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Presentation and General Products Overview
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Free Field Technologies

Free Field Technologies is the technical leader in acoustic, vibro-acoustic and
aero-acoustic CAE
The company has three main activities:
Development of the Actran software suite
Provision of related services: training, consulting, technology transfer, methodology
development, installation and performance tuning, custom developments, CAE
process automation
Research in acoustic CAE and related fields
Free Field Technologies operates from its headquarters in Mont-Saint-Guibert

(near Brussels), Belgium, and from its offices in Toulouse, France, Tokyo,
Japan, and Troy, MI, USA.
Actran is used by over 200 industrial customers worldwide.

FFT joined MSC Software Corporation in September 2011 and became a wholly
owned subsidiary of MSC.
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Motivation for Acoustic Simulations

Engineering tasks for acoustic simulation
Sound radiation and propagation into far field
Generic sources
Vibrating structures
Turbulent (unsteady) fluid flow
Noise reduction
Absorption (porous media)
Sound transmission & fluid-structure interaction

Transmission loss
Transfer functions
Damping of vibration by heavy fluids
Sender
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Receive
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Motivation for Acoustic Simulations

Disciplines of acoustics simulation
Sound radiation and propagation into far field
Generic sources
Vibrating structures
Acoustics
(propagation &
weak coupling)
Turbulent (unsteady) fluid flow
Aero-Acoustics
Noise reduction
Absorption (porous media)
Sound transmission & fluid-structure interaction

Transmission loss
Transfer functions
Damping of vibration by heavy fluids
Vibro-Acoustics
The Actran software suite

Actran for NASTRAN
Actran Vibro-Acoustics
Actran DGM
Actran Aero-Acoustics
Actran VI
Actran Acoustics
Actran TM
Actran Acoustics
General purpose acoustic modelling tool
Target applications:
Sound propagation in ducts

Sound diffraction by rigid obstacles
Sound radiation by vibrating structures
Pre-requisite for more advanced Actran modules:
Actran VibroAcoustics
Actran AeroAcoustics
Actran TM
Exhaust Muffler
HVAC Module
Gearbox Radiation
General purpose vibro-acoustic modelling tool
Large finite element and material library:
acoustic finite and infinite elements incl. pyras and pentas

visco-elastic elements for beams, shells and solids
Composite elements allowing also the handling pre-stress effects
Porous and poro-elastic finite elements
Piezo-electric elements for modelling active structures
Realistic excitation mechanisms:
acoustical, kinematical and dynamical excitations

turbulent boundary layer
diffuse sound field
High-performance solvers and parallel processing

Loudspeaker
Side window transmission
Muffler Radiation
Actran for NASTRAN

From body-in-white to trimmed body vehicle models (fully compatible with Nastran)
A technology providing the right blend of accuracy and speed
In phase with the distributed development process
References: Ford, Nissan, MMC, GM, Rieter, ...

Trim is everywhere
Superlement coupling
From BIW to trimmed body
Actran AeroAcoustics
Broadband aero-acoustics modelling tool (vortex noise)
Key features:
Direct link to most CFD codes

Validated by experiments for fans, side window noise and simplified Air Conditioning systems
References:
Daimler, BMW, VW, Delphi, Visteon, John Deere, Brothers, PSA...
Fan noise
Air conditioning duct
Correlation to test
Actran TM
Exclusive tool for the modelling of noise radiation by aircraft engine and other
turbomachines
Key features:
excitation defined in terms of duct modes

propagation in a non-uniform background flow
accurate modelling of liners
References: Airbus, Rolls-Royce, SNECMA, General Electric, MTU, Honeywell, Liebherr,
Turbomeca, Aermacchi, ...

Aermacchi
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Airbus
Airbus
Actran/DGM
Objective: solve exhaust turbine noise
Key features:
Linearized Euler Equations (LEE)

DGM scheme in the time domain
Non-structured mesh
Import the RANS-based mean flow from most standard CFD codes
Each best element chooses its best order (1 to 16)
Complex Exhaust Flow
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Acoustic field
TURNEX Project
Actran VI
Actrans own pre- and post-processor
Validation and modification of Actran models created with other tools

Creation of Actran model directly form mesh data recovered from other CAE
tools
Advanced results display capabilities
Model creation and validation
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Advanced post-processing
FRF Display Tool
Some of our Automotive Customers
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Some of our Aerospace Customers
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Some Other References
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Reduction of Discharge Gas Pulsation of HVAC

