Effect of temperature variation on the perceived annoyance of rattle sounds in the automotive industry
Paper in proceeding, 2019

Product quality improvements and electrification in automotive industries, denote the growing need for squeak and rattle free cars. Studying the relation between main sources of rattle sound, like temperature changes and the emitted sound can help to improve the design robustness. In this research, the effect of temperature on the perceived annoyance level of rattle sounds that are generated from selected material pairs from the car cabin is studied. The sound stimuli were collected from a rattle test apparatus by binaural technology in laboratory condition, by a parameter study on temperature, gap and material pairs. Estimated annoyance levels, using the psychoacoustic metric developed through a subjective listening survey, show that perceived annoyance of rattle sounds varies differently for various materials in different ambient and boundary conditions. Employing this approach can lead to a rattle sound database for material pairs to be incorporated with geometry variation results for requirement setting and design robustness improvements in the early development phases of passenger cars before the physical prototypes are available.

Squeak and rattle

Temperature variation

Subjective listening test

Psychoacoustic metrics

Author

Mohsen Bayani

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science

Casper Wickman

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Rikard Söderberg

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science

Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics

22267808 (ISSN) 24151599 (eISSN)

Vol. 2019-September 4383-4390
9783939296157 (ISBN)

23rd International Congress on Acoustics, ICA 2019
Aachen, Germany,

Squeak and Rattle Prediction for Robust Product Development

Volvo Cars, 2016-08-01 -- .

Subject Categories

Mechanical Engineering

Vehicle Engineering

Areas of Advance

Production

DOI

10.18154/RWTH-CONV-240015

ISBN

9783939296157

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