ISVR Dynamics Group | Engineering and the Environment

Group Overview

Our laboratories contain an extensive range of equipment for vibration measurement, testing and analysis. We contribute to a number of short courses concerning vibration modelling, measurement and control.

Research activities:

High-Frequency Vibrations

Railway Noise and Vibration

Active Control and Smart Structures

Dynamic Modelling

Automotive Noise and Vibration.

Contact us

ISVR Unit

Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton
Highfield Campus
Southampton SO17 1BJ

Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 2291

Email: isvr@soton.ac.uk

Postgraduate opportunities

Current opportunities within the ISVR can be located by following this link

Publications

Articles

Todorovic Fabro, A., Ferguson, N. S., Mace, B. R., Gan, J. M., Bickerton, S., & Battley, M. (2015). Estimation of random field material properties for chopped fibre composites and application to vibration modelling. Composite Structures, 125, 1-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.01.036

Squicciarini, G., Toward, M., & Thompson, D. (2015). Experimental procedures for testing the performance of rail dampers. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 359, 21-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2015.07.007

Kihm, F., Halfpenny, A., & Ferguson, N. S. (2015). Fatigue life from sine-on-random excitations. Procedia Engineering, 101, 235-242. DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.02.033

Dijckmans, A., Coulier, P., Jiang, J., Toward, M. G. R., Thompson, D. J., Degrande, G., & Lombaert, G. (2015). Mitigation of railway induced ground vibration by heavy masses next to the track. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 75, 158-170. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.04.003

Thompson, D. J., Jiang, J., Toward, M. G. R., Hussein, M. F. M., Dijckmans, A., Coulier, P., ... Lombaert, G. (2015). Mitigation of railway-induced vibration by using subgrade stiffening. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 79, 89-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.09.005

Abolfathi, A., Brennan, M. J., Waters, T. P., & Tang, B. (2015). On the effects of mistuning a force-excited system containing a quasi-zero-stiffness vibration isolator. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 137(4). DOI: 10.1115/1.4029689

Salvi, J., Rizzi, E., Rustighi, E., & Ferguson, N. S. (2015). On the optimization of a hybrid tuned mass damper for impulse loading. Smart Materials and Structures. DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/8/085010

Thompson, D. J., Latorre Iglesias, E., Liu, X., Zhu, J., & Hu, Z. (2015). Recent developments in the prediction and control of aerodynamic noise from high-speed trains. International Journal of Rail Transportation, 3(3), 119-150. DOI: 10.1080/23248378.2015.1052996

Squicciarini, G., Putra, A., Thompson, D. J., Zhang, X., & Salim, M. A. (2015). Use of a reciprocity technique to measure the radiation efficiency of a vibrating structure. Applied Acoustics, 89, 107-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.09.013

Todorovic Fabro, A., Ferguson, N. S., Mace, B. R., Jain, T., & Halkyard, R. (2015). Wave propagation in one-dimensional waveguides with slowly varying random spatially correlated variability. Journal of Sound and Vibration. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2015.01.013

Squicciarini, G., Thompson, D. J., & Corradi, R. (2014). The effect of different combinations of boundary conditions on the average radiation efficiency of rectangular plates. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 333(17), 3931-3948. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2014.04.022

Fiorentina, T. A., Ferguson, N. S., Renno, J. M., & Lenzi, A. (2013). Structural response of an aircraft fuselage to hydraulic system — a wave and mobility approach. Noise Control Engineering Journal, 61(1), 87-99. DOI: 10.3397/1.3702009

Carrella, A., Brennan, M. J., Waters, T. P., & Lopes, V. (2012). Force and displacement transmissibility of a nonlinear isolator with high-static-low-dynamic-stiffness. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 55(1), 22-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2011.11.012

Sarban, R., Jones, R. W., Rustighi, E., & Mace, B. R. (2011). Active vibration isolation using a dielectric electro-active polymer actuator. Journal of System Design and Dynamics, 5(5), 643-652. DOI: 10.1299/jsdd.5.643

Rustighi, E., Mace, B. R., & Ferguson, N. S. (2011). An adaptive anechoic termination for active vibration control. Journal of Vibration and Control, 17(13), 2066-2078. DOI: 10.1177/1077546311403788

Zilletti, M., Elliott, S. J., Gardonio, P., & Rustighi, E. (2011). Experimental implementation of a self-tuning control system for decentralised velocity feedback. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 331(1), 1-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2011.08.006

Papandreou, B., Brennan, M. J., & Rustighi, E. (2011). On the detection objects buried at a shallow depth using seismic wave reflections. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(3), 1366-1374. DOI: 10.1121/1.3552878

Conferences

Kalkowski, M., Waters, T., & Rustighi, E. (2015). Removing surface accretions with piezo-excited high-frequency structural waves. Paper presented at SPIE Smart Structures & NDE 2015, United States.DOI: 10.1117/12.2087048

Sasaki, T., Waters, T. P., Fujito, K., & Tsuji, Y. (2014). Experimental study on a nonlinear vibration isolator based on a post-buckled inverted L-shaped beam. Paper presented at 12th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MoViC), Japan.

Research Staff

Staff Member	Primary Position
Luis Baeza	Professor of Railway Dynamics
Evelyne El Masri	Postgraduate research student
Neil Ferguson	Senior Lecturer in Structural Dynamics
Michele Iodice	PhD candidate at the ISVR, Dynamics Group
Hongseok Jeong	Postgraduate research student
Qiyun Jin	Postgraduate research student
Michał Kalkowski	Research Fellow (DG ISVR)
Dimitrios Kostovasilis	Postgraduate Research Student
Daniel Lurcock	Postgraduate research student
Brian Mace	Visiting Professor of Structural Dynamics
Filip Markiewicz	Postgraduate research student
Jen Muggleton	Principal Research Fellow
Evangelos Ntotsios	Research Fellow
Judith Picken	External Research Student
Andrea Ricci	Postgraduate research student
Emiliano Rustighi	Associate Professor
Mohammad reza Salimi	Postgraduate research student
Jou-Yi Shih	PhD
Giacomo Squicciarini	New Frontiers Fellow
David Thompson	Professor in Railway Noise and Vibration
Timothy Waters	Associate Professor
Ahmed Yashar	Postgraduate research student
Bahareh Zaghari	Postgraduate Research Student
Xianying Zhang	Postgraduate research student

Related Projects

Related Projects	Status	Type
A holistic approach for the design and assessment of railway tracks	Active
Energy Harvesting	Active
Acoustic fatigue	Active
Ultrasonic Removal of Surface Accretions	Active
Mapping the Underworld	Active
Mid-to-High Frequency Modelling of Vehicle Noise and Vibration	Active
Modelling Of Train Induced Vibration (MOTIV)	Active
Muscle models with applications	Active
Passive vibration isolation using nonlinear characteristics	Active
Dielectric Electro-Active Polymers: Vibration Control Application	Active
Prediction of groundborne noise and vibration in buildings	Active
Prediction of ultrasonic wave propagation in aircraft structures for crack monitoring	Active
Railway damping technologies	Dormant
Road and soil acoustic characterisation from surface measurements	Active
Track 21 - Railway Track for the 21st Century	Active
Tuneable vibration absorbers	Active
Ultra Low Frequency Vibration Isolation	Active
Variability and uncertainty in vibroacoustics	Active
Virtual certification of acoustic performance for freight and passenger trains	Dormant
Wave and Finite Element Modelling	Active

Research Group: Dynamics Group