Research project

TRANQuil (Technologies for Re-Active Noise-cancelling Quiet panels)

Project overview

The aim of this project is to integrate three novel technologies in order to implement a Smart Panel as a flexible system for the active control of low frequency sound and vibration. This system would then be demonstrated on a number of increasingly challenging industrial applications, including panels on coaches, in luxury yachts and in open plan offices. The three technologies involve a novel transducer that combines mechanical actuation with vibration sensing, a moulded phenolic panel, whose characteristics can be tailored for passive as well as active noise control and an advanced signal processing algorithm that will allow the performance of the system to adapt to the particular application.

Staff

Lead researchers

Emeritus Professor Stephen Elliott

Research interests
  • connections between the physical world and digital signal processing
  • personal and zonal audio and modelling the active processes within the cochlear
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Jordan Cheer & Stephen Elliott, 2016, Applied Acoustics, 105, 209-214
Type: article