A5012056367- Noise Effects and Management
- Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control
- Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
- Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation
- Wind Energy Research and Development
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Smart Materials for Construction
- Railway Engineering and Dynamics
- Aerospace and Aviation Technology
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods
- Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
- Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Speech and Audio Processing
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Sleep and related disorders
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
2016-2025
Langley Research Center
2020
Université Paris-Saclay
2020
Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales
2020
Acoustics (Norway)
2020
Dynamic Research (United States)
2020
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
2019
Delft University of Technology
2017
The aim of the present study is to establish exposure-response relationships reflecting percentage highly annoyed (%HA) as functions road traffic, railway, and aircraft noise exposure, measured day-evening-night level (Lden), well elucidate degree which acoustic indicator Intermittency Ratio (IR), reflects "eventfulness" a situation, predicts annoyance. We conducted mixed-mode representative population survey in stratified random sample 5592 residents exposed transportation all over...
Epidemiological studies have inconsistently linked transportation noise and air pollution (AP) with diabetes risk. Most considered single sources and/or AP, but none has investigated their mutually independent contributions to We 2631 participants of the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution Lung Heart Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA), without 2002 change residence between 2011. Using questionnaire biomarker data, incident cases were identified Noise AP exposures 2001 assigned participants'...
The present study aimed to disentangle the risk of three major transportation noise sources-road, railway, and aircraft traffic-and air pollutants NO2 PM2.5 on myocardial infarction (MI) mortality in Switzerland based high quality/fine resolution exposure modelling.We modelled long-term outdoor road traffic, levels, as well concentration for each address 4.40 million adults (>30 years) Swiss National Cohort (SNC). We investigated association between noise/air pollution death due MI during...
Most environmental epidemiology studies model health effects of noise by regressing on acoustic exposure metrics that are based the concept average energetic dose over longer time periods (i.e. Leq and related measures). Regarding wellbeing, measures often cannot satisfactorily predict annoyance somatic noise, particularly sleep disturbances. It has been hypothesized can be better explained when also considering variation level frequency distribution event-related measures, such as for...
The impact of different transportation noise sources and environments on arterial stiffness remains unknown.We evaluated the association between residential outdoor exposure to annual average road, railway, aircraft levels, total intermittency (IR), number events (NE) brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) following a cross-sectional design.We measured baPWV (meters/second) in 2,775 participants (49-81 y old) at second follow-up (2010-2011) Swiss Cohort Study Air Pollution Lung Heart...
The contribution of different transportation noise sources to metabolic disorders such as obesity remains understudied. We evaluated the associations long-term exposure road, railway and aircraft with measures its subphenotypes using cross-sectional longitudinal designs. assessed 3796 participants from population-based Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution Lung Heart Diseases (SAPALDIA), who attended visits in 2001 (SAP2) 2010/2011 (SAP3) were aged 29-72 at SAP2. At SAP2 we measured body mass...
Current literature suggests that wind turbine noise is more annoying than transportation noise. To date, however, it not known which acoustic characteristics of turbines alone, i.e., without effect modifiers such as visibility, are associated with annoyance. The objective this study was therefore to investigate and compare the short-term annoyance reactions road traffic in controlled laboratory listening tests. A set scenarios created which, combined factorial design tests, allowed...
Prospective evidence on the risk of depression in relation to transportation noise exposure and annoyance is limited mixed. We aimed investigate associations long-term source-specific with incidence SAPALDIA (Swiss cohort study air pollution lung heart diseases adults) cohort. investigated 4,581 participants without year 2001/2002. Corresponding one-year mean road, railway aircraft day-evening-night (Lden) was calculated at most exposed façade participants’ residential floors, assessed an...
Transportation noise leads to sleep disturbance and psychological physiological sustained stress reactions, which could impact respiratory health. However, epidemiologic evidence on associations of objective transportation exposure also perceived annoyance with morbidity is limited. We investigated independent prevalent symptoms incident asthma in adults. Using 17,138 observations (from 7049 participants) from three SAPALDIA (Swiss Cohort Study Lung Heart Diseases Adults) surveys, we...
Epidemiological research on transportation noise uses different exposure assessment strategies based façade point estimates or regulatory maps. The degree of measurement error and subsequent potentially biased risk related to definition is unclear. We aimed evaluate associations between myocardial infarction (MI) mortality considering: assumptions about residential floor, selection (loudest, quietest, nearest), vs. map estimates, influence averaging at coarser spatial scales (e.g. in...
This survey investigates the cross-sectional association between nighttime road, rail and aircraft noise exposure probability to be highly sleep disturbed (%HSD), as measured by self-report in postal online questionnaires. As part of Swiss SiRENE study, a total 5592 participants entire country were selected based on stratified random sample their dwelling. Self-reported disturbance was using an ICBEN-style 5-point verbal scale. The carried out four waves at different times year....
Wind turbines represent an encouraging option for sustainable energy but their noise emissions can be issue public acceptance. Noise reduction measures, such as trailing-edge serrations or permeable inserts, seem to offer promising results in reducing wind turbine levels. This manuscript presents a novel holistic approach perception-based evaluation of and the performance measures using synthetic sound auralization. To demonstrate its feasibility, case study featuring four state-of-the-art...
A theoretical model for the oblique incidence sound absorption coefficient of thin woven fabrics backed by an air cavity is presented where fabric acoustically described its specific airflow resistance and surface mass density. The illustrated equivalent electrical circuit validated in case normal experimental results obtained from impedance tube measurements on three types. influence density discussed recommendations practical applications are derived. Further, a simple formula to predict...
Noise from unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly referred to as “drones,” will likely shape our acoustic environment in the near future. Yet, reactions of population this new noise source are still little explored. The objective study was investigate short-term annoyance drones a controlled laboratory experiment. Annoyance (i) two quadcopters different sizes relation common contemporary transportation sources (jet aircraft, propeller helicopters, single car passbys), and (ii) drone maneuvers...
Public landscape impact assessment of renewable energy installations is crucial for their acceptance. Thus, a sound basis in the implementation process. For valuing perception, visual sense dominant human sensory component. However, provides only partial information about our environment. Especially when it comes to wind farm assessments, noise produced by rotating turbine blades another major factor. Therefore, an integrated and acoustic projects needed allow lay people perceive adequately....
An auralizator for wind turbine noise consists of an emission synthesizer,apropagation filter,avegetation synthesizer and asuitable reproduction system.This article describes the synthesis sounds, considering spectral content frequencyd ependent amplitude modulation (AM).T he generated sound pressure signal is composed discrete tonal components modulated broadband noise, whereas latter processed in 1/3 octave bands.Foreach band, levelfluctuations are synthesized as superposition arandom...
Epidemiological evidence indicates an association between transportation noise exposure and a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Sleep disturbances are thought to be one the mechanisms as it is well established that few nights short or poor sleep impair glucose tolerance insulin sensitivity in healthy good sleepers. The present study aimed determine extent which nocturnal affects metabolism, whether related noise-induced alterations. Twenty-one young volunteers (nine women)...