Application of the Scattering Matrix Method to Evaluate Acoustic Mufflers Properties

The aim of the paper is to analyse acoustic reflective muffler applying the scattering matrix method. In general, the method is based on dividing the muffler/system into separate subsystems and apply the acoustic multi-ports theory to calculate the scattering matrix of each element to finally combine the results and obtain the scattering matrix of the entire system/muffler. The multi-port procedure is derived from the theory of electric networks and allows to analyse acoustic devises of complex geometry with prescribed accuracy. Based on the scattering matrix, the transmission loss was determined.