Research

The Acoustics division work with the Bassett Applied Research (BAR) team to assist clients in solving new and unusual engineering problems and adding value.

The goal of noise reduction is to protect noise sensitive receivers, for example people, animals, or sensitive scientific instruments, from excessive noise. The effects of excessive noise include hearing injury, sleep disturbance, interference with communication or recreation, and reduction in product competitiveness.

Reducing noise research includes:

• Researching alternative processes with lower inherent noise
• Determining root-cause noise generating mechanisms and helping the client to design these out of the noisy product or process
• Designing advanced noise barriers, or noise absorbers, to reduce noise as it travels to sensitive receivers.
  

Excessive vibration has detrimental effects on the performance of sensitive scientific and medical instruments, industrial processes, machine reliability, and human comfort and heath. Vibration engineering projects typically involve predicting the effects of vibration and reducing vibration.

Vibration levels are typically predicted using a combination of experimental or field measurements and computer modelling. Applications include assessing sites for highly vibration sensitive buildings, or predicting passenger vibration levels in the early design stages of a new vehicle.

Bassett is a Registered Research Agency RRA 30051.