It is well-known that the primary role of a vehicle exhaust system is to reduce the exhaust emissions and noise caused by a running vehicle. However, as vehicle exhaust systems are being evaluated and improved in various ways to satisfy consumer needs, technologies for reducing noise and vibration are significantly being developed. The biggest challenge in designing an exhaust system is generating the optimal back pressure and flow velocity for a running vehicle, thereby maximizing the performance, while simultaneously reducing the noise caused by the exhaust emissions. In this study, we designed the junction chamber shapes of various exhaust systems, which are applicable to V6 and above engines, and conducted a CFD analysis of the exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust pipe. In addition, we precisely measured the noise and vibration caused by a vehicle and analyzed the correlation.

High power trends in the diesel engines due to engine downsizing do not provide noise attenuation that can be satisfied with the performance of the existing silencer on account of high frequency increases in the exhaust noise. This study improves the attenuation performance of the exhaust silencer of the diesel engine and suggests silencer structure that performs best attenuation performance, especially at the high frequency range in the exhaust noise. It proposes dual silencer structure with an average attenuation performance of 6.4 dB and a maximum of 10.7 dB in the high frequency range (over 500 Hz), and analyzes its characteristics compared with the existing silencer. The performance analysis is performed according to 'Measurements on silencers in situation–ISO 11820:1996 Acoustics' and describes the results of comparative analysis with the existing silencer.