Compressor by using Numerical Acoustic Solver
ACTRAN
Pierre POYSAT
EMERSON Climate Technologies
HVAC System: Description
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HVAC System: Description

NVH Challenges for compressor manufacturer
Reduce compressor noise
Structure borne
Airborne
Reduce the disturbing energy from the compressor to the system

Rigid body vibration
Discharge gas pulsation
Heat exchanger noise radiation
Minimize risk of piping failure

System reliability (fresh good conservation)
Environment
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Dual Scroll: Compressor Description
Suction
Gas
Discharge
Gas
50% Flow through

4 Slots
50%
Flow
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Discharge gas pulsation: how to control?

Destructive interference
Efficient to control discharge pulsation when compressor operating at 100%
Pulsation still too high at the check valves
Impact on Reliability
Alternative solution
Discharge volume increase
Original: 0.4 L
Quick fix: complex, large volume 4.4L
Objective: Reduce the volume from quick fix

Constrains
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Size (cost, manufacturing)

Weight
Pulsation attenuation
HW limitations
Inside Pressure
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Experimental setup & Model

Frequency range: 0-800 Hz
m1, m2, m3, m4, m5:
m5
m4
m3
pressure transducers
m2
m1
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Geometries
Simulations done for 6 designs variable speed of sound
Volume 4.4
Volume 1.76 (FFT)
Volume 1.76 (Cop.)
Not tested
Volume 1.36
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Volume 0.96
Volume 0.4
Results
Pressure map
100 Hz
modle Copeland
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modle FFT
Results
Pressure map
300 Hz
modle Copeland
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modle FFT
Conclusion of the study

Damping volume can be reduced to 1.4 L
Shape has a limited impact since major contribution to discharge pulse
is 100 Hz component
Freedom for design
Strong positive impact on cost, weight, dimension, resistance to high

pressure
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Actran
Case Study : Acoustic Radiation of Large

Powertrain
Reference :
Experimental Validation of an Efficient Procedure for Large Acoustic Radiation
Problems, M.Gustafsson, J.Jacqmot, S.Caro - ISMA 2010 conference
Introduction
This project: a complete truck powertrain, length around 2.5 meters
The structure vibration levels are computed with an external FEA solver
The results (velocities or displacements) are used as the excitation of the
acoustic radiation problem solved by Actran
Several RPMs of the power train are considered

The numerical results are compared with measurement performed by Volvo
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The reference engine

13 litre 6 cylinder in-line engine with manual gearbox
Noise measurement with a 28 microphone array
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Computation Process
In the following, we only focus on the acoustic computations
1. Vibration modes and participation
factors
2. Acoustic computations (Actran)
Binary
files
3. Post Processing and Analysis

Maps
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FRF
Waterfall
Modeling Steps Acoustic Model

2. Create finite element mesh
1. Structural FEA model
4. Post-process in Actran
3. Create Actran model in Actran
COMPUTATION
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Model Specifications
Mapping the vibration levels
The vibration levels are projected on a specific surface (named "BC mesh")
This BC mesh is the source in the Actran model
Propagation
Near field: 4 linear finite Elements per wavelength (low dispersion elements
developed by FFT)
Far field: the Infinite Elements model the free field condition and give results
anywhere in the far field
Note: the infinite elements must not be meshed (boundary condition)
Infinite Element Surface
3D elements (TET + PYRA + HEXA )

BC_MESH Surface
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Acoustic Model Preparation

1. Generate a closed surface wrap of the
engine for vibration excitation boundary

condition.
2. Generate a convex offset of the engine
surface for far-field boundary condition
including the reflecting floor.
3. Generate the acoustic 3D mesh in
between.
4. Import microphone coordinates
5. Link the engine surface patches to
corresponding results files (real valued
modes shapes and modal coordinate
files)
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Results Output Specification

Virtual microphones can be located anywhere
in the finite and/or infinite element domain
Output specifications
Multiple control surfaces to compute the

radiated power
Maps for different frequencies
on the acoustic mesh or/and
on a mesh dedicated to the post-processing
(named field mesh in Actran)
Plot acoustic pressure, acoustic intensity, etc.
field points
(microphones)
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field mesh
Results - SPL Comparisons
3 dB
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Panel Contribution
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Maps of the acoustic fields

