Abstract
Hospital were noisy places even before the recent pandemic, but the need to save lives have made them even noisier, with potential impacts on patients and staff. In this work, we present a feasibility study on the use of acoustic metamaterials in this context. Acoustic metasurfaces of different geometries, labyrinthine or not, have been tested using a commercial package for finite-element simulations, both separately and in composite combinations. The results are compared and benchmarked with measurements, to optimise the materials' ability to control sound transmission while allowing air to flow through. A discussion on the limitations and the perspectives of this approach completes the study.
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