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Welcome to Aeroacoustics :: the focal point of aeroacoustics research at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aeroacoustics is centrally concerned with the generation and propagation of sound through a fluid. The prefix 'aero' implies air, but one can also include sound in other fluids, such as water (also called hydroacoustics). Aeroacoustics is part of the broader topic of acoustics, the latter of which can include sound propagation through other types of media, including solids, plasmas, etc. Our research is primarily concerned with the generation, propagation, and minimization of sound produced by various engineering systems.
Through a combination of theory and computation we analyze complex systems from a physics-based perspective, often solving the three-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations directly. Current aeroacoustic research projects include the prediction and reduction of supersonic jet noise, the radiation of sound by compliant structures, the prediction of the human voice, absorption of sound by acoustic liners, and the generation of sound by heated gas interacting with a high pressure turbine row. These projects receive their funding from NASA (Glenn Research Center), the Department of Energy, the U. S. Airforce, and the AeroAcoustics Research Consortium.
Computational research is conducted using computers operated by the Department, by the University, by NSF, and by the Department of Defense. More information on acoustics can be found here. To learn more about our current projects and the faculty and students involved, please follow the corresponding links in the navigation bar to the left.
News
- 22:24, 3 September 2008 (CDT) 160+8 core cluster on-line
- 08:30, 19 August 2008 (CDT) Bodony welcomes new Ph.D. student Chris Ostoich
- 08:29, 28 Apr 2008 (CDT) Bodony awarded “Teacher of the year” award by the University of Illinois chapter of the AIAA.
- 05:54, 2 Apr 2008 (CDT) Bodony nominated on the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for the fall 2007 semester.
- 15:05, 20 Feb 2008 (CST) Bodony co-organizes SES 2008 mini-symposium on fluid-structure interaction with Professor P. Geubelle.
- 07:52, 22 Dec 2007 (CST) Bodony welcomes Asghar Afshari (post-doc) to work on the Supersonic Jet Noise Suppression Using Plasma Actuators: Coupled Experiments, LES And Adjoint-Based Optimization project.
- 15:08, 7 Dec 2007 (CST) Bodony awarded funds from UIUC Campus Research Board for the purchase of a large scale computer system.
- 14:03, 13 Aug 2007 (CDT) Bodony nominated on the Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for the spring 2007 semester.
- 11:11, 4 Jun 2007 (CDT) Bodony welcomes David Simmons for NSF REU summer research project.
- 10:55, 10 May 2007 (CDT) Bodony welcomes Phil Robinson (graduating UIUC senior) for summer research project.
- 07:37, 2 May 2007 (CDT) Professors Bodony and Eldredge (UCLA) awarded $100,000 grant from Aeroacoustics Research Consortium for acoustic liner research.
- 22:47, 27 Apr 2007 (CDT) New Faculty Profile
- 22:49, 27 Apr 2007 (CDT) Welcome incoming Ph.D. students Mahesh Machakattil Sucheendran (IIT Madras Aeronautics & Astronautics), Qizheng Yan (Bejing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and Hyokil Kang (Pusan National University, Korea)
