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Exhaust silencer design in motorsport is a matter of establishing the best compromise between rules compliance, mass savings and engine restriction. A design methodology that acknowledges these difficulties is likely to be desirable to ensure that the best solution is always provided for the competing team. The present work takes into account a comprehensive analysis of mass versus silencer restriction matter, based on simulated lap times to find the optimal compromises. A thorough discussion concerning the different techniques concerning passive noise control is held, establishing a widely comprehensive concept study phase. Further optimisation of the best concept is conducted via Design of Experiments. A final finite element analysis is conducted in order to assess the quality of the proposed solution across a larger range of frequencies and confirm the design formulated so far as effective.

The general spiral equation is an excellent tool in array development. However, some modifications can improve the array response for a certain range of frequencies. This work describes a different approach to the spiral equation aiming the project of a high frequency array (20 k - 35 k Hz). By constraining some of the array and measurements parameters, a geometry is proposed intending to maximize the dynamic range response at a focal point. The steps of this approach are discussed showing the results of the simulations for different parameters of this equation. Some of these parameters were fixed and for some others a parameter sweep was performed. The final geometry is intended to work with ultrasound applications, such as measurements of scale models, and also with the acoustic frequency range.