500 Hz
1500 Hz
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Study of the Noise radiated by an Intake Manifold
Hiroyuki Abe MAZDA

Work presented at the Actran 2011 Users Meeting in Japan
Introduction
Mazda has developed a new engine in order to reduce
the fuel consumption as well as the weight (among
others)
To achieve this, Mazda decided to use a thin resin

intake manifold
Consequence: many modes are present because of the
low rigidity of the intake manifold and therefore some
significant noise problem occur
Mazda had to consider many structural modifications in

order to fix this problem
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Computational Process
Intake Vibrations
Acoustic
PT Vibration - NASTRAN
Evaluation Point
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Results
Rigid Parts
except Intake
Test-CAE
4000rpm
Original 4000rpm
Test
Test
CCAE
AE
Correlations are very good!
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Comparison with Experiment

Waterfall Diagram
CAE
Correlations are very good!
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5dBA
5dBA
Test
5dBA
Mic2
5dBA
Mic1
Design Improvement
Thanks to the accuracy and to the performance of Actran, Mazda can
use the numerical simulation to improve the acoustic performance of its

Point1 SPL 2000rpm
5dBA
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Element Contribution
1/3Oct. Band Hz
The weight has been reduced as well as the noise (4dB at the
maximum)
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2500
2000
1600
1250
1000
800
630
500
400
BASE
MODIFY
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S.P.L. dBA
engines
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Vibro-acoustic FEA Modeling of Two Layer
Trim Systems, Christian Y. Glandier and Ralf

Lehmann(DaimlerChrysler AG), Takashi Yamamoto
and Yoshinobu Kamada(Mitsubishi Motors
Corporation),SAE 2005
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Excitation system

Free field radiation / closed box radiation
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1(
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1()

(,,)
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Central Duct
Experimental Set-Up
ACTRAN Results
CFD Results - Fluent
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ACTRAN

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Out
(shell)
In
Out
(pipe)

(: )
Incident
power
from the
engine
Transmitted power
(pipe noise)
Not reflective BC
(TL)
TL =10*log10(Wincident/Wtransmitted)

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Transmission Loss
With temperature
600K
300K
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Outlet exhaust noise + shell radiated noise
in one unique model
Acoustic FEM/IEM
interface
fluid 2 (2,c2,T2)
fluid 1 (1,c1,T1)
Acoustic elements,
exhaust interior
Shell elements,
exhaust skin
Actran
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Acoustic elements,
outside fluid

Energies spectra
Exterior sound field
Structure deformation
Interior cavity SPL
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ACTRANTMM

(see )
ACTRAN
TMM analytic codes are limited to the lowest cut-on frequency

of all the elements (inlet/outlet/internal duct).
Ex:
Finlet = 8000Hz
Foutlet 6000Hz
Finternal = 2000Hz
TMM analytic codes can perform the TL computation only until

2000Hz.
Mix-method (ACTRAN+TMM) can compute the TL until the

lowest cut on frequency of the inlet/outlet duct.
Ex:
Finlet = 8000Hz
Finternal = 2000Hz
In this case, ACTRAN can perform the TL computation until 6000Hz
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TMM
Task 1: Geometry Division into subsystems

T = T1*T2*T3
Task 2a: ACTRAN Model creation
To be performed for
each component
Task 2b: ACTRAN computations
Task 3: Results recombination using TMM

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1 0 I 2 0
0 1 R 0
* 2
1 0
0 I1 0
0 0 1 R R1 P0

Exhaust Noise Transmission to the Interior of a
Trimmed Vehicle
Reference :
Numerical Prediction of the Exhaust Noise Transmission to the Interior of a Trimmed Vehicle by using the
Finite/Infinite Element Method
Diego dUdekem et al. (FFT), Takashi Yamamoto (Nissan Motor Co Ltd),
SAE International 2011 Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition, 2011, Michigan, USA
From Exhaust Noise to Trimmed Body

Two-step approach:
Exterior Acoustic Model
From the plane wave source in the exhaust

pipe, get the distributed pressure on the
exterior of the car structure
ACTRAN Acoustic FE/IE model

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Interior Vibro-Acoustic model
From the distributed pressure on the exterior of

the car structure, get the pressure fluctuations
in the car cavity (modal approach with trims)
ACTRAN for Nastran model

