall, and a movie theater); a soundproof member for temporary enclosure for construction site (soundproof member for covering construction site and preventing leakage of a lot of noise around the site); and a soundproof member for tunnel (soundproof member installed in a tunnel to prevent noise leaking to the inside and outside the tunnel).
The soundproof structure of the present invention is manufactured as follows.
First, two sets of the frame body 16 having a plurality of frames 14 and the sheet-shaped film body 20 covering all the through-holes 12 of all the frames 14 of the frame body 16 are prepared.
Then, the sheet-shaped film body 20 is fixed to all the frames 14 of the frame body 16 of each set with an adhesive to form the film 18 that covers the through-holes 12 of all the frames 14, thereby manufacturing two sets of single layer soundproof structures 30c having a plurality of soundproof cells with a structure configured to include the frame 14 and the film 18.
Then, one or more holes 22a and 22b having different hole sizes in two sets of single layer structures are drilled in the film 18 of each of a plurality of soundproof cells of the two sets of single layer soundproof structure 30c using a processing method for absorbing energy, such as laser processing, or a mechanical processing method based on physical contact, such as punching or needle processing, thereby forming the opening portions 24a and 24b in the respective soundproof cells 26a and 26b. In this manner, the single layer soundproof structure 30 (30a, 30b) is manufactured.
The single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b manufactured in this manner are laminated and fixed.
The film 18 of the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the frame 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30b may be directly fixed with an adhesive and the frame 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the film 18 of the single layer soundproof structure 30b may be directly fixed with an adhesive, or the film 18 of the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the frame 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30b may be fixed with an adhesive with the frame 14 of the spacer 32 or the frame body 16a of the spacer 33 interposed therebetween and the frame 14 of the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the film 18 of the single layer soundproof structure 30b may be fixed with an adhesive with the frame 14 of the spacer 32 or the frame body 16a of the spacer 33 interposed therebetween.
In this manner, it is possible to manufacture the soundproof structure 10 (10A to 10D) of the present invention in which the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b are laminated.
In the case of a frame structure in which the frame body 16 of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b and the frame body 16 of the spacer 32 are continuous, the film 18 may be fixed to the frame 14 with an adhesive after manufacturing the frame structure first. In the present invention, using two or more of the single layer soundproof structures 30a, 30b, and 30c and further using one or more of the spacer 32 and the spacer 33, the soundproof structures 10E to 10G of the present invention in which these are laminated can also be manufactured.
The soundproof structure manufacturing method of the present invention is basically configured as described above.
The soundproof structure of the present invention will be specifically described by way of examples.
Before performing an experiment to manufacture an example of the present invention and measure the acoustic characteristic, the design of the soundproof structure is shown.
Since the system of the soundproof structure is an interaction system of film vibration and sound waves in air, analysis was performed using coupled analysis of sound and vibration. Specifically, designing was performed using an acoustic module of COMSOL ver 5.0 that is analysis software of the finite element method. First, a first natural vibration frequency was calculated by natural vibration analysis. Then, by performing acoustic structure coupled analysis based on frequency sweep in the periodic structure boundary, transmission loss at each frequency with respect to the sound wave incident from the front was calculated.
Based on this design, the shape or the material of the sample was determined. The shielding peak frequency in the experimental result satisfactorily matched the prediction from the simulation.
The correspondence between the first resonance frequency and each physical property was found by taking advantage of the characteristics of the simulation in which the material characteristics or the film thickness can be freely changed. As the parameter B, natural vibration was calculated by changing the thickness t2 (m) of the film 18, the size (or radius) R2 (m) of the frame 14, the Young's modulus E2 (Pa) of the film, and the density d (kg/m3) of the film. The result is shown in
A soundproof structure of Example 1 having a two-layer laminated structure in which a PET film having a thickness of 100 μm as the film 18 was bonded to the frame 14 having a size of 20 mm square and then the holes 22a and 22b having different diameters were formed was manufactured as follows. The manufacturing method is shown.
