The Structural Mechanics Section of KU Leuven is performing internationally leading research on noise and vibrations in the built environment and vibration‐based structural identification and evaluation, combining both theoretical and experimental work. A wide range of applications is covered, including sound insulation, monitoring of vibrations, dynamic system identification, parameter identification, and structural health monitoring (http://bwk.kuleuven.be/bwm).
Research ProjectThe analysis of sound and vibration transmission in buildings, civil structures, cars, airplanes, etc., is a complex problem since multiple transmission paths are usually important, uncertainties can have a large effect, performance requirements often conflict with structural and thermal requirements, and accurate vibro‐acoustic modelling with currently available numerical prediction tools requires a huge computational effort. An efficient yet sufficiently accurate analysis framework is therefore needed, taking all relevant uncertainties into account and opening up the way for model‐based optimization.
The development of such a framework is the main target of the research project VirBAcous, which is being funded by the European Commission under the form of an ERC Starting Grant (http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/209704_en.html).