Articles techniques et présentations

Traffic noise pollution has represented a significant challenge for modern societies, requiring the development of innovative noise mitigation strategies. In the last decades, intensive research has been developed into the design and evaluation of noise barriers but there still lacks a ... En savoir plus

In structural optimization, the norm has long been to use maximum stress or compliance as objectives to be minimized. However, probabilistic quantities, such as the probability of failure, offer a fresh and powerful alternative. These quantities are inherently dimensionless, confined to ... En savoir plus

One way to extract piezoelectric material data from measurements is to utilize vibrational eigenmodes of block-shaped test specimens (Rupitsch 2015). Within a simulation-aided approach this results in optimizing the values of the material data parameters to fit the experimental result, ... En savoir plus

FT wind sensors measure wind speed and direction using an acoustic field superimposed on a flow field in an acoustic resonator equipped with three piezoelectric transducers. The study proposed here focuses on the acoustic resonance technology of a simplified wind sensor geometry, and how ... En savoir plus

Introduction The echolocation signals of dolphins consist of forward-projected sound pulses that reflect off objects and are used to probe underwater surroundings. Despite rigorous studies of dolphin echolocation, there remain questions about how echolocation sounds are produced and ... En savoir plus

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a biocompatible material widely used in biomedical applications such as implantable sensors. A realistic modeling of PDMS in acoustic-mechanic simulation is useful especially for medical applications which use ultrasonic waves as interrogation source. ... En savoir plus

The design of products in the audio industry is to a large extent done via a combination of prior knowledge and trial-and-error. Such an approach will sometimes be seen described as an ‘optimization’ of said products, but we will here focus on the formal mathematical approach of ... En savoir plus

Ultrasonic flow-cell reactors are used for many industrial applications, where fluid substrate is sonicated in a small region, where very high ultrasonic acoustic power is present. The electromechanical transducer (converter) that drive the sonotrode inside the flow-cell is designed in ... En savoir plus

New design structure for generating and tuning the multi-bands of negative modulus is presented by introducing metamaterial concept. To effectively achieve selective noise reduction and sound transmission, acoustic metamaterial consisted of arrayed multiple resonators with extended necks ... En savoir plus

RAKON is a worldwide expert in high performance crystal oscillator. The company decided to expand its product range to larger space equipment, the Master Reference Oscillator (MRO). This product is composed of stacked mechanical modules, joined together by structural screwed assemblies. ... En savoir plus