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Owl-inspired wing design reduces wind turbine noise
short by Rini Kapoor / on Friday, 18 November, 2016
A team of researchers has designed a 3D printed wing attachment inspired by owl's flight, which is claimed to reduce wind turbine noise by as much as 10 decibels. Scientists studying owl-flight acoustics have used the downy canopy of owl feathers to improve the man-made design of wind turbines by suppressing the noise-producing surface pressure, without impacting aerodynamics.