Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #44659
From: Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Muffler design (was 20B isssues . . )
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:59:07 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Tracy Crook wrote:
Interesting stuff Ernest,  Hope this turns up some good results.

I haven't had time to really go into muffler theory so I've just observed what the car & motorcycle makers do.  Based on these observations only,  I've concluded that unless we come up with a new concept, there is no substitute for size and cubic inches.  
The phononic devices ARE a new concept.  Most of the data I've been able to find has been abstracts of peer-review research publications.  The three links I provided earlier are the only publicly available data I've turned up. Even still, conceptually it's a fairly simple construct.  The devilish part, as Bill alluded to, is that it has to be tuned.  The papers I've read lead me to believe that I have some idea of the magnitude of the dimensions necessary, and I've sketched out a way to run a lot of tests of different configurations easily.  Nothin' left to do but the doin'.  8*)
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