@article {McCormick:2018:0736-2935:1345,
title = "Optimal Design and Position Of An Embedded One-Dimensional Acoustic Black Hole",
journal = "INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/incecp",
publishercode ="ince",
year = "2018",
volume = "258",
number = "6",
publication date ="2018-12-18T00:00:00",
pages = "1345-1354",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0736-2935",
url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/incecp/2018/00000258/00000006/art00035",
author = "McCormick, Cameron and Shepherd, Micah",
abstract = "Structures whose thickness is tapered according to a power law exhibit the 'acoustic black hole' effect, and can be used for effective vibration reduction without adding mass. In this paper, we consider the problem of a one-dimensional acoustic black hole (ABH) with a free damping layer,
embedded in a simply-supported beam which is excited by a harmonic force. The objective is to find the ABH design and position along the beam that simultaneously minimize the surface averaged square velocity response of the beam and the total mass of the beam. To determine the optimal design
and position, a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm has been coupled with an automated meshing algorithm and commercial finite element software. The input variables are the taper profile of the ABH, the amount of damping, and the position of the ABH along the beam. Parametric studies reveal
that for a fixed ABH design, the position of the ABH alone can alter the response by up to 18 dB at frequencies near coincidence. Optimization-based techniques like this can be applied to ABH design for more complex structures and can prove a valuable resource for noise control engineering.",
}