Research Topics
- Building acoustics, impact sound, low-frequency disturbances, EEG
- Wheel/rail interaction and contact modelling, Rolling noise, Curve squeal noise
- Tyre/road noise, Rolling resistance, Vehicle acoustics
- Ground vibrations, Ground-borne noise
- Outdoor sound propagation, Urban sound planning, Auralization
People
- Wolfgang Kropp
- Astrid Pieringer
- Jens Forssén
- Patrik Höstmad
- Roland Sottek
- Andreas Gustafson
- Krister Larsson
- Tor Kihlman
- Georgios Zachos
- Georgios Diapoulis
- Carmen Rosas Perez
- Jannik Theyssen
- Fatemeh Dashti
- Monica Waaranperä
Current Research Projects
- ACOUTECT – A sound fundament for our future buildings (European Commission (Horizon 2020))
- Computation of aeroacoustic sources and sound propagation for urban challenges (Chalmers)
- Increasing cities’ capacity to manage noise and air quality using urban morphology and urban greening (Formas)
- Research into enhanced track and switch and crossing system 2 (In2Track-2) (European Commission (Horizon 2020), Swedish Transport Administration)
- Utveckling av projekteringsmetodik för stomljud i väg- och järnvägsprojekt (Swedish Transport Administration)
- Verktyg för akustisk planering i komplexa trafikmiljöer (Swedish Transport Administration)
Recent Research Projects
- The Urban Sound Planner (SONORUS) (European Commission (FP7))
- Active control of curve squeal noise (Swedish Research Council)
- Urban acoustic screens (VINNOVA)
- Holistic and sustainable abatement of noise by optimized combinations of natural and artificial means (European Commission (FP7))
- Improved acoustical properties of launcher fairings (European Commission (FP7))
- Speron 2020 – Optimal tyre design for electric cars (Leisstra 3, part project 4) (German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology)
- A demonstrator for virtual planning and scenario analysis of invisible environmental factors with focus on noise in the city (DemoVirPEN) (Chalmers, AoA Transport)