Sound Proofing of Navy Ships by the Optimization of Engine Room Acoustic Insulation to Reduce the Sonar Signature and Mitigate Disturbances of Echolocation Capable Marine Mammals
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Valentin Soloiu
Location
Poster 161
Session Format
Poster Presentation
Academic Unit
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Background
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Gas turbines of large ships release sound frequencies at the order of 10s of kHz, known to be used by marine mammals to echolocate.
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Sound waves encountering a medium, are either absorbed, reflected or transmitted by the medium. This medium’s thickness and material affects absorption performance at different frequencies.
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Large naval ship costs must be scaled for the optimal national economic interest: attention must be given to economic losses caused by marine mammal echolocation interference.
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Melamine foam is marketed as a viable high frequency sound insulation.
Keywords
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing Student Research Symposium, Navy Ships, Sound Proofing
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Presentation Type and Release Option
Presentation (File Not Available for Download)
Start Date
2022 12:00 AM
January 2022
Sound Proofing of Navy Ships by the Optimization of Engine Room Acoustic Insulation to Reduce the Sonar Signature and Mitigate Disturbances of Echolocation Capable Marine Mammals
Poster 161