A PET film (Lumirror manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc.) 100 μm product was used as the film 18. An acrylic plate having a thickness of 3 mm was used as the frame 14, and the shape of the frame 14 was a square. Processing was performed on the acrylic plate with one side of the square through-hole 12 as 20 mm.
The processing was performed so that the width of the frame 14 itself became 2 mm. There are a total of nine (3×3) through-holes 12 of the frame structure (frame 14 of the frame body 16). For the frame structure, the PET film was fixed to 3×3 regions of the frame 14 with a double-sided tape manufactured by Nitto Denko Co., thereby manufacturing a single layer soundproof structure. The single layer soundproof structure manufactured in this manner has the same configuration as the single layer soundproof structure 30c shown in
Thereafter, the through-hole 22a having a diameter of 1 mm was formed in the PET film of each film 18 of the single layer soundproof structure 30c by punching for each soundproof cell 26. At this time, adjustment was made so as to form the through-hole 22a in a central portion of the film 18.
In this manner, a single layer soundproof structure having the same configuration as the single layer soundproof structure 30a shown in
Then, the same procedure as above was repeated to manufacture the single layer soundproof structure 30c in which the film 18 was fixed to the frame 14, and the through-hole 22b having a diameter of 3 mm instead of the through-hole 22a having a diameter of 1 mm was formed in each film 18 of the single layer soundproof structure 30c. In this manner, a single layer soundproof structure having the same configuration as the single layer soundproof structure 30b shown in
The single layer soundproof structure 30b obtained in this manner is Comparative Example 1.
First, the characteristics of the single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b manufactured in this manner were evaluated. Hereinafter, a method of measuring the acoustic characteristics is shown.
The acoustic characteristics were measured by a transfer function method using four microphones in a self-made aluminum acoustic tube. This method is based on “ASTM E2611-09: Standard Test Method for Measurement of Normal Incidence Sound Transmission of Acoustical Materials Based on the Transfer Matrix Method”. As the acoustic tube, for example, an acoustic tube based on the same measurement principle as WinZac manufactured by Nitto Bosei Aktien Engineering Co., Ltd. was used. It is possible to measure the sound transmission loss in a wide spectral band using this method. The soundproof structure was disposed in a measurement portion of the acoustic tube, and the sound transmission loss was measured in the range of 100 Hz to 2000 Hz.
The result of the transmission loss obtained by measuring the single layer soundproof structure 30b of Comparative Example 1 using this measurement method is shown in
At a shielding peak frequency of 660 Hz, the peak (maximum value) of the transmission loss was 13 dB. The result is shown in Table 3.
The frequency dependency of the absorbance was calculated using the measured transmittance and reflectivity. The result is shown in
Next, as shown in
As shown in
Hereinafter, since the measurement methods are the same in all examples and comparative examples, manufacturing methods as samples are shown.
Instead of using the spacer 32 (acrylic frame body 16) of one layer interposed between the two single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b in Example 1, the spacer 32 (acrylic frame body 16) of two layers to seven layers interposed between the two single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b was used, and the inter-film distance between layers of the two single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b was set to 6 mm, 9 mm, 12 mm, 15 mm, 18 mm, and 21 mm, thereby manufacturing laminated soundproof structures. These laminated soundproof structures were Examples 2 to 7. The measurement results of the transmission loss and the absorbance of Examples 2 to 7 of the laminated soundproof structure are shown in
Even if the inter-film distance between the two layers was increased, the frequencies of the two transmission loss peaks did not change so much and remained as double peaks, and the change was small quantitatively. On the other hand, with regard to absorption, the magnitude of the absorbance between double peaks increased as the distance between two soundproof cells increased. In the single layer structure of Comparative Example 1, the absorbance was 29% at 569 Hz. On the other hand, there was an absorption of 47% in Example 1, and there was an absorption of 72% in Example 7 in which the inter-film distance was 21 mm. Therefore, it can be seen that absorption greater than double the absorbance of the single layer structure of Comparative Example 1 occurred.
The results of two shielding peaks (maximum values of transmission loss) and one absorption peak (maximum value of the absorbance on the low frequency side) of Examples 2 to 7 are shown in Table 3.
