SLS: Beamfolding: Foldable Tessellated Transducers for Real-Time Adaptation of Acoustic Fields

This research harnesses principles of mechanical signal processing to study a tessellated, star-shaped acoustic transducer constituent that provides on-demand control of acoustic energy guiding via folding-induced shape reconfiguration. An analytical framework is established to probe the roles of mechanical and acoustic geometry on the far field directivity and near field focusing of sound energy. Following validation by experiments and verification by simulations, parametric studies are undertaken to uncover relations between constituent topology and acoustic energy delivery to arbitrary points in the free field.

Advisor: Dr. Ryan Harne