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15 - General Engineering
University of Cambridge
Optimisation of axially segmented liners for aeroengine broadband noise
The techniques developed in this paper for optimising multi-segmented liners were applied to re-optimise the 9 liner segments for the conceptual aircraft design developed as part of the Silent Aircraft Initiative (modal scattering was neglected in the initial concept design SAX40) and led to an improvement in absorption. These results were reported by Dowling as part of the invited Crocco Lecture at Princeton University in 2009. The low noise design contributed to Dowling being invited to give the Royal Aeronautical Society’s prestigious Annual Brabazon Lecture in 2011 and awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering Designers in 2011.