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Full Professor/Research Group Leader, Vice Head of Department Research, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics, Vibroacoustics
Wolfgang Kropp is a professor at the division of applied acoustics, and vice head of the department of architecture and civil engineering, research. He is also the head of the vibroacoustic research...
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Professor, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics, Vibroacoustics
Jens is professor at the Division of Applied Acoustics, research group Vibroacoustics, at Chalmers. His area of research is outdoor sound propagation. The research deals mainly with physical...
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Doctoral student, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics, Vibroacoustics
Laura Estévez Mauriz is a doctoral student at the Divison of Applied Acoustics, in the research group Vibroacoustics, at Chalmers. Laura’s research deals with the optimization of urban areas with...
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Doctoral student, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics, Vibroacoustics
Georgios Zachos is a doctoral student at the Division of Applied Acoustics, in the research group Vibroacoustics. The research project aims to develop computational models for sound propagation in...
Project leader Wolfgang Kropp
Project members
Wolfgang Kropp
Jens Forssén
Joachim Scheuren
Laura Estévez Mauriz
Georgios Zachos
Frederik Rietdijk
Contact
Wolfgang Kropp
Partners: Chalmers
University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Seconda
Università degli Studi di Napoli SUN, The University of Sheffield, Ghent
University, Müller-BBM, The Italian National Institute for
Environmental Protection and Research, EMPA, SP Technical Research
Institute of Sweden.
Associated partners: Planungsbuero
Richter-Richard, Roma Capitale, Dipartimento Tutela Ambientale e del
Verde – Protezione Civile, City of Berlin – Senate Department for Urban
Development and the Environment, AG Stadsplanning Antwerpen, Brighton
& Hove, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific
Research.
Initial Training Network (ITN) on Urban Sound Planning.
To achieve a good acoustic environment outdoors, which improves
health and wellbeing, a holistic view is needed within urban sound
planning. For the planning processes related to urban acoustic
environments to be successful, specialists are required who have broad
research expertise covering areas such as acoustic prediction methods,
noise control and soundscaping, as well as city and traffic planning.
Within acoustics, there are several traditionally separated expert
areas, which need to be tied together through better communication and
broadened understanding. This concerns:
- state-of-the-art sound prediction tools for shielded and quiet areas
- soundscaping, including aspects of behaviour science and psychology
- large-scale noise and traffic planning
- in-depth inside knowledge on noise control measures such as screening, absorption, ground effect, low-noise road surfaces, etc.
A successful project will also require the knowledge and tools that
only exist on a research level to be transferred to tools that can be
applied in practice.
The project is carried out at the Division of Applied Acoustics in research group Vibroacoustics.
More information can be found at Sonorus homepage.
Keywords: Urban sound planning, Urban planing, City
planning, Environmental noise, Noise, Outdoor acoustics, Noise
prediction, Noise abatement, Soundscaping, Auralization
Chalmers Areas of AdvanceBuilt Environment
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Urban sound planners will take a holistic approach to planning acoustics in cities