Equipment

The AVC group has access to an extensive inventory of specialised equipment for the measurement of noise and vibration.

• Polytec 3D scanning laser vibrometer
• Polytec 1D scanning laser vibrometer
• Polytec torsional vibrometer
• Acoustic anechoic chamber
• Acoustic reverberation chambers
• Aeroacoustic chambers
• Hot-wires
• Microflown
• Accelerometers
• Strain gauges
• Impedance tube for materials characterisation
• Seat pad accelerometer
• Hand-arm accelerometer
• Microphones
• EZ-ANC active noise and vibration control systems
• Sound level meters
• Several dSpace 1102 and 1104, and one Micro-Autobox rapid control system development tools
• Texas Instruments control system development boards and software
• xPC Target
• Quanser WinCon - real-time rapid prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop simulation using PC hardware
• Binaural acoustic manequin
• Vibration shakers
• Hydraulic ram for horizontal and vertical shaker excitation
• High Load (30000 N) piezo-stack actuator and servo control system
• Microstrain Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)