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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Elucidating the Sound Absorption Characteristics of Foxtail Millet (

Dhayalini Balasubramanian, Senthil Rajendran, Bhuvanesh Srinivasan, Nirmalakumari Angamuthu

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Dhayalini BalasubramanianStructural Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India.
Senthil RajendranStructural Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India.
Bhuvanesh SrinivasanCNRS-Saint Gobain-NIMS, UMI 3629, Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials and Structures (LINK), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4472-2780
Nirmalakumari AngamuthuCenter of Excellence in Millets, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Athiyandal, Tiruvannamalai 606 603, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Abstract

The current study deals with the analysis of sound absorption characteristics of foxtail millet husk powder. Noise is one the most persistent pollutants which has to be dealt seriously. Foxtail millet is a small seeded cereal cultivated across the world and its husk is less explored for its utilization in polymer composites. The husk is the outer protective covering of the seed, rich in silica and lingo-cellulose content making it suitable for sound insulation. The acoustic characterization is done for treated foxtail millet husk powder and polypropylene composite panels. The physical parameters like fiber mass content, density, and thickness of the composite panel were varied and their influence over sound absorption was mapped. The influence of porosity, airflow resistance, and tortuosity was also studied. The experimental result shows that 30-mm thick foxtail millet husk powder composite panel with 40% fiber mass content, 320 kg/m

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acoustic panelcompositefoxtail millet husksound absorptionsustainable fiber

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PMID33202920
PMCPMC7696682

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