Acoustic black holes in structural design for vibration and noise control

C Zhao, MG Prasad - Acoustics, 2019 - mdpi.com
It is known that in the design of quieter mechanical systems, vibration and noise control play
important roles. Recently, acoustic black holes have been effectively used for structural …

Numerical analysis of the vibroacoustic properties of plates with embedded grids of acoustic black holes

SC Conlon, JB Fahnline, F Semperlotti - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The concept of an Acoustic Black Hole (ABH) has been developed and exploited as an
approach for passively attenuating structural vibration. The basic principle of the ABH relies …

Broadband energy harvesting using acoustic black hole structural tailoring

L Zhao, SC Conlon, F Semperlotti - Smart materials and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper explores the concept of an acoustic black hole (ABH) as a main design
framework for performing dynamic structural tailoring of mechanical systems for vibration …

Low-frequency vibration reduction using a sandwich plate with periodically embedded acoustic black holes

L Zhao - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, passive constrained-layer dam** with periodically embedded acoustic black
holes (ABHs) on a viscoelastic layer is used to reduce vibrations and noise. The ABH is a …

Embedded acoustic black holes for semi-passive broadband vibration attenuation in thin-walled structures

L Zhao, F Semperlotti - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2017 - Elsevier
We explore the use of structure-embedded Acoustic Black Holes (ABH) to design thin-walled
structural components exhibiting broadband vibration attenuation characteristics. The ABH …

[HTML][HTML] A normalized wave number variation parameter for acoustic black hole design

PA Feurtado, SC Conlon, F Semperlotti - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
In recent years, the concept of the Acoustic Black Hole has been developed as an efficient
passive, lightweight absorber of bending waves in plates and beams. Theory predicts …

Vibroacoustic characteristics of plate with multiple complicated cutouts

Y Fan, Y Chen, J Ding, G **, T Zhao - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Current research on vibroacoustic characteristics of plate with cutout is limited to cases with
regular cutout, such as rectangular cutout or circle cutout. A comprehensive model is …

[PDF][PDF] Enhancing the low frequency vibration reduction performance of plates with embedded acoustic black holes

SC Conlon, JB Fahnline, F Semperlotti… - INTER-NOISE and …, 2014 - acoustics.asn.au
ABSTRACT Embedded Acoustic Black Holes (ABH) have been investigated as a passive
treatment for noise and vibration control. The ABH effect is produced from a plate thickness …

Numerical and experimental study of sound power reduction performance of acoustic black holes in rectangular plates

O Unruh, C Blech, HP Monner - SAE International Journal of Passenger …, 2015 - sae.org
Global attenuation of structural velocities is one of the most effective approaches in order to
reduce noise emitted by shell structures such as a car roof or aircraft fuselage panels. This …

Nonlocal acoustic black hole metastructures: Achieving ultralow frequency and broadband vibration attenuation

S Nair - 2019 - search.proquest.com
The development of novel passive techniques for vibration attenuation and control of
broadband energy propagation through structural systems have been a major challenge in …