Messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm Gesellschaft MIT Beschraenkter Haftung

Eckehard Laudien

Oskar Bschorr

The noise of an exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine or other hermodynamic equipment is reduced by silators which are operatively arranged for deadening or absorbing the exhaust noise. Such silators have vaulted surfaces enclosing an evacuated volume which may include a cooling liquid. The silators have a resonance frequency that depends on the vaulting height and the free span or diameter of the vaulted surface. By properly dimensioning the silators and combining a plurality thereof each having a different resonance frequency, a wide frequency range of exhaust noises may be covered. Preferably the silator impedance is smaller than the air impedance of the environment. The silators are protected against the heat of the exhaust gases.

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Eckehard Laudien