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Duct silencers are used to reduce noise in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) as well as noise from exhaust gas chimneys. For a duct silencer, an important trade-off has to be made between the achieved noise reduction and the pressure drop. Using an example model, we will ... En savoir plus

A gearbox used in a vacuum cleaner robot is evaluated regarding noise and vibration in COMSOL Multiphysics®, using the Multibody Dynamics and the Acoustics Module. The real gearbox is powered by a DC motor and consists of four plastic helical gears forming a gear train and is used to ... En savoir plus

COMSOL Multiphysics® has proven to be an invaluable “virtual laboratory” tool in assisting our development of a new generation of efficient analytical models describing the acoustics of highly porous fibre and foam materials. From the definition of the physical relations describing the ... En savoir plus

Shape and Topology Optimization of Loudspeaker Drivers This paper illustrates the use of formal mathematical optimization techniques for engineering solutions focused towards loudspeaker drivers. Both shape and topology optimization techniques are applied, with the physics ranging ... En savoir plus

Micro-Electro-Mechanical Devices such as acoustics sensors, finger print sensors, tunable capacitors etc. are widely used in commercial applications. The pressure sensors use membranes which deflect upon applied pressure load. The most important aspect of any pressure sensor is its ... En savoir plus

Thermal ablation is a treatment option in oncology that can be used to target primary and metastatic cancers. In this approach, high temperature heating is administered at the target tumor site to induce coagulative necrosis of malignant cells. One minimally invasive method for ... En savoir plus

Modern home audio products are starting to feature dedicated upward firing height channel speakers, which are a combination of unique physical speaker design and special signal processing, to reproduce audio as if the sound source is located in the ceiling. Due to slim form factor design ... En savoir plus

Aerodynamic sound is generated by unsteady fluid motion and enhanced when the flow becomes turbulent. For example, drone is loud because the ambient air is stirred by their propeller to get lift and movement and the air becomes turbulent. Reduction of aerodynamic noise is an important ... En savoir plus

Thermal ablation driven by an acoustic heat source has tremendous potential for the treatment of diseased tissue. In many applications, such as treating tumors in the liver, bulk removal of tissue is required, and thermal ablation can reliably cause necrosis for a relatively large tissue ... En savoir plus

Metamaterials are composites of subwavelength structures that can be engineered to affect the propagation of a wave in specific ways as it travels through the material. While metamaterials can be used with any type of wave, they are most commonly found in electromagnetic waves. However, ... En savoir plus