A sound fundament for our future buildings

Project Information

Acoutect

Grant agreement ID: 721536

DOI 10.3030/721536

Project closed

EC signature date 2 December 2016

Start date 1 January 2017

End date 31 December 2020

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 3 906 158,56

EU contribution € 3 906 158,56

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN
Netherlands

Deliverables

Other (7)

Special conference

Special conference session revolving around Acoutect

Open Access publication

Open access publication of all scientific papers from Acoutect

Special issue

Special issue of a scientific journal revolving around Acoutect

Summer schools

All summer schools and courses completed

Noise Awareness Day

Yearly involvement in the Noise Awareness Day

Final conference

Final conference for interested people in building acoustics

Acoutect Workshops

Completion of Acoutect research and Demonstrators workshops

Documents, reports (4)

Evaluation methods

Report of evaluation techniques

Products

Report on enhanced systems and novel design methods

Recruitment completed

Report on the completion of recruitment of all ESRs

Prediction methods

Report based on prediction methodologies

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Acoutect Demonstrator

Acoutect Demonstrators launched at website

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Webpage

Acoutect webpage and social media accounts launched

Publications

Conference proceedings (26)

Identification of Virtual Receiver Array Geometries that Minimize Audibility of Numerical Dispersion in Binaural Auralizations of Finite Difference Time Domain Simulations

Author(s): Julie Meyer, Tapio Lokki, Jens Ahrens
Published in: 149th AES Convention, Issue 10392, 2020
Publisher: Audio Engineering Society

A case study on room acoustic solutions for social gathering places

Author(s): Yue Li, Julie Meyer, Timur Mukhametkhaliyev, Ze Zhang
Published in: Forum Acusticum 2020, Issue 7-11/12/2020, 2020
Publisher: European Acoustical Association

Rolling Noise Modeling in Buildings

Author(s): Edwards, M., Chevillotte, F., Jaouen, L., Bécot, F.X., Totaro, N.
Published in: Internoise, INCE-USA, 2018
Publisher: Internoise, INCE-USA

Person identification from walking sound on wooden floor

Author(s): Diapoulis, G., Rosas, C., Larsson, K., Kropp W.
Published in: Euronoise 2018, Crete : the proceedings / EAA - European Acoustics Association, HELINA - Helenic Institute of Acoustics, 2018
Publisher: European Acoustics Association

Experimental validation of a finite element model for a heavy impact from the standard rubber ball on a timber floor

Author(s): Shen, X., Hopkins, C.
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: ICA

Modular Design for Spherical Microphone Arrays

Author(s): González, Raimundo; Pearce, Joshua; Lokki, Tapio
Published in: AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality, Issue August 20-22, 2018, Page(s) P3-10
Publisher: Audio Engineering Society

Broadband time-domain impedance boundary modeling with the discontinuous Galerkin method for room acoustics simulations

Author(s): Wang, H., Hornikx, M.
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: ICA

A case study on the perceptual differences in finite-difference time-domain-simulated diffuser designs

Author(s): Meyer, J., Savioja, L., Lokki, T.
Published in: Audio Engineering Society Convention 146, 2019
Publisher: Audio Engineering Society

Prediction of maximum fast time-weighted velocity levels from a rubber ball impact on a timber floor

Author(s): Xiaoxue Shen, Carl Hopkins
Published in: Forum Acusticum 2020, 2020
Publisher: HAL

Flexible multi-level fast multipole BEM with direct solver for industrial acoustic problems

Author(s): Li, Y., Atak, O., Desmet, W.
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: ICA

Parametric Study of the Estimation of Indoor Trolley Wheel Stiffness for Use in a Rolling Noise Prediction Model

Author(s): Edwards, M., Chevillotte, F., Bécot, F.X., Jaouen, L., Totaro, N.
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: ICA

6-parameter acoustical characterization of porous media using a classical impedance tube

Author(s): Jaouen, L., Gourdon, E., Edwards, M.
Published in: Euronoise 2018, Crete : the proceedings / EAA - European Acoustics Association, HELINA - Helenic Institute of Acoustics, 2018
Publisher: European Acoustics Association
DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.31125.17123

Investigations on Inverse Estimation of 9 Poroelastic Material Parameters Based on Absorption Coefficient

Author(s): Egner, Felix Simeon; Deckers, Elke; Desmet, Wim
Published in: Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2020, 2020
Publisher: Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2020

Perceptual based solution design for the annoyance produced by a washing machine over a lightweight floor: a case study in the Netherlands

Author(s): Antonio Sorrentino, Alessia Frescura, Carmen Rosas-Pérez, Xiaoxue Shen
Published in: Forum Acusticum 2020, 2020
Publisher: HAL

On the experimental characterization of the acoustic properties of Ecophon porous material

Author(s): Roozen, Nicolaas Bernardus; Piana, E. A.; Micallef, Cynthia; Egner, Felix; Deckers, Elke; Glorieux, Christ
Published in: Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2020, 2020
Publisher: SFA

Optimization of a diffuser geometry using parametric modeling tools and finite-difference time-domain simulations

Author(s): Meyer, J. and Lokki, T.
Published in: Tenth International Conference On Auditorium Acoustics, Issue October 4-6, 2018, Page(s) 493-502
Publisher: Institute of Acoustics

Augmented Audio with Behind-the-Head Listening Device

Author(s): Puomio, Otto, González Diaz, Raimundo, Lokki, Tapio
Published in: AES International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio, 2019
Publisher: Audio Engineering Society

Optimization of a diffuser geometry using parametric modeling tools and finite-difference time-domain simulations

Author(s): Meyer, Julie; Lokki, Tapio
Published in: Auditorium Acoustics 2018. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, Issue Volume 40 Pt.3, 2018, Page(s) 638-645, ISBN 9781-510874688
Publisher: Curran Associates, Inc.

