Aerospace Acoustics
Objectives
- Develop advanced acoustic damping treatments
- Develop active noise control approaches
- Develop advanced sensing approaches
WHY IT MATTERS
- Next generation aircraft have more stringent limits on radiated noise
- A high percentage of failures in launch vehicles is due to sonic excitation at launch
Recent Accomplishments
- Acoustic meta materials have been tested and shown to have significantly increased sound absorption
- Improved acoustic beamforming techniques for wind tunnels have been demonstrated
- A piezoelectric line distributed strain sensor for piping systems has been developed and demonstrated
Clients
- NASA- Langley Research Center
- Huntington Ingalls Industries
- United Launch Alliance
- Airbus
Participants / Collaborators
- National Institute of Aerospace
- Virginia Tech
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