본 연구에서는 실험적 방법을 통하여 엔진 배기관의 굴곡 형상이 배기 소음에 미치는 영향에 대해서 고찰하였다. 엔진으로는 4기통, 배기량 2164cc의 디이젤 엔진 을 사용하였으며 엔진의 보통 사용 범위인 1200∼3200rpm, 드로틀밸브의 개방도 25∼를 100% 구간에서 실험을 수행하였다. 굴곡부의 형상으로는 대부분의 배기관 굴곡이 원 호 형태임을 고헌하여 원호형의 굴곡관과 관의 꺽임부의 영향을 고찰하기 위한 직각형 굴곡관의 두가지 형태를 택하였따. 각 엔진의 운전 조건에서 굴곡관의 형상 치수를 바꾸어 가며 배기 소음의 음압(sound pressure level, SPL)과 스펙트럼을 얻었으며 이 들을 상호 비교 검토하여 배기관 굴곡 형상의 주요 설계 변수에 의한 배기 소음의 영 향을 고찰하였다.
It is often occurred that exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine should be bent due to some geometrical constraints. Especially for automobiles most of exhaust pipes of engines have curvature to avoid rear axles. In this paper effects of pipe curvature on the exhaust noise of a diesel engine have been studied experimentally. Experiments were carried out on a 4-cycle, 2164cc diesel engine. Two types of curvature, circular arc and retangle, were tested. Sound pressure level (SPL) and power spectrum of the exhaust noise were measured by inserting bent pipes of different curvature dimensions into the exhaust pipe at various engine operating conditions. The following results were obtained from this study. Among the engine operating conditions the exhaust noise was affected mainly by engine revolution speed. The noise was reduced by the circular arc bent pipe. The effectiveness of an arc bent pipe on the noise reduction was dominated by its arc angle and the maximum noise reduction was obtained by the angle of 180.deg.. But the noise reduction could not be obtained by the rectangular bent pipe, and at high engine speed the noise was rather increased due to turbulence of exhaust gas.
