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| topic | structured session | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noise measurement methods and equipments | 1.1 | Microphone arrays and sound visualization: Methods and applications |
| 1.2 | Sound sensor networks and smart cities | ||
| 1.3 | Uncertainity of measurements | ||
| 2 | Computational acoustics | 2.1 | Computational acoustics for offshore pile driving noise |
| 2.2 | Time domain modelling | ||
| 3 | Health effects of noise | 3.1 | Annoyance effects due to noise sources |
| 3.2 | Annoyance & health effects of vibration & combined exposures | ||
| 3.3 | Sleep and noise | ||
| 3.4 | Health related quality of life and noise | ||
| 3.5 | Non auditory health effects of noise | ||
| 4 | Sound propagation | 4.1 | Sonic Crystal Acoustic Barriers |
| 4.2 | Designing outdoor ground for noise reduction | ||
| 4.3 | Software for outdoor sound propagation | ||
| 5 | Noise mapping | 5.1 | Noise mapping in (high rise) urban context (Europe-China exchange) |
| 5.2 | Noise mapping in the context of CNOSSOS-EU | ||
| 6 | Acoustic materials | 6.1 | Sustainable materials for Acoustics |
| 6.2 | Structured materials and metamaterials for the control of audible sound | ||
| 6.3 | Acoustic material design process: From microstructure to acoustics performance | ||
| 6.4 | Numerical methods for sound absorbing materials | ||
| 6.5 | Experimental Methods for porous materials | ||
| 7 | Noise reducing devices / noise barriers | 7.1 | Road noise barriers |
| 7.2 | Railway noise barriers | ||
| 7.3 | Industry noise barriers | ||
| 7.4 | (New) materials for noise barriers | ||
| 8a | Tyre/road noise | 8a.1 | Tyre/road noise modelling |
| 8a.2 | Tyre/road noise measurements, standards and classification | ||
| 8a.3 | Solutions for lower tyre/road noise | ||
| 8a.5 | Capping road traffic noise immission in NL | ||
| 8b | Railway noise and vibration | 8b.1 | High speed train noise (Europe-China exchange) |
| 8b.2 | Railway noise: sources, exterior noise and ambience | ||
| 8b.3 | Railway vibration and ground-borne noise | ||
| 8b.4 | Developments in standards and policies for railway noise | ||
| 8c | Aircraft and airport noise, helicopter noise | 8c.1 | European research on aircraft exterior noise |
| 8c.2 | Airport noise and its management | ||
| 9 | Room acoustics (general) | 9.1 | Room acoustic measurement and predictions |
| 9.2 | Noise in restaurants | ||
| 9.3 | Acoustics in schools | ||
| 9.4 | Acoustics of sport halls, swimming pools and sport arenas | ||
| 9.5 | Universal design and acoustics in public buildings | ||
| 9.6 | Room in room acoustics | ||
| 9.7 | Sound exposure of musicians | ||
| 9.8 | Open plan offices | ||
| 10 | Sound transmission and insulation in buildings | 10.1 | Airborne and Impact sound transmission - measurement methods |
| 10.2 | Airborne and Impact sound transmission - prediction methods | ||
| 10.3 | Excitation of building elements by structure-borne and airborne sources | ||
| 10.4 | Structural acoustics and vibrations | ||
| 10.5 | Interdisciplinarity of sound insulation | ||
| 10.6 | Acoustical aspects of timber structures | ||
| 10.7 | Sound insulation of lightweight structures | ||
| 10.8 | Acoustic regulations and classification schemes for buildings | ||
| 11 | Psychoacoustics and Sound quality | 11.1 | Analysis and Modelling of Psychoacoutics Sensations |
| 11.2 | Vehicle Sound Quality | ||
| 11.3 | Perception and Assessment of Sound Quality | ||
| 12 | Soundscape and Quality of Life | 12.1 | Soundscape theory |
| 12.2 | Soundscape case studies | ||
| 12.3 | Soundscape Ecology | ||
| 12.4 | The effects of natural scenery on sound perception | ||
| 12.5 | Soundscape and psychoacoustics | ||
| 13 | Underwater noise | 13.1 | Impact of underwater noise generated by offshore industrial activities |
| 13.2 | Ambient noise (modelling and measurements) | ||
| 13.3 | Imaging and communication in the presence of noise | ||
| 13.4 | Passive imaging of the marine environment using noise data | ||
| 14 | Standardization, noise policy and regulations | 14.1 | Quiet urban (public) transport |
| 14.2 | Communication about noise | ||
| 14.3 | Standardization, classification and noise labeling | ||
| 14.4 | Local noise policies | ||
| 14.5 | European noise policies | ||
| 15 | Industrial and machinery noise | 15.1 | Industrial noise control |
| 15.2 | Noise control at power plants | ||
| 15.3 | Burner noise | ||
| 15.4 | Construction noise | ||
| 16 | Wind turbine noise | 16.1 | Source models |
| 16.2 | Sound propagation | ||
| 16.3 | Human impact/Guidelines | ||
| 17 | Fans, ducts and mufflers | 17.1 | Fans, ducts and mufflers |
| 18 | Aeroacoustics | 18.1 | Effects of engine installation on aircraft noise |
| 19 | Auralisation and virtual acoustics | 19.1 | Auralisation of urban sound |
| 19.2 | Techniques for virtual acoustics | ||
| 19.3 | Auditory and multisensory perception | ||
| 20 | Active Noise Control | 20.1 | Active Noise Control |
| 21 | Hearing protection | 21.1 | Hearing protectors - new developments |
| 22 | Low Frequency noise | 22.1 | Sensitivity of humans for low frequency noise |
| 22.2 | Methods to evaluate and mitigate low frequency noise | ||
| 23 | Recreational noise | 23.1 | Recreational noise |
| 24 | Urban sound planning | 24.1 | Urban sound planning |
| 24.2 | Traffic strategies and noise impacts | ||
| 26 | European Research projects | 26.1 | COST Action TU1105 (NVH of electrified vehicles) |
| 26.2 | FP7 Marie Curie ITN project TANGO, Thermoacoustic and Aeroacoustic Nonlinearities in Green combustors with Orifice structures |