In these Examples 2 to 7, including Example 1, the two single layer soundproof structures 30a and 30b have the same frame size and film thickness. Therefore, as shown in
A single layer soundproof structure 30c, in which a PET film having a thickness of 100 μm as the film 18 was bonded to the frame 14 having a size of 20 mm square as in Example 1 but no hole 22 was formed in the film 18, and a single layer soundproof structure 30b, in which the through-hole 22b having a diameter of 3 mm was formed in each soundproof cell 26 of the single layer soundproof structure 30c as in Example 1, were manufactured.
The single layer soundproof structure 30c obtained in this manner is Comparative Example 2.
First, as Comparative Example 2, the acoustic characteristics of the single layer soundproof structure 30c were measured. The transmission loss is shown in
Since there is no hole in the soundproof cell 32c, the film vibration characteristic of the film 18 fixed by the simple frame 14 was obtained. In this case, the minimum value of the transmission loss corresponds to the first resonance frequency, and the sound insulation phenomenon occurred by the mass law on the higher frequency side than the first resonance frequency and by the stiffness law on the lower frequency side than the first resonance frequency. There was no large maximum value of transmission loss, and there was a linear change.
Next, the single layer soundproof structure 30c configured to include the soundproof cell 26c with no hole 22 was used as a first layer and the single layer soundproof structure 30b configured to include the soundproof cell 26b with the hole 22b was used as a second layer, a distance between the single layer soundproof structure 30c and the single layer soundproof structure 30b was changed from that in Example 1, the spacer 33 that was an aluminum ring (frame body 16a) matching the size of the outer peripheral portion of the frame body 16 instead of the film 18 portion of each layer class was prepared, and a laminated soundproof structure of a two-layer structure having an inter-film distance between two layers of 2 mm was manufactured by pressing the outer peripheral portions of the single layer soundproof structure 30b and the single layer soundproof structure 30b against both side ends of the ring of the spacer 33. This was a soundproof structure of Example 8 of the present invention. The transmission loss and the absorbance of the two-layer laminated soundproof structure of Example 8 were measured. The measurement result of the transmission loss is shown in
As shown in
Even in a structure which is for obtaining the sound insulation effect by forming the hole 22, through which air passes, in the film 18 as described above but does not have air permeability therebehind, a peak of transmission loss with respect to the sound appears. Therefore, it is possible to realize shielding of sound (sound insulation) in a specific frequency band.
A plurality of spacers 33, which were aluminum rings obtained by changing the thickness of the aluminum ring of the spacer 33 used in Example 8, were prepared, and a plurality (six) of two-layer laminated soundproof structures each having a structure in which the outer peripheral portions of the single layer soundproof structure 30b and the single layer soundproof structure 30b were pressed against both side ends of the ring of the spacer 33 having different thicknesses were manufactured. In this manner, by using six types of spacers 33 of aluminum rings having different thicknesses, the inter-film distance between the two layers was changed to six types of 4.5 mm, 7 mm, 11 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm, and 40 mm according to the thicknesses of the six types of aluminum rings. Six types of laminated soundproof structures manufactured in this manner were Examples 9 to 14 of the present invention. The transmission loss and the absorbance of each of the two-layer laminated soundproof structures of Examples 9 to 14 were measured. The measurement result of the transmission loss is shown in
In the soundproof structures of Examples 8 to 14, regarding transmission loss, the frequency of the maximum value did not substantially change depending on the inter-film distance between the two layers, and there was no significant difference in the magnitude of the transmission loss. On the other hand, regarding absorption due to the interaction of two layers, there was a tendency that the magnitude of the absorption peak increased and shift to the lower frequency occurred as the inter-film distance between the two layers increased.
In Example 8, instead of the single layer soundproof structure 30b, the single layer soundproof structure 30a was used in which the size of the hole 22a formed in the central portion of the film 18 was 1 mm in diameter after fixing a PET film having a thickness of 100 μm as the film 18 to the frame 14 having the through-hole 12 of 20 mm square.
