Design and development of one-dimensional acoustic bundle ventilated metamaterial

Sanjeet Kumar Singh, Om Prakash, Shantanu Bhattacharya · EDP Sciences · 2026

A one-dimensional kink-fiber acoustic meta-structured blanket is proposed and validated to enable broadband sound absorption while permitting airflow through the structure.

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Plain English summary

The paper addresses a practical difficulty in acoustic metamaterials: many designs in 2D/3D reflect a lot of noise, and it is hard to achieve both strong sound absorption and unrestricted airflow at the same time in a one-dimensional setup. To tackle this, the authors propose four one-dimensional configurations (KF, YAM, CDAM, and IRAM) based on kink-fiber ideas. The goal is to keep the structure subwavelength (7 cm) and make it tunable while damping noise effectively. They report results using a transfer matrix method (theoretical), FEM (numerical), and impedance tube measurements (experimental). The meta-structured blanket demonstrates about one octave of broadband absorption, with absorption between 0.5 and 0.9 over 500–1600 Hz. The abstract also notes that, following the concept, efforts have been made to develop deployable blankets using a hand lay-up method for real-world setups based on the one-dimensional acoustic damping concept.

Why this matters

A unique one-dimensional kink-fiber design (IRAM) is claimed to simultaneously overcome the dual challenge of unrestricted airflow and effective noise damping, with additional configuration variants (KF, YAM, CDAM) explored for this purpose. The abstract reports experimental impedance-tube validation and mentions related hand lay-up efforts, but it does not provide evidence of field testing, productization, or commercial deployment.

Key findings

  • Four one-dimensional kink-fiber metamaterial configurations are proposed: KF, YAM, CDAM, and IRAM.
  • The design is subwavelength with a characteristic size of 7 cm.
  • Broadband sound absorption of about one octave is reported.
  • Absorption values of 0.5–0.9 are reported in the 500–1600 Hz range.
  • Validation is reported via transfer matrix method, FEM, and impedance tube experiments.

Limitations

The abstract does not specify detailed tuning mechanisms, parameter ranges, durability under real airflow conditions, or performance outside the reported 500–1600 Hz band.

Publication

Publisher
EDP Sciences
Publication date
January 1, 2026
Research type
Paper
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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