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This module comprises two design exercises, the first examining practical isolation requirements and the second involved with designing an acoustic exhaust or intake with a required performance. The investigation will be conducted in groups, no larger than four students in total, on a particular system and the groups will be expected to consult widely relevant literature on the basic physical mechanisms of noise and vibration generation, transmission and quantification. Each team will present their findings and, in addition, their recommendations for further design improvement to be considered or implemented.

This module comprises two design exercises: the first examines practical vibration isolation requirements, and the second focuses on designing an acoustic exhaust or intake system to meet specified performance criteria. The investigation will be carried out in groups. Teams are expected to consult relevant literature extensively, covering the fundamental physical mechanisms of noise and vibration generation, transmission, and measurement.

Each group will present its findings and demonstrate a solid understanding of the underlying theory. In addition, teams should provide justified recommendations for potential design improvements that could be considered or implemented. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Real engineering problems come with performance targets, competing constraints and a team that has to deliver. Controlling noise and vibration is exactly this kind of challenge, whether isolating sensitive equipment from a vibrating structure or designing an exhaust or intake system to meet a demanding acoustic specification. This module puts you in that position through two practical design exercises, each carried out in a team.

Working in a group, you will investigate the physical mechanisms behind the generation, transmission and measurement of noise and vibration, drawing on the technical literature to inform your approach. You will apply this understanding to two design tasks, one on vibration isolation and the other on an acoustic exhaust or intake system, then present and defend your findings, with justified recommendations for improvement, in a presentation followed by a Q&A session.

By the end of the module, you will be able to turn acoustic and vibration theory into practical design decisions, weigh competing solutions against real targets, and communicate your engineering reasoning to a critical audience. These skills define professional practice and will serve you directly in later design study and in industry, where noise and vibration control is a routine engineering responsibility.

This module builds on the knowledge and understanding of sound fields and their generation and propagation that was built up in ISVR1032 Acoustics I. Those fundamental concepts are explored in greater depth to allow them to be applied to a wide variety of practically important systems, such as ducts, rooms and barriers.

This aim of this module is to build an understanding of the physics of active control. Active control is a method for realising control through the use of secondary sources or actuation, whose outputs are designed to modify the response of a system. Techniques for modelling and analysis of active control of sound, vibration and mechatronics problems will be presented. The feasibility of active control will be demonstrated in a variety of industrial applications.

This aim of this module is to build an understanding of the physics of active control. Active control is a method for realising control through the use of secondary sources or actuation, whose outputs are designed to modify the response of a system. Techniques for modelling and analysis of active control of sound, vibration and mechatronics problems will be presented. The feasibility of active control will be demonstrated in a variety of industrial applications.

This aim of this module is to build an understanding of the physics of active control. Active control is a method for realising control through the use of secondary sources or actuation, whose outputs are designed to modify the response of a system. Techniques for modelling and analysis of active control of sound, vibration and mechatronics problems will be presented. The feasibility of active control will be demonstrated in a variety of industrial applications.

This aim of this module is to build an understanding of the physics of active control. Active control is a method for realising control through the use of secondary sources or actuation, whose outputs are designed to modify the response of a system. Techniques for modelling and analysis of active control of sound, vibration and mechatronics problems will be presented. The feasibility of active control will be demonstrated in a variety of industrial applications.

This aim of this module is to build an understanding of the physics of active control. Active control is a method for realising control through the use of secondary sources or actuation, whose outputs are designed to modify the response of a system. Techniques for modelling and analysis of active control of sound, vibration and mechatronics problems will be presented. The feasibility of active control will be demonstrated in a variety of industrial applications.

Some engineering problems cannot be solved by adding more material or damping alone. Active control offers a different approach: instead of passively resisting an unwanted disturbance, it introduces carefully designed secondary sources or actuators whose outputs cancel or reshape a system's response. The same principle quietens aircraft cabins, controls precision machinery and underpins the noise-cancelling headphones millions of people use every day.

You will build a firm understanding of the physics behind active control and learn to model and analyse it across sound, vibration and mechatronics problems. Working through a range of industrial applications, you will see how the feasibility of a control strategy is assessed, where it succeeds and where its limits lie. In doing so, you will develop the analytical skills to predict how a controlled system behaves and to judge when active control is the right engineering choice.

By the end of the module, you will be able to formulate and analyse active control problems, evaluate candidate solutions against real system requirements, and reason confidently about the trade-offs involved. This places you at the meeting point of acoustics, dynamics and control engineering, a field with growing demand across transport, manufacturing and consumer technology, and provides a strong basis for advanced study or research in active and smart systems.