Sound transmission and sound radiation analysis, characterisation of structure-borne transmission in buildings, material properties characterisation, active and passive noise control, environmental acoustics, architectural acoustics and sound perception

Short description of the research team

The Acoustics Research group is a team of 10 people working in the Engineering Department of University of Ferrara in many field of acoustics. The main research activities currently undertaken are in the filed on sound transmission and sound radiation analysis, characterisation of structure-borne transmission in buildings, material properties characterisation, active and passive noise control, environmental acoustics, architectural acoustics and sound perception. Besides several ongoing research activities are focused on numerical models and simulations for product optimisation.

Manager/head of the team: prof. Patrizio Fausti

Research infrastructures:

Anechoic (620 cubic metres) and semi-anechoic (800 cubic metres) chamber; reverberant room and semi-anechoic room; coupled rooms for sound insulation; material properties characterisation laboratory; listening test room.

Prerequisites of the trainee researcher:

Level of education: “Marie Curie Individual Fellowship” Action requirements

Research experience: Basic knowledge of sound propagation, acoustics and vibration

Contacts: Prof. Patrizio Fausti (patrizio.fausti@unife.it), Dr. Andrea Santoni (andrea.santoni@unife.it)

Further useful information:
Post-docs and students are welcome to join ongoing and future research projects. At the moment the team is mainly working on:

1) Experimental and numerical analysis of sound radiation and sound transmission of non-homogeneous and non-isotropic structures.

2) Mechanical characterisation of the elastic properties of non-homogeneous and non-isotropic materials by means of wave analysis and wave correlation based methods. At the moment the main focus is on timber structures.

3) Experimental investigation of structure-borne sound transmission from waste-water piping systems to building elements.

4) Acoustic and physical characterisation of natural fibrous materials.

5) Acoustic characterisation of drones and analysis to reduce noise emissions.

Topics: Products and Processes Engineering: Product design, process design and control, construction methods, civil engineering, energy processes, material engineering