Project description
How to reduce noise, the green way
A building’s acoustical environment is just as important as temperature and light. The ability to reduce transmission of unwanted sound from one space to another is important. Acoustic metamaterials are designed to control, direct and manipulate sound waves. An innovative sound insulation technology is based on metamaterials called phononic meta-panels. The EU-funded PHOMETAPAN project will review the technical, commercial and business feasibility of the meta-panels in the industrial sector. These panels will guarantee high sound insulation performances and be made entirely of recycled plastics. The findings of the project are slated to transform how sound and vibrations are controlled – interrupting the physical transmission of sound through an object – in different sectors and markets.
Objective
The PHOMETAPAN project aims at assessing the technical and business feasibility of an innovative sound insulation technology based on meta-materials, called Phononic Meta-panels.
The technology originated from the research activity carried out by the founders at major universities on mechanical and acoustic meta-materials, i.e. materials which are optimally functionalized in their topology to go beyond the actual physical properties of raw materials found in Nature.
The current existing technologies for sound insulation are based on traditional technologies, i.e. the sound isolation performances are heavily dependent on the specific material properties and microstructures, and the products have to be made of high density materials and/or high thicknesses in order to guarantee high sound reduction. The Meta-panels instead relies on the physics of phononic crystals or periodic mechanical structures, a growing topic in the research community, whose performances are only dependent on the topology of the fundamental unit cell. Thus, they guarantee higher performances and, since they are independent on the employed raw material, recycled material can be used, introducing a real revolution in the sector.
The project aims at studying the technical, commercial and business feasibility of the Meta-Panels, within the industrial sector, i.e. panels to guarantee high sound insulation performances entirely made of recycled plastics in plants and in noise generated by machineries, and sound insulation products for buildings and construction sector.
The project is carried out by the team of Phononic Vibes, whose main founders are experts in meta-materials (PhDs and Professors in relevant fields) and key senior business strategic partners. This project will help Europe to become leader in the application of a cutting-edge technology, the meta-materials, which are revolutionizing the way of controlling sound and vibrations in a wide range of different sectors and markets.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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20158 Milano
Italy
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