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SUMMARY:HONORARY FELLOWS PRIZE LECTURE - Towards a silent aircraft - Profe
 ssor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FRS FREng\, President of the Royal Academy of
  Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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CONTACT:Beverley Larner
DESCRIPTION:Although aircraft noise has reduced considerably since the int
 roduction of high-speed jet transport\, it is still a major societal conce
 rn. In this talk\, Ann Dowling will discuss what generates noise on modern
  civil aircraft. Ways in which the noise is being reduced for the next gen
 eration of aircraft will be presented\, together with techniques to accura
 tely predict the noise and enable design optimisation. In the longer term\
 , a radial re-think of aircraft configuration could bring very substantial
  noise reductions combined with a reduced fuel burn. In such designs low f
 uel burn and noise are not achieved by a single design feature but rather 
 through the integration of many technologies into a viable aircraft design
 ed and optimised with a consideration of use.
LOCATION:Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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