Validation - Exterior Acoustic Analysis

The distributed pressure on the exterior of the car structure is compared with
experimental data :
Measurement
Calculation
Experimental setup : Spherical source set at the exhaust,

Measure on right side of vehicle with 100 mm resolution
Measurement
Calculation
100Hz
300Hz
Measurement
Measurement
Calculation
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Calculation
Dash insulator and floor carpet

Simulation
Experiment
Dash insulator and floor carpet
W/o insulator
W/ insulator
W/o insulator
W/ insulator
Acoustic transfer function
Acoustic transfer function
Structure transfer function
Structure transfer function

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Sound Pressure Response in Cabin

The Transfer function from speaker source to ears position is displayed
with and without insulator
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(Frequency dependent)
(Turbulent boundary layer)
windshield
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PVB
Glass
1-
Windshield Modal analysis, free-free BC

1000
simulation
experimental
Acceleration [m/s2]
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10
0.1
0.01
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Frequency [Hz]
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350
400
450
500
2-
T ransparence acoustique - Comparaison simulations ACT R AN/mesures
BMW Sie 3
ESSAI 1
ESSAI 2
ACT RAN
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Transmission Loss (dB)
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15
10
5
0
-5
-10
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1200
1000
800
600
400
200
Fr uence [ Hz]
3-
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Model Description
Mode 2 - 73Hz (A) - 185Hz (S)
Glass + Seal detail
Mode 32 - 346Hz (A) - 612Hz (S)
4-
OpenFOAM CFD computation
Unsteady incompressible CFD
(pressure, velocity)
Actran/VI Pre-processing
Mesh generation
Actran file setup
Actran/ICFD Interpolation of
the turbulence pressure
fluctuations on the acoustic mesh
Acoustic computation
Use of the TWPF excitation into
Actran
Actran/ICFD Fourier Transform

TWPF into the frequency domain
Actran/VI Post-processing
Color map, pressure plot ...
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ACTRAN Aero/Vibro-Acoustic
Color Map of Pressure, Deformation of the side
window 750Hz
CFD pressure fluctuations
TWPF excitation
Sound pressure Level

[dB]
Sound pressure level at drivers ear
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10dB
Simplified Train Compartment

Vibro-Acoustic Demonstration
Model geometry provided by
CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, China
Introduction
Vibro-acoustic modeling of a simplified train compartment
Length: 4 m
Height: 3.12 m
Width: 3 m
Three layer structure: 10 mm of aluminum, 10 mm of porous material , 10 mm of
plastic
Window: glass
Door: Iron
Excitation: point forces from the suspension (on the floor structure)
Frequency range: 5 Hz 500 Hz, with a step of 5 Hz
Symmetric modeling using half geometry
Two steps modeling: 1, coupled structure and inner cavity ; 2, acoustic radiation into
semi free field (taking the ground reflection into account)
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Model Presentation - 1
Three layer structure:
Outer layer: aluminum, 10 mm
Middle layer: porous material, 10 mm
Inner layer: plastic material, 10 mm
Window:
Door:
one layer: glass material, 30 mm
one layer: iron material, 30 mm
Inner cavity:
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Standard air
Model Presentation - 2
Two loading positions:
1, Point load of 1N on the floor under the window
2, Point load of 1N on the floor under the door, with
opposite phase than the first point load
Three loadcases:
1, Only point load 1 is applied on the model
2, Only point load 2 is applied on the model
3, Combination of the load 1 and load 2 with equal
contribution factor is applied on the model
Boundary condition:
1, On the connection with compartment extension,
structure displacement along the train length set free,
other two components set to zero
2, On the symmetry plane, structure displacement
component normal to the symmetry plane set to zero,
other two components set free
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Modeling step 1
Structure and inner cavity
Results under loadcase 1
500 Hz, directivity, (dB)
Transfer function (dB)
point load of 1N on the floor under

the window
Transfer function:
Sound pressure level / point load
10
3
1 2
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Microphone 1, frequency response function, (dB)
Modeling step 1
Structure and inner cavity
Results under loadcase 1
300 Hz, SPL (dB)
point load of 1N on the floor

under the window
10
500 Hz, SPL (dB)
3
1 2
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Modeling step 2
Acoustic radiation
Model: acoustic radiation from the vibration of structure skin calculated
in step 1
Finite element for near field acoustic
Outer air domain length extended, taking account of

