Achilleos Lab

Research focus

ERC Starting Grant · 2022

Manipulating nonlinear sound waves using non-Hermiticity and active control. Nonlinear and Active Sound Absorption

Audible sound is an inevitable physical phenomenon which can be “the best or the worst of all things”. In its best form, is essential to human communication and entertainment. In its worst form, it appears as a social and health threat through noise in urban and domestic environments, arising from sources such as vehicles, ventilation systems, construction sites and aircraft engines. Both European and international organisations identify noise as a major health issue of modern society and insist on regulating its levels. Some modern noise reduction solutions, using artificial periodic composites and benefiting from the 3D printing techniques do exist, however an important problem regarding…

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