Micro honeycomb materials enable new physics in aircraft sound reduction

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Georgia Tech Research Institute research engineer Jason Nadler has developed a new microchanneled material that reduces aircraft engine noise by wearing it down through a process called viscous shear. Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek
Georgia Tech Research Institute research engineer Jason Nadler has developed a new microchanneled material that reduces aircraft engine noise by wearing it down through a process called viscous shear. Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek
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Noise from commercial and military jet aircraft causes environmental problems for communities near airports, obliging airplanes to follow often complex noise-abatement procedures on takeoff and landing. It can also make aircraft interiors excessively loud.


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