3D Printed Metasurfaces to Perfect Acoustic Absorption
3D printing is being used to change so many processes across the board in nearly every sector—so why not the engineering of acoustics as well? While it’s not something most of us may be worried about, researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS, and the University of Lorraine have been working to overcome obstacles in absorbing acoustic waves, and then going on to translate that to other applications. They have been able to create, ultimately, an absorber that is much thinner. The researchers expect that in the near future they will be able to 3D print this metasurface and will apply it to concepts like tunable amplitude. Read more at
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http://3dprint.com/119606/acoustic-absorption-research/
