Project description
Software for sound insulation prediction in constructions
Accelerated global urbanisation has heightened the need for effective sound insulation in building elements. Achieving good sound insulation is particularly challenging for lightweight and innovative building systems. The construction industry urgently requires reliable sound insulation prediction software. The ERC Starting Grant VirBAcous has developed new numerical methods for predicting sound insulation, offering high accuracy and computational efficiency for reliable design optimisation. These methods enable precise, model-based design optimisation. The ERC-funded SOPRANO project aims to bridge the gap between the fundamental numerical methods from VirBAcous and the construction sector, facilitating their practical application.
Objective
With urbanization accelerating on a global scale, airborne and impact sound insulation have become key performance quantities of building elements. Unfortunately, acoustic requirements do not naturally align with structural and thermal requirements. Achieving good sound insulation is difficult, especially for innovative, more sustainable building systems which are typically lightweight. There is an urgent need in the construction sector for adequate sound insulation design prediction software. In the ERC Starting Grant VirBAcous, new, dedicated numerical methods for sound insulation prediction have been developed that possess the required combination of a high prediction accuracy and a high computational efficiency. By doing so, they open up the possibility of reliable model-based design optimization. The aim of this ERC Proof of Concept project is to bridge the gap between the fundamental numerical methods from VirBAcous and the construction sector.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-ERC-POC - HORIZON ERC Proof of Concept GrantsHost institution
3000 Leuven
Belgium