Noise Control Treatment

Noise Control Treatment (NCT) assigns acoustic treatments on top of a plate and shell, which represent the model. Noise Control Treatment is a sequence of acoustic layer treatments stacked up/combined together to give you the effect of the desired sound absorption and sound attention between subsystems. The first step in creating NCTs is to create an NCT layer.

An NCT layer is a layer which has information about thickness and material, and can be used in multiple NCTs. When you update NCT layer parameters, the changes are propagated to all NCTs with a single click.

From the Noise Control Treatment ribbon, click NCTs and NCT Layers to display the Create Noise Control Treatment and Create NCT Layer entity editors, respectively.



Figure 1. Noise Control Treatment Ribbon
There are four types of NCT layers available in High Frequency NVH:
  1. Decoupler
  2. Mass barrier
  3. Absorber
  4. Panel

Create NCT Layers

From the Noise Control Treatment ribbon, click NCT Layers to display the Create NCT Layer Entity Editor.


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Name
A character string used to label the NCT layer in subsequent SEAM applications. The name may be left blank, but the combination of the name and number must be unique. The name cannot contain the following characters: + - / * or ^.
ID
An alphanumeric string no longer than eight characters used to identify the NCT layer in subsequent SEAM forms. The NCT layer ID does not need to be unique, however, the combination of the name and the ID must be unique. To generate a unique numeric ID, click the "#" button.
Type
A predefined type which describes the general form of the NCT layer type. Select the NCT layer type from the Type field drop-down menu.
There are four types of NCT Layers in SEAM:
  1. Decoupler
  2. Mass barrier
  3. Absorber
  4. Panel
Thickness
Assign a thickness to the layer.
Damping
Assign a damping model to the NCT layer. From the Damping field drop-down menu, select a damping model. This list contains all pre-defined models which apply to the current element type. Click to display advanced damping options that you can use to define additional damping models.
Properties
Assign a property model to the NCT layer. From the Property field drop-down menu, select a property model. The element materials and cross-sectional parameters defined in the selected property record are displayed. Property records can be used to simplify the model definition in cases where many elements have the same properties. Click to display advanced property options that you can use to define additional property models.

Create Noise Control Treatment

From the Noise Control Treatment ribbon, click NCTs to display the Create Noise Control Treament Entity Editor.


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Figure 5. Create Noise Control Treament Entity Editor
Name
A character string used to label the NCT in subsequent SEAM applications. The name may be left blank but, the combination of the name and number must be unique. The name cannot contain the following characters: + - / * or ^.
ID
An alphanumeric string no longer than eight characters used to identify the NCT in subsequent SEAM forms. The NCT ID does not need to be unique, however, the combination of the name and the ID must be unique. To generate a unique numeric ID, click the "#" button.
Layers
Assign a number to the layer.
Field Angle
Assign an angle. If the calculation of absorption vs. frequency is selected (see X-Axis), this value sets the angle range. Plane wave absorption can be calculated for a single angle, random incidence (0-90 degrees), field incidence (0-78 degrees), or a user-specified range of angles. For example, the average absorption between 45 and 60 degrees can be found by entering ’45:60’).
Layer-n
Assign an NCT layer. From the drop-down menu, select an NCT layer model. This list contains all predefined models which apply to the current NCT layer type. The NCT Layer-n list depends on the number of layers.

NCT Application

To make an NCT active, it has to be applied to the subsystem, which is then used to predict transmission loss or absorption across a subsystem. Available NCTs in the session can be applied on Plate and Shell subsystems. NCTs can be applied to either the positive or negative face of the subsystem, and that decides the direction of the application. You can apply the same NCT to multiple subsystems. Once the NCT is updated, all subsystems that are assigned with that NCT are updated.

Use the Entity Editor to edit and apply an NCT to a subsystem.



Figure 6. Subsystems Entity Editor

To define the Noise Control Treatment, click Positive Face or Negative Face, based on which side you need to define the NCT.

Treatments
Assign a number to define the number of NCTs applied to the subsystem.
Treatment -n
From the predefined list, assign the NCT to be applied.
% area Coverage -n
Assign a percent area coverage value, which defines the area coverage of the NCT.
Note: You can apply multiple NCTs on either side of the face. Currently, you can apply NCTs on either one side of the face.