Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface, with the wings absorbing as much as 87% of the incoming sound energy. The effect is broadbandand omnidirectional, covering a wide range of frequencies and sound incident angles.
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-moth-winginspired-absorbing-wallpaper-sight.html
On Wed, 15 Jun 2022 02:36:57 -0700 (PDT), Jimmy Two Shoes <coven@suddenlink.net> wrote:broadband and omnidirectional, covering a wide range of frequencies and sound incident angles.
Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface, with the wings absorbing as much as 87% of the incoming sound energy. The effect is
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-moth-winginspired-absorbing-wallpaper-sight.html
No. Sound absorption depends on the depth of the absorber with respect
to the wavelength of the sound. Moth wings may be good at dealing with
bats' sonar, but don't imagine that is going to translate into
wallpaper that can absorb 50Hz.
d
On 15/06/2022 13:53, Don Pearce wrote:broadband and omnidirectional, covering a wide range of frequencies and sound incident angles.
On Wed, 15 Jun 2022 02:36:57 -0700 (PDT), Jimmy Two Shoes
<coven@suddenlink.net> wrote:
Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface, with the wings absorbing as much as 87% of the incoming sound energy. The effect is
Use the same principle, but change the scale of the surface? Scales are
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-moth-winginspired-absorbing-wallpaper-sight.html
No. Sound absorption depends on the depth of the absorber with respect
to the wavelength of the sound. Moth wings may be good at dealing with
bats' sonar, but don't imagine that is going to translate into
wallpaper that can absorb 50Hz.
d
a few microns thick, so wallpaper would need to be a few millimetres?
Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface, with the wings absorbing as much as 87% of the incoming sound energy. The effect is broadbandand omnidirectional, covering a wide range of frequencies and sound incident angles.
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-moth-winginspired-absorbing-wallpaper-sight.html______
On Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 7:53:33 AM UTC-5, Don Pearce wrote:
No. Sound absorption depends on the depth of the absorber with respect
to the wavelength of the sound. Moth wings may be good at dealing with
bats' sonar, but don't imagine that is going to translate into
wallpaper that can absorb 50Hz.
Marc Holderied (University of Bristol) was part of a webinar that discussed the findings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oli4BZCU0qU
No. Sound absorption depends on the depth of the absorber with respect
to the wavelength of the sound. Moth wings may be good at dealing with
bats' sonar, but don't imagine that is going to translate into
wallpaper that can absorb 50Hz.
Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface, with the wings absorbing as much as 87% of the incoming sound energy. The effect is broadbandand omnidirectional, covering a wide range of frequencies and sound incident angles.
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-moth-winginspired-absorbing-wallpaper-sight.html
While we're at it ... does anyone have any experience with acoustical paint= >? I recall reading about some U.S. Navy research about using ceramic micro= >spheres in a thick coating, resulting in *some* acoustical and thermal atte= >nuation. =20
On Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 2:37:00 AM UTC-7, co...@suddenlink.net wrote: >> Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface, with the wings absorbing as much as 87% of the incoming sound energy. The effect isbroadband and omnidirectional, covering a wide range of frequencies and sound incident angles.
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-moth-winginspired-absorbing-wallpaper-sight.html
While we're at it ... does anyone have any experience with acoustical paint? I recall reading about some U.S. Navy research about using ceramic microspheres in a thick coating, resulting in *some* acoustical and thermal attenuation.
"If you notice the *sound*, it's wrong!" ~ Roy W. Rising
If you want to stop sound transmission to another area you need mass
and/or stiffness. And plug even the tiniest of air leaks.
Roy W. Rising <rwrising@dslextreme.com> wrote:
While we're at it ... does anyone have any experience with acoustical paint= >> ? I recall reading about some U.S. Navy research about using ceramic micro= >> spheres in a thick coating, resulting in *some* acoustical and thermal atte= >> nuation. =20
There are a bunch of popular spray-on popcorn coatings, and they all produce a little absorption and a little diffusion in the top couple octaves and although they are useful they are not the wonderful cure-all that architects without acoustical background seem to believe.
--scott
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