MATHAN.

HD130006

Review

INVESTIGATION ON SOUND ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF COIR

FIBER AND KAPOK FIBER

INTRDUCTION

It is clear there is no denying that the global industrial development, science and technology have
significantly improved the quality of life. However, this process also at the same time leads to various
problems, particularly issues of the environment and human health. Every day, billions of people
around the world have to face many unpleasant effects such as air pollution, water pollution, etc. In
addition to this, the noise pollution is also seriously affecting people's lives as well, especially the
lives of the residents of the city. Noise pollution from various sources. This may be a result of
industrial processes or from the activities of daily living. Sound absorption is one of the main
requirements for the convenience of humans today. Sound insulation requirements in the
manufacturing environment, car and equipment, generating higher sound pressures driving the need to
develop a more efficient and economical to produce sound absorption materials. The industrial
application of sound insulation, generally including the use of materials such as glass wool, mineral
fibre, foam and composite them. In recent years, several studies have been undertaken to develop new
materials and technology to increase sound absorption properties. Research on types of porous,
fibrous and other materials has been published extensively in writing. Therefore, researchers have
now driven their attentions to find sustainable and eco-friendly materials to be an alternative sound
absorbing. This paper reviews the literature on the latest advances in research on Coir fibre (Cocos
nucifera) and Kapok fibre in replacing synthetic fibre in making composites for sound absorption
applications. This review will examine two different articles about these issues and evaluate its
content based on how the physical properties of materials such as the size of the fibre, thickness of
material, air flow resistance, porosity and density can influence the behaviour of absorption. This
research has been used impedance tube method to measure the coefficient of sound absorption,
especially for Kapok fibre and Coir fibre run experiments using the reverberation room to obtain the
noise reduction coefficient. In the while many physical test machines and equipment was also used in
the study. This paper also attempts to explore to obtain different absorption characteristics of different
sounds for different frequencies.