Investigation of baffle configuration effect on the performance of exhaust mufflers

Using baffles in exhaust mufflers is known to improve their transmission loss. The baffle cut ratio should affect the muffler performance analogous to a shell-and-tube heat exchanger. To the authors’ knowledge, there is no previous assessment reported in literature of the effects that the baffle cut...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Elsayed, Christophe Bastien, Steve Jones, Jesper Christensen, Humberto Medina, Hassan Kassem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X16301769