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Program and Agenda

New England Meeting of the

Vibro-Acoustics Consortium

October 17, 2024

Johnson Controls

5000 Renaissance Dr.

New Freedom, PA 17349

 

8:30 a.m. Coffee and Pastries

9:00 a.m. Morning Presentations

  • News and Notes
  • Introduction to Blocked Forces
  • Determination of Blocked Forces for a Motor Driven Pump
  • Characterization of Spring Isolator using Virtual Point Transformation
  • Source Reconstruction of a Commercial Generator Set
  • Diffuse Field Sound Absorption Determination using ESI VA-One
  • Determination of Effective Parameters for Perforates in Mufflers
  • Evaluation of the Microflown Low Frequency Volume Velocity Source

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Afternoon Presentations

  • Notes on Sound Intensity
  • Experimental and Numerical Simulation of Aeroacoustic Noise Generated by Elementary Muffler Elements
  • Quadcopter Sound Characterization using a UAV Test Stand
  • Source Characterization of a Ducted Source using Acoustic Free Velocity
  • Application of Microperforated Parallel Baffle Silencers
  • Measurement of Perforated Plate Insertion Loss
  • Selecting Measurement Locations for Inverse Pellicular Modes Analysis

4:00 p.m. Adjourn

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Company Tours

In Conjunction with the Fall Meeting of the

Vibro-Acoustics Consortium

November 13, 2024

Some companies have indicated that tours are not open to their competition. Please let me know if you will be attending the tours and I will let you know if the respective companies express concerns. You may select which tours you would like to attend or you may select all tours.

Tour Schedule

12:30 p.m. Ebco Inc.

Address: 1330 Holmes Road, Elgin, IL 60123

 

2:00 p.m. Blachford Inc.

Address: 1445 Powis Road, West Chicago, IL 60185

 

3:30 p.m. IAC Acoustics

Address: 401 Airport Road, North Aurora, IL 60542

 

5:00 p.m. Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories

Address: 627 Riverbank Drive, Geneva, IL 60134

 

6:30 p.m. Dinner

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Program and Agenda

Fall Meeting of the

Vibro-Acoustics Consortium

November 14, 2024

Northern Illinois University (NIU) - Naperville Campus

1120 E Diehl Rd

Naperville, IL 60563

 

8:30 a.m. Coffee and Pastries

9:00 a.m. Morning Presentations

  • News and Notes
  • Notes on Sound Intensity
  • Prasad Vesikar (Siemens) Guest Presentation Lessons Learned on Blocked Force Determination
  • Experimental Characterization of a Steel Spring Mount using Virtual Point Transformation
  • Continuing Work on Determination of Blocked Forces for Compact Mechanical Sources
  • Guidelines for Inverse Pellicular Modes Source Reconstruction
  • Determination of Insertion Loss using AVL
  • Measurement of Perforated Plate Insertion Loss and Flow Noise

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Afternoon Presentations

  • Notes on Resonance
  • Introduction to ANSYS Acoustics in Workbench
  • Measurement of Noise from a Residential Air Conditioner
  • Evaluation and Reciprocity Analysis of a Low Frequency Volume Velocity Source
  • Source Characterization of a Ducted Source using Acoustic Free Velocity
  • Guidelines for Inverse Panel Contribution Analysis Source Reconstruction
  • Application of Folded MPP Samples in a Muffler

4:00 p.m. Adjourn

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