the scattering effect of neighboring compartment
Origin of infinite
domain placed on
the floor, taking
account of exterior
ground reflection
Infinite element for far field radiation
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Vibration of
structure as
boundary condition
Rigid wall (default) boundary condition
Modeling step 2
Acoustic radiation
Results under loadcase 1: point load of 1N on the floor under the window
500 Hz, inner arc directivity , (dB)
100 Hz, inner arc directivity, (dB)
500 Hz, outer arc directivity , (dB)
3 2
1
128
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Two series of far field microphones
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Modeling step 2
Acoustic radiation
Results under loadcase 1: point load of 1N on the floor under the window
200 Hz, SPL (dB)
500 Hz, SPL (dB)
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500 Hz, SPL (dB)
200 Hz, SPL (dB)
500 Hz, SPL (dB)
ACTRAN VibroAcoustics for Aircraft
ACTRAN Features for Cabin and Cockpit Noise
Aircraft Noise Major Contributors

Overall Interior noise level
Interior Noise
External noise sources
Boundary
Layer
Engine
Air
borne
Internal noise sources
Structure
borne
ECS
Environment
Control
System
Windows
Avionics
System
Structure
Radiated Noise
Engine noise during landing and take-off phases
APU noise while engines off
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Other systems
(hydraulic, electrical
systems, etc)
Efficiency of Fuselage Panels

Unique features to model all the mechanisms of damping, absorption &
transmission in multi-layered trim panels :

Viscoelastic, porous materials (Biot model) & stiffeners
Fluid-structure coupling (one model inculding the structure and the acoustic)
Fast FRF Krylov solver
stiffeners
aluminum
layer 1
layer 2
air
layer 3
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Noise Transmission through Fuselage &

Cockpit Models
FEM Actran models take into account:
Real shape & structural heterogeneity effect
Variable thickness skin

Multi-layered windows
Glass wool (Biot model)
Frames & stringers
Floor
Added masses
Excitation type effect
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Diffuse field
Turbulent boundary layer (Corcos)
Engine structure borne vibrations
User defined (e.g. propeller noise)
Noise Transmission through Fuselage &

Cockpit Typical results
Cockpit sound transmission
Cockpit sound transmission
NR(dB)
10 dB
Cabin structure response
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10
100
F(Hz)
1000
A more Realistic Model

Objective: Compute the interior noise induced
by a Diffuse Sound Field excitation

Modeling :
Half Model (symmetry BC), Upper cavity (5 m3)

Insulation (Glasswool)
Multi-layered windows
Composite or Aluminum Fuselage
Stringers and Frames
Example with Actran 11 (year 2010)

2.1 MDOFs model, valid up to 5kHz
Runs in 2.2 hours on 2x4 threads with 2x30GB
RAM
Courtesy of Airbus
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Going Further
Advanced features
Composite Materials in Actran

A composite material is an assembly of 2 or more materials, put
together to obtain performances higher than any of its constituents

The composite shell is usually multilayered with plies having a specific
fiber direction
2
1
El=135E9 Pa
Et=8.5E9 Pa
nu12=0.35
nu23=0.00
G12=4.2E9
The fiber direction vary from one ply to another
This gives specific mechanical properties (fatigue, weight)
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Pressurization in Actran
Computations for assessing the effect of the pressurization
pi
po
Average flight
configuration :
pi- po= 50kPa
The pressurization is a static load modify the dynamic stiffness of the entire
system
In practice in ACTRAN: work in two steps:
Step 1: Computation of the static response
determination of the INITIAL_DISPLACEMENT
Step 2: Computation of the dynamic response
using the results of step 1. The software uses the
updated system stiffness
Use: airplane applications, underwater applications

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ACTRAN / TM
A unique environment for
modeling turbo-machinery noise
Aircraft noise sources
Source: ICCAIA, moteur PW8000
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ACTRAN/TM Key features
Handle the effect of

Models both near field and far field
backgound flow
(important for certification)
Includes an accurate
model of the fan source
Optimized for large models

