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Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Dunne, G., Williams, R. and Giudice, Sebastiano D. (2010) Tools and techniques for understanding the fundamentals of automotive sound quality. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, Vol.224 (No.10). pp. 1263-1278. doi:10.1243/09544070JAUTO1407 ISSN 0954-4070.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544070JAUTO1407
Abstract
Understanding the sounds that create the most positive subjective and emotional responses for customers and, importantly, linking this knowledge to objective engineering specifications is a major challenge. This paper presents research to create the tools and techniques to achieve this. It starts with work carried out to understand the language of sound perception and a means to capture it succinctly. Two perceptual dimensions were established that enabled the positioning of current, competitor, and target vehicles in a subjective space to be determined. Early work involved the study of fixed sounds, both real and simulated, in a listening room. However, this approach has been improved by enhancing the level of context and interactivity. Perception of the sounds of on-road cars is affected by stimuli for other senses (e. g. visual and vibrational), and the fact that an assessor is also concentrating on driving. Furthermore, drivers experience a full range of vehicle sounds, rather than fixed stimuli. The development and use of interactive simulation tools are therefore introduced. They provide a more confident assessment of preferences but also allow a greater understanding of the contributing factors to these preferences, e. g. those aspects of real-world driving that are most important in forming overall impressions of vehicle sound.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0954-4070 | ||||
Official Date: | 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.224 | ||||
Number: | No.10 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 16 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1263-1278 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1243/09544070JAUTO1407 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council through Warwick's Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre, UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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