By controlling the inter-film distance between the two layers by interposing six layers of acrylic frame spacers 32 having a thickness of 3 mm, which was used in Example 1, between the single layer soundproof structure 30a and the single layer soundproof structure 30c configured to include a soundproof cell with no hole 22 in the film 18, a two-layer laminated soundproof structure whose inter-film distance was adjusted to 18 mm was manufactured. This was a soundproof structure of Example 15.
The transmission loss of the laminated soundproof structure of Example 15 is shown by a dotted line in
The single layer soundproof structure 30a used in Example 15 was similarly disposed on both surfaces of the single layer soundproof structure 30c used in Example 15, and a laminated soundproof structure having a three-layer structure in which a plurality of layers of spacers 32 were interposed between the single layer soundproof structure 30c and the single layer soundproof structure 30a was manufactured. This was a soundproof structure of Example 16.
In the three-layer soundproof structure of Example 16, a PET film used as the film 18 was 100 μm, and the frame 14 was a 20 mm square frame. As a specific configuration of the three-layer structure of Example 16, a three-layer structure was used in which the single layer soundproof structure 30a configured to include the soundproof cell 26a with a hole size of 1 mm, three acrylic plates (thickness: 9 mm) as a middle spacer 32, the single layer soundproof structure 30c configured to include the hole-free soundproof cell 26c, three acrylic plates (thickness: 9 mm) as a middle spacer 32, and the single layer soundproof structure 30a were sequentially laminated. In the three-layer soundproof structure of Example 16, the film 18 having the hole 22a was disposed at both ends, and the film 18 with no hole 22 was disposed in the middle.
The total thickness of the laminated soundproof structure was 18 mm, which was the same thickness as in Example 15.
The transmission loss of the three-layer soundproof structure of Example 16 is shown by a solid line in
A single layer soundproof structure configured to include a soundproof cell, in which a PET film having a thickness of 188 μm as the film 18 was fixed to a 20 mm square frame as the frame 14, was manufactured. The single layer soundproof structure had nine soundproof cells. The through-hole 22 is formed in each of the films 18 of the nine soundproof cells. A single layer soundproof structure in which all nine cells had the hole 22 having a diameter of 2 mm was manufactured as Comparative Example 3, a single layer soundproof structure in which all nine cells had the hole 22 having a diameter of 3 mm was manufactured as Comparative Example 4, and a single layer soundproof structure in which three cells of nine cells had the hole 22 having a diameter of 2 mm and the remaining six cells had the hole 22 having a diameter of 3 mm was manufactured as Comparative Example 5. That is, three types of single layer soundproof structures were manufactured, and their acoustic characteristics were measured. The measured transmission loss is shown in
As shown in
Originally, in the single layer soundproof structures of Comparative Examples 3 and 4 configured to include a soundproof cell having a frame, a film, and a hole (opening portion), the phase of sound transmitted by vibrating the film and the phase of sound transmitted through the through-hole are inverted. Therefore, since the phases canceled each other, sound insulation occurred. For this reason, according to the findings of the inventors of the present invention, in the single layer soundproof structure of Comparative Example 5, it is thought that, even if holes having different sizes are formed within the plane, sound is not independently transmitted through each through-hole but the sound is transmitted through each through-hole as if there were holes having the average area of the through-holes. Therefore, as in the single layer soundproof structures of Comparative Examples 5 and 6, even if there are a plurality of different hole sizes, the phase of sound transmitted through the hole is not changed from that in a case where there is a single-sized through-hole. For this reason, it can be thought that the shielding peak is single.
Thus, it was found that a plurality of shielding peaks were not necessarily obtained even if a plurality of hole sizes were present in the soundproof structure and it was important for a plurality of peaks of sound insulation and widening of a band that a plurality of different hole sizes and/or other soundproof cell conditions were present in the lamination direction.
From the above, it can be seen that the soundproof structure of the present invention has excellent sound insulation characteristics capable of shielding a specific target frequency component very strongly and can increase the absorption of components on the lower frequency side.
