See you in Paris for SAPEM 2026

Symposium on the Acoustics of Poro-Elastic Materials


The proceedings are here!

Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023:

ET: Indiana CEST: Italy CST: China presentation in ITaly or CHina
02:00→02:15 08:00→08:15 15:00→15:15 Welcome of participants
02:15→02:30 08:15→08:30 15:15→15:30 Opening ceremony
02:30→03:10 08:30→09:10 15:30→16:10 Fabien Chevillotte CH From the micro-structure to condensed meta-material models
03:10→03:30 09:10→09:30 16:10→16:30 Snow Yan et al. CH Enhancing the Acoustic Performance of Sound-Absorbing Materials through Surface Coating Modification
03:30→03:50 09:30→09:50 16:30→16:50 Weihan Shen et al. IT Vibration and acoustic behavior investigation of millimeter-sized porous mesh samples
03:50→04:10 09:50→10:10 16:50→17:10 Alexandre Wilkinson et al. IT Nonlinear and time-dependent behavior of compressed melamine foam: application to pyramidal asperities in a surface roughness model
04:10→04:30 10:10→10:30 17:10→17:30 Fabien Marchetti et al. IT On the use of an additional parameter for the characterization and the condensation of heterogeneous or non-symmetric multilayered materials
04:30→05:00 10:30→11:00 17:30→18:00 Coffee break
05:00→05:40 11:00→11:40 18:00→18:40 Li Cheng CH (no public slides) Micro-perforated Boundary Modulated Slow Waves for Sound Absorption in a Sonic Black Hole Structure
05:40→06:00 11:40→12:00 18:40→19:00 Zhuang Mo, Tongyang Shi et al. CH Acoustic Modeling of Granular Material and its Combination with a Flexible Perforated Membrane
06:00→06:20 12:00→12:20 19:00→19:20 Huawei Yang and Tongyang Shi CH Granular Activated Carbon Sound Absorption Calculation with Measured Particle Parameters
06:20→06:40 12:20→12:40 19:20→19:40 Guochenhao Song, Stuart Bolton et al. CH Experimental study of granular activated carbon stacks' level- and time-dependent acoustical behavior
video recording
06:40→07:00 12:40→13:00 19:40→20:00 Ju-Qi Ruan CH Preparation, Acoustic Absorption and Application Prospect of Aerogels
07:00→07:20 13:00→13:20 20:00→20:20 Hongjia Zhang CH (no public slides) AI-Based Design of Acoustic Metamaterials
13:20→14:30 20:20→22:30 lunch or dinner
14:30→18:00 Italy: afternoon activities


Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023:

09:00→15:30 China: morning activities
02:30→03:10 08:30→09:10 15:30→16:10 Yutong Xue CH Multi-Functional Porous Materials: Characterization, Modeling and Potential in System-Level Noise Control
03:10→03:30 09:10→09:30 16:10→16:30 Yutong Xue et al. CH Acoustical Properties of Anisotropic Spinodoid Structures
03:30→03:50 09:30→09:50 16:30→16:50 Elio Di Giulio et al. IT Towards a control of acoustic energy conversion in structured porous materials
03:50→04:10 09:50→10:10 16:50→17:10 Theo Cavalieri et al. IT Characterization of pressure-dependent sound absorption in perforated rigid-frame porous materials
04:10→04:30 10:10→10:30 17:10→17:30 Zenong Cai et al. IT Experimental study on the effect of microgeometry of Kelvin-Cell-based porous structures on sound insulation performance
04:30→05:00 10:30→11:00 17:30→18:00 Coffee break
05:00→05:40 11:00→11:40 18:00→18:40 Rui Cao CH Recent advances in computational and statistical methods
05:40→06:00 11:40→12:00 18:40→19:00 Yinshan Cai et al. CH Stable model order reduction of vibro-acoustic finite element models with poroelastic materials
06:00→06:20 12:00→12:20 19:00→19:20 Olivier Dazel et al. IT A recursive method to evaluate the scattering properties of grating stacks
06:20→06:40 12:20→12:40 19:20→19:40 Cong Truc Nguyen et al. IT Effect of Pore Size Polydispersity on Acoustic Properties of High-Porosity Solid Foams
06:40→07:00 12:40→13:00 19:40→20:00 María Mónica Ballesteros Villarreal et al. IT Effects of anisotropic parameters on the acoustical behavior of porous materials with Biot’s model through the finite element method
07:00→07:20 13:00→13:20 20:00→20:20 Zhao Jing CH Study of finite-difference time-domain analysis on sound fields with porous materials
13:20→14:30 20:20→22:30 lunch or dinner
14:30→18:00 Italy: Afternoon activities


Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023:

09:00→15:00 China: morning activities
02:00→02:40 08:00→08:40 15:00→15:40 Dengke Li CH Application of Lightweight Acoustic Materials and Structures in Rail Vehicles
02:40→03:00 08:40→09:00 15:40→16:00 Yuxiang Cheng CH Analysis and optimization of sound absorption performance of porous materials with airflow resistivity gradient structure
03:00→03:20 09:00→09:20 16:00→16:20 Peter Goransson et al. IT Optimising low-frequency sound absorption in anisotropic multilayered poroelastic media using analytical microstructure modelling
03:20→03:40 09:20→09:40 16:20→16:40 Jean-Philippe Groby et al. IT Willis coupling in one-dimensional poroelastic laminates
03:40→04:10 09:40→10:10 16:40→17:10 Coffee break
04:10→04:50 10:10→10:50 17:10→17:50 Philippe Glé IT Bio and geobased materials
04:50→05:10 10:50→11:10 17:50→18:10 Jacques Cuenca et al. IT Statistical characterisation of porous media from sound absorption and ultrasound transmission measurements
05:10→05:30 11:10→11:30 18:10→18:30 Tapio Lokki et al. IT Sound Speed Variations in Close Proximity to Porous Absorbers
05:30→05:50 11:30→11:50 18:30→18:50 Melanie Nolan et al. IT Acoustic characterization of anisotropic porous materials
05:50→06:10 11:50→12:10 18:50→19:10 Preparation for gala lunch or dinner
12:10→14:30 19:10→22:30 Lunch or Dinner
14:30→18:00 Italy: Lab tour, see https://www.cesma.unina.it


