Science of sound

Student: Yosja S. Visser

Partner: Ahrend

Coach: Ida damen

Simulating sound through a wall

Among the Royal Ahrend products are the Qabins, a place where people can work, make a call or meet without disturbing the rest of the office.

The two most important aspects of the Qabin are ventilation and  sound reduction  so that people outside are not disturbed by the conversation in the Qabin and the other way around.

These two are opposites as a good ventilation is acquired by making the Qabin open, contrary  a closed Qabinis required  for good acoustics

Optimising these aspects is hard. Simulating is a great way of finding this point because it is easier to make different iterations

With the chosen program it is possible to simulate acoustics to make an educated guess on what needs to change. This change still need to be tested in a lab to be sure.