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Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters (2011)
Journal Article
Kerry, G., Waddington, D., & Lomax1, C. (2013). Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 34(2), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624411427376

Specific remedial works designed to improve sound installation and reduce the noise level produced by helicopters inside dwellings are described. The theoretical problems and practical solutions to installing high performance acoustic insulation to a... Read More about Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters.

Community reaction to railway vibration at different times of the day (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Peris, E., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2011, July). Community reaction to railway vibration at different times of the day. Presented at 10th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2011, London, UK, London

A number of studies have shown different sensitivities to noise exposure for day, evening and night, in particular for railway and air traffic. Lden has been accepted as a good indicator for predicting noise annoyance. In the same way, time of day is... Read More about Community reaction to railway vibration at different times of the day.

Calculation of noise in residential environments (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Koziel, Z., Peris, E., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2011, July). Calculation of noise in residential environments. Presented at 10th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2011, London, UK, London

The DEFRA funded project “Human Response to Vibration in Residential Environments” investigates relationships between human response in residential areas, primarily in terms of annoyance, and combined effects from exposure to vibration and noise. Thi... Read More about Calculation of noise in residential environments.

Estimation of vibration exposure in residential environments (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Sica, G., Woodcock, J., Peris, E., Koziel, Z., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2011, July). Estimation of vibration exposure in residential environments. Presented at 10th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2011, London, UK, London

The University of Salford has derived an exposure-response relationship for vibration in residential environments. Vibration measurements have been used for assessing the human exposure alongside a social study questionnaire based on face-to-face int... Read More about Estimation of vibration exposure in residential environments.

Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 3 : calculation of vibration exposure (2011)
Report
Sica, G., Woodcock, J., Peris, E., Koziel, Z., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2011). Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 3 : calculation of vibration exposure

The Technical Report 3 describes the research undertaken to develop a methodology by which human exposure to vibration in residential environments can be calculated. That work has carried out by the University of Salford supported by the Department o... Read More about Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 3 : calculation of vibration exposure.

Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 2: measurement of response (2011)
Report
Condie, J., Steele, A., Whittle, N., Brown, P., & Waddington, D. (2011). Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 2: measurement of response

Based on a review of the literature and the best practice guidance available, a social survey questionnaire was developed to measure residents’ self-reported annoyance and to provide data suitable for establishing exposure-response relationships betw... Read More about Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 2: measurement of response.

The noise policy statement for England : significance, application and implications (2011)
Journal Article
Waddington, D., Clayton, T., Fiumicelli, D., Clarke, T., & Mitchell, S. (2011). The noise policy statement for England : significance, application and implications. Acoustics bulletin / Institute of Acoustics, 36(2),

The Noise Policy Statement for England, published by Defra in March 2010, describes a ‘policy vision to facilitate decisions regarding what is an acceptable noise burden to place on society’. The publication of the NPSE coincided with the formal adop... Read More about The noise policy statement for England : significance, application and implications.

Noise and vibration from building-mounted micro wind turbines Part 2: Results of measurements and analysis (2011)
Report
Part 2: Results of measurements and analysis

Description To research the quantification of vibration from a micro turbine, and to develop a method of prediction of vibration and structure borne noise in a wide variety of installations in the UK. Objective The objectives of the study... Read More about Noise and vibration from building-mounted micro wind turbines Part 2: Results of measurements and analysis.

Exposure-response relationships from railway noise in the presence of vibration (2011)
Thesis
Koziel, Z. Exposure-response relationships from railway noise in the presence of vibration. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The main aim of this thesis is to develop exposure-response relationships for noise, vibration, and combined effects from noise and vibration. Examinations of nonacoustical factors such as noise sensitivity, noise acceptance, gender, age, and sleep... Read More about Exposure-response relationships from railway noise in the presence of vibration.

Structure-borne sound and vibration from building-mounted wind turbines (2011)
Journal Article
Moorhouse, A., Elliott, A., Eastwick, G., Evans, T., Ryan, A., von Hünerbein, S., …Waddington, D. (2011). Structure-borne sound and vibration from building-mounted wind turbines. Environmental Research Letters, 6(3), 035102. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/035102

Noise continues to be a significant factor in the development of wind energy resources. In the case of building-mounted wind turbines (BMWTs), in addition to the usual airborne sound there is the potential for occupants to be affected by structure-bo... Read More about Structure-borne sound and vibration from building-mounted wind turbines.

Noise and vibration from building-mounted micro wind turbines part 3 : prediction methodology (2011)
Report
part 3 : prediction methodology

This brief report describes a simplified method for estimation of levels of structure-borne sound in buildings to which a micro-wind turbine (MWT) is attached. The method is applicable to two specific designs of MWT, each for three lengths of moun... Read More about Noise and vibration from building-mounted micro wind turbines part 3 : prediction methodology.

Noise and vibration from building-mounted micro wind turbines Part 1: Review and proposed methodology (2011)
Report
Moorhouse, A., Elliott, A., Eastwick, G., von Hünerbein, S., & Waddington, D. (2011). Noise and vibration from building-mounted micro wind turbines Part 1: Review and proposed methodology

Description To research the quantification of vibration from a micro turbine, and to develop a method of prediction of vibration and structure borne noise in a wide variety of installations in the UK. Objective The objectives of the study... Read More about Noise and vibration from building-mounted micro wind turbines Part 1: Review and proposed methodology.