Affective Reactions to Neighbour’s Sounds in Wooden Dwellings

Author(s): Alessia Frescura, Pyoung Jik Lee
Published in: Forum Acusticum 2020, 2020
Publisher: HAL

PARALLEL ASSEMBLY OF ACOUSTIC RESONATORS TO OBTAIN NARROW-BAND UNITY SOUND ABSORPTION PEAKS BELOW 1000 HZ

Author(s): Carvalho De Sousa, Augusto; Deckers, Elke; Claeys, Claus; Desmet, Wim
Published in: International Conference on Structural Engineering Dynamics, Issue 4, 2019
Publisher: http://www.icedyn.net/

Development of an Improved Prediction Model for Indoor Rolling Noise

Author(s): Matthew Edwards Fabien Chevillotte, François-Xavier Bécot, Luc Jaouen, Nicolas Totaro
Published in: Forum Acusticum 2020, 2020
Publisher: SFA

Accuracy and sensitivity of camera based displacement measurement with optical flow: numerical investigation and experimental validation.

Author(s): Egner, Felix Simeon; Desmet, Wim; Kirchner, Matteo; WANG, Yonggang
Published in: Proceedings of ISMA2020, 2020
Publisher: Proceedings of ISMA2020

A concept of auralizing urban pass-by vehicles by measurement- and simulation-based synthesis of sound sources and impulse responses

Author(s): Meng, F., Georgiou, F., Stienen, J., Hornikx, M., Vorländer, M.
Published in: Euronoise 2018, Crete : the proceedings / EAA - European Acoustics Association, HELINA - Helenic Institute of Acoustics, 2018
Publisher: European Acoustics Association

Emotions elicited by indoor sound sources in wooden residential buildings

Author(s): Alessia Frescura, Pyoung Jik Lee
Published in: Internoise 2020, 2020
Publisher: I-INCE

Perception of Combined Noise Sources in Lightweight Buildings

Author(s): Frescura, A., Lee, P.J.
Published in: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, 2019
Publisher: ICA

Recommendation for a Standard Rolling Noise Machine

Author(s): Edwards, Matthew; Diaz, Raimundo Gonzalez; Dallaji, Nadia; Jaouen, Luc
Published in: Forum Acusticum 2020, 2020
Publisher: SFA

Peer reviewed articles (9)

An arbitrary high-order discontinuous Galerkin method with local time-stepping for linear acoustic wave propagation

Author(s): Huiqing Wang, Matthias Cosnefroy, Maarten Hornikx
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 149/1, 2021, Page(s) 569-580, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0003340

Frequency-dependent transmission boundary condition in the acoustic time-domain nodal discontinuous Galerkin model

Author(s): Huiqing Wang, Jieun Yang, Maarten Hornikx
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 164, 2020, Page(s) 107280, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107280

Reproducibility of sound-absorbing periodic porous materials using additive manufacturing technologies: Round robin study

Author(s): Tomasz G. Zieliński, Kamil C. Opiela, Piotr Pawłowski, Nicolas Dauchez, Thomas Boutin, John Kennedy, Daniel Trimble, Henry Rice, Bart Van Damme, Gwenael Hannema, Rafał Wróbel, Seok Kim, Shahrzad Ghaffari Mosanenzadeh, Nicholas X. Fang, Jieun Yang, Baltazar Briere de La Hosseraye, Maarten C.J. Hornikx, Edouard Salze, Marie-Annick Galland, René Boonen, Augusto Carvalho de Sousa, Elke Deckers, M
Published in: Additive Manufacturing, Issue 36, 2020, Page(s) 101564, ISSN 2214-8604
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2020.101564

On the assembly of Archimedean spiral cavities for sound absorption applications: Design, optimization and experimental validation

Author(s): Augusto Carvalho de Sousa, Elke Deckers, Claus Claeys, Wim Desmet
Published in: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Issue 147, 2021, Page(s) 107102, ISSN 0888-3270
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107102

Correlations between standardised and real impact sound sources in lightweight wooden structures

Author(s): Alessia Frescura, Pyoung Jik Lee, Fabian Schöpfer, Ulrich Schanda
Published in: Applied Acoustics, Issue 173, 2021, Page(s) 107690, ISSN 0003-682X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107690

Room acoustics modelling in the time-domain with the nodal discontinuous Galerkin method

Author(s): Huiqing Wang, Indra Sihar, Raúl Pagán Muñoz, Maarten Hornikx
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 145/4, 2019, Page(s) 2650-2663, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/1.5096154

The Effects of Adding Pyramidal and Convex Diffusers on Room Acoustic Parameters in a Small Non-Diffuse Room

Author(s): Hassan Azad, Julie Meyer, Gary Siebein, Tapio Lokki
Published in: Acoustics, Issue 1/3, 2019, Page(s) 618-643, ISSN 2624-599X
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
DOI: 10.3390/acoustics1030037

Polynomial relations for cylindrical wheel stiffness characterization for use in a rolling noise prediction model

Author(s): Matthew Edwards, Fabien Chevillotte, François-Xavier Bécot, Luc Jaouen, Nicolas Totaro
Published in: Acta Acustica, Issue 4/2, 2020, Page(s) 4, ISSN 2681-4617
Publisher: EDP Sciences
DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2020003

Time-domain impedance boundary condition modeling with the discontinuous Galerkin method for room acoustics simulations

Author(s): Huiqing Wang, Maarten Hornikx
Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Issue 147/4, 2020, Page(s) 2534-2546, ISSN 0001-4966
Publisher: Acoustical Society of America
DOI: 10.1121/10.0001128