Effect of Heat Treatment on the Gas Permeability, Sound Absorption Coefficient, and Sound Transmission Loss of Paulownia tomentosa Wood

In this study, the gas permeability, sound absorption coefficient, and sound transmission loss of the Paulownia tomentosa wood were estimated using capillary flow porometry, transfer function method, and transfer matrix method, respectively. The longitudinal specific permeability constant of the Paulownia tomentosa wood with a thickness of 20 mm was 0.254 for the control sample and 0.279, 0.314, and 0.452 after being subjected to heat treatments at $100^{\circ}C$, $160^{\circ}C$, and $200^{\circ}C$, respectively. The gas permeability was observed to be slightly increased by the heat treatment. The mean sound absorption coefficients of 20-mm thick Paulownia tomentosa log cross-section for the control sample and after being subjected to heat treatments at $100^{\circ}C$, $160^{\circ}C$, and $200^{\circ}C$ were 0.101, 0.109, 0.096 and 0.106, respectively. Further, the noise reduction coefficients of 20-mm thick Paulownia tomentosa log cross-section of the control sample and after being subjected to heat treatment at temperatures of $100^{\circ}C$, $160^{\circ}C$, and $200^{\circ}C$ were 0.060, 0.067, 0.062 and 0.071, respectively. The mean of sound transmission loss of the 20-mm thick Paulownia tomentosa log cross-section was approximately 36.93 dB. Furthermore, the gas permeability and sound absorption coefficient of the heat-treated Paulownia tomentosa discs slightly increased depending on the heat treatment temperature; however, the rate of increase was insignificant.

참오동나무의 열처리가 기체투과성, 흡음율과 음향투과손실에 미치는 영향

참오동나무의 섬유방향기체투과성(gas permeability), 횡단방향 흡음율(sound absorption coefficient)과 음향투과손실(sound transmission loss)을 평가하고 열처리의 영향을 파악하고자 참오동나무 원반을 100, 160, $200^{\circ}C$로 열처리하고 기체투과성, 흡음율, 음향투과손실을 각각 측정하여 무처리 원반의 결과와 비교하였다. 그 결과, 두께 20 mm 참오동나무 원반의 섬유방향 기체투과성(specific permeability)은 무처리, 100, 160, $200^{\circ}C$ 열처리의 경우 각각 0.254, 0.279, 0.314, 0.452로 열처리에 의해 기체투과성이 약간 증가하였다. 두께 20 mm 무처리 참오동나무 원반의 50-6400 Hz 평균흡음율은 0.101이었으며 온도 100, 160, $200^{\circ}C$로 열처리한 목재의 50-6400 Hz 평균흡음율은 0.109, 0.096 그리고 0.106이었다. NRC (noise reduction coefficient) 는 각각 0.060, 0.067, 0.062 그리고 0.071 이었다. 두께 20 mm 무처리 참오동나무 원반의 50-6400 Hz 주파수범위에서 음향투과손실은 평균 36.93 dB이었다. 열처리에 의해 참오동나무 원반의 기체투과성과 흡음율은 열처리에 의해 그리고 열처리 온도 증가에 의해 약간 증가하였으나 증가정도는 미미하였다.