Researchers seek to improve acoustic performance modelling

摘要

Researchers at the University of Salford have been awarded nearly ￡250,000 to develop new technology which will greatly improve the modelling of the acoustic performance of buildings and open spaces. The grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will enable the Salford team to work with global design and engineering firm, Arup, the University of Reading and BBC R&D. Together they hope to solve the problems associated with demonstrating to clients how building designs for large spaces, like concert halls, sound once they've been built. In practice, designers programme the designs of a building or room into a computer model which calculates how the structure affects the sound sources which inhabit it, such as musicians in an orchestra. The modified sound of the sources is then reproduced through a special loudspeaker system, allowing the client to hear what the building will sound like in advance of it being constructed.