We have collected together here a number of useful documents from ISVR Consulting and other sources, paper and web. 

Note that all copyrights remain with the original authors or publishers.  These documents are made available here within the copyright terms published by the individuals and organisations concerned. 

The symbol  shows a link to an external site, such as the University of Southampton Institutional Repository or a publisher’s site.  Some journals permit an author’s accepted manuscript, but not the journal’s formatted version, to be placed on an author’s website.  Where we have linked to an accepted manuscript, this is indicated in the list. These accepted manuscripts are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)♦ unless otherwise stated.

 

The main list shows papers that are freely available online to read or download.  A few papers may not be generally available because of copyright restrictions, so we have added these in a second list towards the bottom of this webpage. We are sometimes able to supply reprints of these papers on request.

We will be adding further documents to the collection.   Currently the following are available, in approximate order of publication with the most recent papers at the top:

Papers from ISVR Consulting authors or co-authors:

*Authors from ISVR Consulting at the time of publication are marked with an asterisk.

 

The following papers from ISVR Consulting authors or co-authors are not generally available online unless you have access through a library with a subscription to the publication.  However reprints may be requested by emailing the authors directly or by emailing reprints@isvr.co.uk.

*Authors from ISVR Consulting at the time of publication are marked with an asterisk. The most recent papers are listed first. Please quote our reference number when requesting a reprint.

  • Measurement and analysis of medium to high frequency dynamic stiffness for rail fastener systems. Lixin Zheng, Muyang Yang, Xiaozhen Sheng and David Thompson*. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 16(10), 2450118, (2024) (34 pages). doi.org/10.1142/S1758825124501187 (Our ref: 24/19)
  • Modelling of railway ballast as a poro-elastic medium and its effects on sleeper sound radiation. Xianying Zhang, Xubo Bai, Giacomo Squicciarini and David Thompson*.  Applied Acoustics 224 (2024) 110105. doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.(2024). 110105 (Our ref: 24/18)
  • In-situ assessment of the sound and vibration reduction performance of a new type of resilient wheel installed on a metro train. Xin Zhou, Zhi Liu, Shuoqiao Zhong, Tao An, Xiaozhen Sheng and David Thompson*. Vehicle System Dynamics, International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility. 62(11), 2936-2955,  (2024)doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2024.2305299. (Our ref: 24/17)
  • Comparison of time-domain and frequency-domain models for vibration prediction of a rail transit viaduct paved with floating slab track.  Quingyuan Song, Qi Li and David j Thompson*. Engineering Structures 310  118157. doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.118157. (2024) (Our ref: 24/16)
  • Effects of turbofan engine intake droop and length on fan tone noise.  Lei Xiong, Rie Sugimoto and Erika Quaranta*. AIAA 2019-2581. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-2581 (2019)
  • An improved phased array method for estimating free-field engine core noise spectra from measurements on short cowl engines.  Brian J. Tester, Celia Ekoule and Erika Quaranta*. AIAA 2019-2699. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-2699 (2019)
  • ACTRAN numerical study on the effects of intake geometry and length on fan tone noise propagation and radiation.  Lei Xiong, Lei Xiong, Rie Sugimoto and Erika Quaranta*, FFT Acoustic Simulation Conference 2018: ACTRAN Users’ Meeting (11/10/18) (2018)
  • Experimental study of the aerodynamic noise radiated by cylinders with different cross-sections and yaw angles. E. Latorre Iglesias, D.J. Thompson, and M.G. Smith*. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 361, 108-129, (2016)
  • The ototoxicity of styrene: a review of occupational investigations. B W Lawton*, J Hoffmann and G Triebig.  Int Arch Occup Environ Health 79: 93-102 (2006)  (Our ref: 06/5)
  • Control of Noise Sources on Aircraft Landing Gear Bogies. M G Smith*, B Fenech, Leung Choi Chow, N Molin, W Dobrzynski and C Seror.  AIAA  2006-2626 12th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (27th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference) 8-10 May, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA (2006) (Our ref: 06/2)
  • Design and Testing of Low Noise Landing Gears. Werner M Dobrzynski, Britta Schöning, Leung Choi Chow, Chris Wood, Malcolm Smith*, Christelle Seror.  Aeroacoustics 5(3) 233-263, (2006) (Our ref: 05/2)
  • Slat Noise Attenuation Using Acoustic Liner. Zhaokia Ma, Malcolm Smith*, Simon K Richards and Xin Zhang. AIAA 2005-3009. 11th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (26th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference) 23-25 May, Monterey, California. USA.  doi.org/10.2514/6.2005-3009 (2005) (Our ref: 05/1)
  • Variation of young normal hearing thresholds measured using various patterns of audiometric earphone: Implications for the acoustic coupler and the ear simulator (artificial ear).  B W Lawton*.  Report 6824 R03, ISVR Consultancy Services, (2004). (Our ref: 04/1)
  • The application of Statistical Energy Analysis to vehicle NVH problems. M G Smith*.  Engineering Integrity 1(2), 13-19, (1997). (Our ref: 97/1)
  • An investigation of noise from trains on bridges. J G Walker, N S Ferguson and M G Smith*. Journal of Sound and Vibration.193(1) 307-314, (1996). doi.org/10.1006/jsvi.1996.0271 (Our ref: 96/6)

 

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