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Improving Sound Insulation in Low Frequencies by a Three-Component Cladding Acoustic Metamaterial Panel

open access: yesArchives of Acoustics
In this paper, a three-component cladding acoustic metamaterial panel with good sound insulation effect in the low-frequency range is proposed. The sound transmission loss of metamaterial panels under different structural configurations and different ...
Na TAN, Xiaowei YAN, Bingfei LIU
doaj   +1 more source

Environment Friendly Sustainable End‐Of‐Life Solutions for Plastic Components in Indian Automotive Industries

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Growing concerns about the environmental and social consequences of plastics around the world, manufacturing industries are associated with business are focusing on sustainable end‐of‐life options‐based solutions which aim at increasing the product life cycle.
Sivakumar Kirupanandan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elementary Steps of Energy Conversion in Strongly Correlated Systems: Beyond Single Quasiparticles and Rigid Bands

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This article reviews the fundamental consequences of strong correlations on excitations and elementary steps of energy conversion leading to new opportunities to control energy conversion. Examples include friction at surfaces, thermal transport, and photovoltaic energy conversion.
Vasily Moshnyaga   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development, Production, and Characterization of Acoustic Insulation Components Made from Industrial Hemp Residues

open access: yesJournal of Natural Fibers
Bio-based products are leading the way toward a more sustainable future. They are playing a key role in combating climate change and global warming, which are primarily driven by using fossil fuels.
Charlotte Maria Becker   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Creativity and its link to epilepsy

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Creative thinking represents one of our highest‐order cognitive processes, involving multiple cortical structures and an intricate interplay between several cortical and subcortical networks. It results in novel ideas that translate to useful products or concepts. The evolutionary purpose of creativity is therefore apparent, as it advances our
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip L. Pearl
wiley   +1 more source

Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

open access: yesFlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sound insulation properties analysis of rubber filled composite sandwich panel

open access: yes
Both composite panels, one of which is the composite multilayer four-ligament chirality structure, the other of which is the four-ligament chirality composite sandwich panel, were employed to analyze the sound insulation properties by theoretical ...
Xia, Yu, Wang, Xianzhong, Xiong, Yeping
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Sound insulation in a six-storey volume based timber building equipped with elastic layers

open access: yes, 2010
Lightweight multi-storey timber buildings based upon prefabricated volumes is a technique of increasing interest. A great advantage is that the technique encourages the use of elastic layers in between floors and also to have a construction where the ...
Ljunggren, Fredrik,
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Thermal and Acoustic Insulating Gypsum Composite Material with Improved Water Resistance

open access: yesTehnički Glasnik, 2020
The article discusses methods for obtaining building heat and sound insulating composite material based on gypsum with high resistance to water. An additional characteristic is considered - the water resistance index, in which the role of material ...
Volodimir Kersh   +3 more
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