(high frequency)
Accounts for all liners
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Including the very

complex exhaust flow
Tonal Source Modeling Duct Modes
The source is represented by series of duct modes (Tyler&Sofrin theory)
In practice: set of rotating modes with a given radial and azimuthal order
Well established rules help choosing the modes amplitudes and phase at BPFH and at any other
frequency
The reflected modes are let free (non reflecting boundary condition)
All types of duct section are handled by ACTRAN
Radial order = 1
Radial order = 1
Radial order = 2
Radial order = 3
Azimuthal order =0
Azimuthal order = 4
Azimuthal order =4
Azimuthal order =4
Axisymmetric Nacelle & Splitter in a Bypass
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Far Field: Acoustic Infinite Elements

Two roles:
Muffler
Act as a non reflective boundary

condition (Free field modeling)
Give access to results outside
the computational domain
Directivity Diagram
Nacelle radiation, flow, no liner - 500Hz, mode (3,0)
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4
120
60
150
30
180
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210

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Liners: Admittance Boundary Conditions

ACTRAN TM models with accuracy the liners including the effect of the
grazing flow (as per the Myers-Eversman formulation)

Admittance Influence
With Liner
and flow
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Without Liner,
with flow
Output
ACTRAN can output maps in the near and far fields
Directivity diagrams can also be output thanks to virtual microphones

Energy indicators allow performing the energy balance of the system
All of these output allow performing accurate design study
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Experimental Validation
ICSV 2005 Fan Noise Radiation from Intake: Comparisons Between FEM
Prediction and Fan Rig Test Measurements with Flare S.Lidoine & B.Caruelle
See also validation on JT15D : Development and validation of a parallel out-ofcore propagation and radiation code with validation on a turbofan application,
P.Ploumhans et al, ICA 2004-702
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Actran

CPU ex.: 2 way, 2 core
ex.: 32GB
MPI (Message Passing Interface)
BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms)

Extra-node, Switch (Myrinet, InfiniBand, etc.)
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(thread)
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ACTRAN TM Performance on a real intake

AIAA2006-2588: New advances in the use of
ACTRAN TM for nacelle simulations and optimization

of IBM clusters for ACTRAN parallel computations,
A.Mosson, S. Caro, T.Knapen, M.Gontier, L.Enault,
S.Drouilhet-Peyre
Performance tests have been performed with Airbus to
optimize the parallel scalability
Running in parallel lowers the RAM needs (and the
computational time)
axis symetric run - RAM consumption
axis symetric run - parallel version efficiency

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225kdofs
6
871kdofs
1250kdofs
5
4
3
2
parallel/sequential RAM
59kdofs
7
sequential/parallel time
linear behaviour
linear behaviour
59kdofs
225kdofs
871kdofs
1250kdofs
5
4
3
2
1
1
1
CPU number
CPU num ber
106

CPU30
70GB
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Presentation and General Products Overview

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Free Field Technologies operates from its headquarters in Mont-Saint-Guibert

Actran is used by over 200 industrial customers worldwide.

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Motivation for Acoustic Simulations

Sound transmission & fluid-structure interaction

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Motivation for Acoustic Simulations

Turbulent (unsteady) fluid flow

Sound transmission & fluid-structure interaction

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The Actran software suite

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Sound propagation in ducts

Pre-requisite for more advanced Actran modules:

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Large finite element and material library:

acoustic finite and infinite elements incl. pyras and pentas

Realistic excitation mechanisms:

acoustical, kinematical and dynamical excitations

High-performance solvers and parallel processing

Side window transmission

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Actran for NASTRAN

A technology providing the right blend of accuracy and speed

In phase with the distributed development process

References: Ford, Nissan, MMC, GM, Rieter, ...

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From BIW to trimmed body

Direct link to most CFD codes

Air conditioning duct

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excitation defined in terms of duct modes

References: Airbus, Rolls-Royce, SNECMA, General Electric, MTU, Honeywell, Liebherr,

Turbomeca, Aermacchi, ...

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Linearized Euler Equations (LEE)

Complex Exhaust Flow

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Validation and modification of Actran models created with other tools

Advanced results display capabilities

Model creation and validation

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FRF Display Tool

Some of our Automotive Customers

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Some of our Aerospace Customers

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Some Other References

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Reduction of Discharge Gas Pulsation of HVAC

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HVAC System: Description

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HVAC System: Description

Reduce the disturbing energy from the compressor to the system

Minimize risk of piping failure

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Dual Scroll: Compressor Description

50% Flow through