About the project
Noise is a major environmental impact of civil aviation. Reducing aircraft noise is critical to the aeronautics industry and future air transport. Applications are invited for a PhD student to undertake a research project on the development of novel acoustic liners for use in future aircraft engines to reduce noise.
The project will focus on noise control using acoustic liners developed for future large civil aircraft engines. Larger engines have an acoustic signature that pushes the noise to lower frequencies, which require innovative designs of the acoustic absorbers installed within the engine’s nacelle. The work will involve modelling of novel acoustic absorbers using computational methods, including the effects of grazing flow and high sound pressure levels on the liner absorption performance. Innovative liner designs can be manufactured using 3D printing and tested to assess the measured versus predicted sound absorption.
The PhD student will join a research team in the Rolls–Royce University Technology Centre in Noise based within the renowned Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at the University of Southampton. The ISVR was founded in 1963 and is a dedicated institute for teaching and research in audiology and acoustical engineering.
The University of Southampton is a member of the Russell group of world-class research-intensive universities and is ranked in the world’s top 100 universities.
It is planned to start the project in September 2025.
