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Run2Rail - D Thompson

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor David Thompson MA PhD CEng FIMechE FIOA FHEA

Professor of Railway Noise and Vibration

Research interests

  • Low noise design in railways
  • Ground vibration and ground-borne noise
  • Aerodynamic noise from high-speed trains
Connect with David

Email: djt@isvr.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Giacomo Squicciarini

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Theoretical modelling of rolling noise: predictions of noise radiated by a train wheel rolling on a rail.
  • Curve squeal: measurements and models for understanding and mitigating curve squeal noise.
  • Piano acoustics: experiments and numerical modelling of sound generation in pianos.
Connect with Giacomo

Email: G.Squicciarini@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Dynamics Group

The group's research covers a range of topics including fundamental theoretical studies, the development of numerical tools and experimental measurement techniques.

Research outputs

Measurements and modelling of dynamic stiffness of a railway vehicle primary suspension element and its use in a structure-borne noise transmission model
Xiaowan Liu, David Thompson, Giacomo Squicciarini, Martin Rissmann, Pascal Bouvet, Gang Xie, J. Martínez-Casas, Javier Carballeira, Ines Lopez Arteaga, Miguel Garralaga & José Chover, 2021, Applied Acoustics, 182
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108232
Type: article
A framework to predict the airborne noise inside railway vehicles with application to rolling noise
Hui Li, David Thompson, Giacomo Squicciarini, Xiaowan Liu, Martin Rissmann, Pascal Bouvet, Francisco D. Denia, Luis Baeza, Julián Martín Jarillo & Juan Moreno García-Loygorri, 2021, Applied Acoustics, 179
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108064
Type: article
Investigation of acoustic transmission beneath a railway vehicle by using statistical energy analysis and an equivalent source model
Hui Li, David Thompson, Giacomo Squicciarini, Xiaowan Liu, Martin Rissmann, Francisco D. Denia & Juan Giner-Navarro, 2020, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 150
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107296
Type: article
Method for obtaining the wheel-rail contact location and its application to the normal problem calculation through ‘CONTACT’
Luis Baeza, David Thompson, Giacomo Squicciarini & Francisco D. Denia, 2018, Vehicle System Dynamics, 1-13
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2018.1439178
Type: article