In the soundproof structure of the present invention, by simultaneously realizing two things of the presence of a plurality of different hole diameters, including the presence or absence of a hole, and the lamination of single layer soundproof structures, of which presence or absence of a hole is different or which have holes with different hole diameters, division of the peak of the transmission loss that has not been able to be realized since the peak of the transmission loss is single even if a plurality of holes having different hole diameters are present within a single layer plane can be achieved for the first time. Therefore, it is possible to widen the band of the sound insulation frequency.
As described above, the effect of the present invention is obvious.
In the soundproof structure of the present invention, it is preferable that the first natural vibration frequency is determined by a geometric form of the frame of each of the one or more soundproof cells and stiffness of the film of each of the one or more soundproof cells and that the shielding peak frequency is determined according to an area of the opening portion of each of the one or more soundproof cells.
It is preferable that the first natural vibration frequency is determined by a shape and a size of the frame of each of the one or more soundproof cells and thickness and flexibility of the film of each of the one or more soundproof cells and that the shielding peak frequency is determined according to an average area ratio of the opening portions of the one or more soundproof cells.
It is preferable that the opening portion of each of the one or more soundproof cells is formed by one hole.
It is preferable that the opening portion of each of the one or more soundproof cells is formed by a plurality of holes having the same size.
It is preferable that a size of each of the one or more holes of the opening portion of each of the one or more soundproof cells is 2 μm or more.
It is preferable that the average size of the frames of the one or more soundproof cells is equal to or less than a wavelength size corresponding to the shielding peak frequency.
It is preferable that the one or more holes of the opening portion of each of the one or more soundproof cells are holes drilled using a processing method for absorbing energy, and it is preferable that the processing method for absorbing energy is laser processing.
It is preferable that the one or more holes of the opening portion of each of the one or more soundproof cells are holes drilled using a mechanical processing method based on physical contact, and it is preferable that the mechanical processing method is punching or needle processing.
It is preferable that the film is impermeable to air.
It is preferable that one hole of the opening portion of the soundproof cell is provided at a center of the film.
It is preferable that the film is formed of a flexible elastic material.
In a case where one or more soundproof cells are a plurality of soundproof cells arranged in a two-dimensional mariner, it is preferable that frames of the plurality of soundproof cells are formed by one frame body that covers the plurality of soundproof cells.
In a case where one or more soundproof cells are a plurality of soundproof cells arranged in a two-dimensional manner, it is preferable that films of the plurality of soundproof cells are formed by one sheet-shaped film body that covers the plurality of soundproof cells.
In the case of manufacturing the soundproof structure of the present invention, it is preferable that one or more holes of opening portions of each of one or more soundproof cells are drilled in the film of each soundproof cell using a processing method for absorbing energy or a mechanical processing method based on physical contact.
It is preferable that the processing method for absorbing energy is laser processing and the mechanical processing method is punching or needle processing.
While the soundproof structure of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to various embodiments and examples, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments and examples, and various improvements or modifications may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
10, 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F, 10G: soundproof structure
12: through-hole
14, 56, 60, 66: frames
16, 16a, 68, 68a, 68b: frame body (plate-shaped member)
18: film
20: film body
22
a,
22
b: hole
24
a,
24
b: opening portion
26
a,
26
b,
26
c,
41
a,
41
b,
41
c,
41
d,
41
e,
54, 58, 64: soundproof cell
30, 30a, 30b, 30c: single layer soundproof structure
32, 33: spacer
40
a,
40
b,
40
c,
40
d,
62: soundproof member
42: cover
44: hole
46, 50: detaching mechanism
48: wall
52
a: protruding portion
52
b: recessed portion
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-164240 | Aug 2015 | JP | national |
| 2016-090610 | Apr 2016 | JP | national |
This application is a Continuation of PCT International Application No. PCT/JP2016/073906 filed on Aug. 16, 2016, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-164240 filed on Aug. 21, 2015, and Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-090610 filed on Apr. 28, 2016. Each of the above applications is hereby expressly incorporated by reference, in its entirety, into the present application.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | PCT/JP2016/073906 | Aug 2016 | US |
| Child | 15854087 | US |
