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Investigation and Benchmarking for Vehicle Floor Coverings
Technical Paper
2003-01-1575
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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A systematic benchmarking study was performed to investigate the acoustic performance of production floor coverings (i.e. carpets) of vehicles. A larger number of passenger cars including compact, mid-size, full size, and a truck were selected. The floor coverings were removed from these vehicles and evaluated both on absorption and sound transmission loss (STL) performances. The methodology used and the experimental results are presented in this paper. It was discovered that the design of the carpet is more important than the materials used. In addition, a carpet with highest absorption does not necessarily have the best STL and vice versa. However, an optimum design could achieve high performance in both categories.
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Balte, R., Choe, J., and Cherng, J., "Investigation and Benchmarking for Vehicle Floor Coverings," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-1575, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-1575.Also In
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