Chennai: An idea floated by three Chennai students could give birth to the world's quietest airline in the near future.
Charles Champion, the top engineering man in the world's leading aircraft manufacturing company Airbus has said that an ambitious plan to create the aircraft of the future with zero propulsion noise by three aerospace engineering students from Chennai "makes sense" and is being looked at by the company "as a key idea to develop".
The team from SRM University Chennai consisting of Balakrishnan Solaraju Murali, Michael Thomas and Anita Mohil, is among the only five teams that has made it to the final of the "Fly Your Ideas" competition that saw 6,000 students in 618 teams from 82 countries vie for the 30,000 euro top prize.
The Indian team's top line idea is called "Engine air cooling system for noise reduction".
The trio have found a way to reduce propulsion noise by modifying the shape of the jet exhaust using intelligent materials (shape memory alloys).
11/06/13 Kounteya Sinha/Times of India
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Charles Champion, the top engineering man in the world's leading aircraft manufacturing company Airbus has said that an ambitious plan to create the aircraft of the future with zero propulsion noise by three aerospace engineering students from Chennai "makes sense" and is being looked at by the company "as a key idea to develop".
The team from SRM University Chennai consisting of Balakrishnan Solaraju Murali, Michael Thomas and Anita Mohil, is among the only five teams that has made it to the final of the "Fly Your Ideas" competition that saw 6,000 students in 618 teams from 82 countries vie for the 30,000 euro top prize.
The Indian team's top line idea is called "Engine air cooling system for noise reduction".
The trio have found a way to reduce propulsion noise by modifying the shape of the jet exhaust using intelligent materials (shape memory alloys).
11/06/13 Kounteya Sinha/Times of India
