Mechanism Study and Reduction of Minivan Interior Booming Noise during Acceleration

Abstract EN

Interior booming noise during acceleration has been one of the most significant NVH problems for minivans.

However, the generation mechanism of the interior booming noise remains unclear, so the access to reduce the booming noise is blocked.

To solve the booming noise problem, a Source-Path-Receiver-Model-based approach is established to study the generation mechanism of the booming noise.

Based on the generation mechanism, several modifications are proposed to reduce the minivan booming noise.

In the established approach, the transfer path of the booming noise energy is figured out by the vehicle body and cavity experimental TPA, rear suspension dynamic analysis, and drivetrain torsional vibration analysis.

Meanwhile, the vibroacoustic energy in the transfer processes is analyzed quantitatively.

The identified generation mechanism is validated by the comparison of the test results of minivan interior noise and the simulation results from the established approach.

During the minivan acceleration, the 5th torsional vibration mode (50.5 Hz) of the driveline is excited by the engine torsional vibration around 1500 r/min.

Then, the driveline torsional resonance energy is transferred to the body and cavity through the rear suspension and finally leads to the interior booming noise.

Based on the validated mechanism, several modifications are proposed to reduce the frequency response function of the driveline, the rear suspension, and the vehicle body around 50 Hz.

With these modifications applied to the minivan, it is shown in the experimental results that the interior booming noise is reduced around 1500 r/min engine speed during acceleration.

The mechanism study provides effective assistance with minivan interior booming noise reduction and the study approach also could be extended to explore the mechanism of other complex interior noise problems in automobiles.