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Acoustic Metamaterials for Noise Control Applications

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Low-frequency noise control is always a challenging issue for an NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) engineer. Acoustic metamaterials are a newly invented class of materials that exploit interesting wave phenomena to control and manipulate sound waves beyond the capability of naturally occurring materials. They are finding increasing use in the field of low-frequency noise control, acoustic super lensing, wave guiding, frequency filtering, and acoustic subwavelength imaging. Space coiling metamaterials and sonic crystals are among the most widely used metamaterials for noise control. They display interesting wave manipulations that lead to extraordinary phenomena such as extreme positive, negative, or zero values of refractive index, wave speed and bulk elastic properties, Fabry-Perot type resonances, spectral band gap formation, local resonances, and Bragg’s scattering. Advancements are ongoing to improve their performance and reduce their limitations. This chapter describes these acoustic metamaterials, particularly, in the context of noise control.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India

    Sneha Singh, Golakoti Pavan & Chetan Chalurkar

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  1. Acoustics and Vibration Standards, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

    Naveen Garg

  2. CSIR_National Physical Laboratory, City, India

    Chitra Gautam

  3. School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

    Shanay Rab

  4. National Institute Of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR–NIScPR), Delhi, India

    Meher Wan

  5. Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, India

    Ravinder Agarwal

  6. CSIR - National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Sanjay Yadav

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  1. CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi, India

    Sanjay Yadav

  2. Department of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India

    Ravinder Agarwal

  3. School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom

    Shanay Rab Ph.D

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Singh, S., Pavan, G., Chalurkar, C. (2024). Acoustic Metamaterials for Noise Control Applications. In: Garg, N., Gautam, C., Rab, S., Wan, M., Agarwal, R., Yadav, S. (eds) Handbook of Vibroacoustics, Noise and Harshness. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4638-9_30-1

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