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Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistical Applications | Volume: 1
August 23-24, 2018 | London, UK
Applied Physics
3rd International Conference on
Nowadays, due to the problems that exist in terms of noise
pollution and its impact on health, it is common to use
acoustic barriers. Traditionally, these barriers consisted of
rigid and continuous materials that are interposed between
the source and the receiver. However, there are situations in
which the characteristics of the problem necessitate the use of
new noise shielding systems. The design and characterization
of open acoustic barriers is presented in this work. These
are tunable acoustic barriers based on periodic arrays of
subwavelength slits. The acoustic response of periodically
arranged rectangular scatters with a subwavelength separation
between them and embedded in air is discuss. The results
point out that these systems can be tuned to attenuate specific
band noise and can be used instead of classical barriers.
Speaker Biography
Constanza Rubio Michavila was born in Spain. Her research line has been
developed in the area of Applied Acoustics. Throughout his research career, she has
participated in 14 research projects subsidized in public calls. She has published 30
articles in journals included in the JCR, of which 2 articles are published in Physical
Review Letters, 3 Applied Physics Letters, 1 Physical Review B, 2 Physical Review E,
2 Applied Physics Express and 1 Europhysics Letters, among others. All of them
located in relevant positions in their category. She is also co-author of 25 papers
presented at international congresses, several of which are invited talks. She has
been chairman in several international congresses. In the technological field, she
is co-author of 3 patents. In addition, in the teaching field is author and teacher
of several MOOCs that are on the edX platform. She is also a conventional teacher
in undergraduate and master’s subjects. She is also the director of 6 final master’s
thesis projects, some of them international and co-director of several doctoral theses.
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Constanza Rubio Michavila
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
An open acoustic barrier: Design and characterization