Friday, Nov. 10, 2023:

09:00→15:30 China: Open discussion about topics of next edition, collaboration opportunities, private meetings
02:30→03:10 08:30→09:10 15:30→16:10 Mathieu Gaborit & Tomasz Zielinski IT 3D printing poroelastic media: features, artifacts and the bigger picture
03:10→03:30 09:10→09:30 16:10→16:30 Huina Mao et al. IT 3D Auxetic Lattice Metamaterials From Distorted Kelvin Cells
03:30→03:50 09:30→09:50 16:30→16:50 Haesang Yang et al. IT Optimized configuration of multi-layered polyurethane foams in a dissipative silencer for broadband noise reduction
03:50→04:10 09:50→10:10 16:50→17:10 Mathieu Maréchal et al. IT Dispersion relations of guided acoustic waves in poroelastic-based multilayer structures
04:10→04:30 10:10→10:30 17:10→17:30 Gino Iannace et al. IT Experimental methods to evaluate the effective acoustic performance of screen made in metamaterials
04:30→05:00 10:30→11:00 17:30→18:00 Coffee break
05:00→05:20 11:00→11:20 18:00→18:20 Fulbert Mbailassem et al. IT Aeroacoustic modelling of rotating propeller interaction with porous treatments using LBM simulations
05:20→05:40 11:20→11:40 18:20→18:40 Franck Sgard et al. IT Sound Absorption Coefficient of Extended-Reaction Porous Materials under Monopole Excitation: A Cautionary Examination
05:40→06:00 11:40→12:00 18:40→19:00 Dmitri Kartofelev et al. IT On pulse propagation in porous visco-elastic felt-like material
06:00→06:20 12:00→12:20 19:00→19:20 Maria Miranda Vuin et al. IT Strain wave propagation through felt
06:20→06:40 12:20→12:40 19:20→19:40 Quang Vu Tran et al. IT Identification of microstructural descriptors characterizing the macro-behavior of polydisperse random fibrous media
12:40→14:10 19:40→23:00 Closing lunch or dinner (at the charge of each participant)
08:10→11:40 14:10→17:40 Italy & remote: Open discussion about topics of next edition, collaboration opportunities, private meetings




POSTERS

Francesco Pompoli et al. IT Sustainable Materials of Marine Origin: Experimental Investigation on Sound-Absorbing Properties and Possible Applications
Janis Heldmann et al. IT Modelling of hierachical pore structures in freeze-dried pectin cryogels
François-Xavier Bécot et al. IT Acoustic Porous Materials, a brief history, edit 2023
Xinzhong Xiong et al. CH Experimental Investigation of a simple Meta-Structure's sound absorption installed in different impedance tubes


Locations

Conference delegates will be able to attend at either site at their convenience. The conference sessions at both sites will be timed so that delegates at both locations can participate simultaneously.


Featured speakers

Keynote lectures are scheduled at the beginning of the sessions.
Here are the confirmed speakers and topics :
 

Mathieu Gaborit
& Tomasz G. Zielinski

(University of Le Mans, France
& The Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

3D printing poroelastic media: features, artifacts and the bigger picture


Yutong (Tony) Xue

(WanDong Medical - Midea Group, China)
Multi-Functional Porous Materials: Characterization, Modeling and Potential in System-Level Noise Control


Philippe Glé

(Cerema, France)
Bio and geobased materials




Fabien Chevillotte

(Matelys, France)
From the micro-structure to condensed meta-material models


Li Cheng

(HKPolyU, China)
Micro-perforated Boundary Modulated Slow Waves for Sound Absorption in a Sonic Black Hole Structure


Dengke Li

(CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd)
Application of Lightweight Acoustic Materials and Structures in Rail Vehicles




Rui Cao

(Dassault Systèmes, USA)
Recent advances in computational and statistical methods





This edition of SAPEM is dedicated to the work and memory of
David Linton Johnson


July 9, 1945 - October 20, 2023

He was J in JCA, JCAL, JCAPL...





Sponsors & Partners

SAPEM 2023 is sponsored by :



SAPEM 2023 is supported by :

Scientific and organization committee

  • Raffaele Dragonetti (University of Naples)
  • Rosario Aniello Romano (University of Naples)
  • Stuart Bolton (Purdue university)
  • Luc Jaouen (Matelys)
  • François-Xavier Bécot (Matelys)
  • Weichun Huang (Nanjing university)
  • Heavy Zhang (Prosynx)
  • Yutong (Tony) Xue
         (WanDong Medical, Midea Group)
  • Tongyang Shi (Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Science)
  • Ming-hui Lu(Suzhou, China Acoustics Valley
Contact us at sapem@matelys.com if you have any questions or comments.