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Reducing the emitted noise from vehicles is a primary issue for automotive OEMs due to the constant evolution of the noise regulations. In the context of electric powertrains, virtual prototyping has proven to be a cost-efficient alternative to the build-test process, especially in early design stage and/or if optimization is targeted. Due to the multiphysics nature of the model, the full simulation chain involves multiple components, each having its own specific modelling attributes. The difficulty then resides in the parts assembly, solving issues like mesh-to-mesh projections, time to frequency-domain transformation, 2d-axisymmetric to 3d mapping, data formatting and management, unit and local coordinate systems… This paper presents an environment that allows for the prediction and analysis of the noise radiated by electric automotive powertrains. The stator-rotor electro-magnetic behavior is represented by time-dependent forces applied on stator teeth.

This paper describes a new approach for modeling a trimmed vehicle body by blending FEA models of the BIW, the passenger compartment and each individual trim component. The approach bases on the update of modal matrices, transforming the untrimmed body-cavity modal representation into an updated modal model including the effect of the trim configuration on the local and global NVH indicators. Results on simple and more realistic models are presented and show that the methodology fulfills the efficiency and accuracy criteria and is thus to guide the NVH development process.

The acoustic trim components play an essential role in NVH behavior by reducing both the structure borne and airborne noise transmission while participating to the absorption inside the car. Over the past years, the interest for numerical solutions to predict the noise transmission through trim packages has grown, leading to the development of dedicated CAE tools. The incrementally restrictive weight and space constraints force today CAE engineers to seek for optimized trim package solution. This paper presents a two-steps process which aims to reduce the structure borne road noise due to floor panel using a coupled simulation with MSC NASTRAN and Actran. The embossment of the supporting steel structure, the material properties of porous layers and the thickness of visco-elastic patches are the design variables of the optimization process.

The reduction of the emitted noise from vehicles is a primary issue for automotive OEM’s due to the constant evolution of the noise regulations. As the noise generated by the powertrain remains one of the major noise sources at low/mid vehicle velocities, focus is set on efficient methods to control this source. Acoustic treatments and covers, made of multi-layered trimmed panels, are frequently selected to control the radiated sound and its directivity. In this context, numerical acoustic simulation is an attractive approach as efficient methodologies are available to study the acoustic radiation of powertrain units in working conditions (up to 6500 RPM nd frequencies up to 4 kHz). Moreover, handling acoustically-treated covers in such simulations has a low impact on the computational cost.

The design of automotive mechanical components requires the consideration of various excitations related to physical tests (involved in the validation process) and/or operational conditions. In such a context, random distributed excitations (like diffuse field and turbulent boundary layer) play a particular role. Modeling and simulation of the vibro-acoustic response of systems subjected to such random excitations is the framework of the present contribution. Based on elasto-acoustic assumptions, on one hand, and the assimilation of the excitation to a weakly stationary random process characterized by a reference power spectrum and a particular spatial correlation function, on the other hand, the authors identify various strategies for evaluating the random response. The analysis is performed in a numerical context. The selected discrete models are based on a finite element formulation and exploit a displacement-pressure formulation.