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Dr Shahram Taherzadeh

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  • Central Academic Staff
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • School of Engineering & Innovation
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Externally funded projects

Non-invasive acoustic-seismic sensing of soils. (XD-09-066-KA)
RoleStart dateEnd dateFunding source
Co-investigator01 May 201030 Jun 2013EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

A method for non-invasive sensing of soil structure and the mechanical strength of soil would permit better decisions about appropriate soil management practices. The lack of suitable methods to measure soil physical characteristics directly that are relevant to crop growth and soil environmental function (e.g. absorption of high intensity rainfall) are barriers to the development of approaches for sustainable soil management. The applicants (Attenborough and Taherzadeh) have developed a model (PFFLAGS) to predict the interaction of sound with layered soils, from sources above or within the soil that takes into account both soil mechanical and structural properties. By employing this model and a combination of acoustic measurements using probe microphones and seismic measurements using geophones it has been found to possible to obtain values of several soil parameters in reasonable agreement with independently measured values. Of course techniques using buried microphones and geophones are invasive. There remains a need to develop non-contact non-invasive acoustical techniques and to extend them to encompass the determination of moisture content. In this project we propose to investigate the conjunctive use of microphone measurements of reflection from the soil surface of sound from a point source (loudspeaker) and scanning Laser-Doppler Vibrometer (LDV) measurements of the seismic surface response to such insonification. We propose to develop the theory and practical knowledge needed to deduce permeability (a physical property of soils that depends strongly on the number and connectivity of macropores), moisture content and the internal stress in soil and to map these quantities as a function of depth. The proposed technique will serve as a prototype for subsequent engineering development of systems for automated data acquisition and processing in the field.

Holistic and sustainable abatement of noise by optimized cominations of natural and artificial means (XD-08-048-KA)
RoleStart dateEnd dateFunding source
Co-investigator01 Nov 200931 Oct 2012EC (European Commission): FP (inc. Horizon Europe, H2020, ERC)

Noise pollution is a major environmental problem within the EU. The social costs of traffic noise have been estimated to 0.4% of total GDP. Road traffic is the dominant source, and also rail traffic noise is significant. At the same time, road and rail traffic are expected to steadily increase, and the source strength is not expected to significantly decrease within the near future. To reduce the outdoor traffic noise to a sufficiently low level for a good acoustic environment is a major challenge of high need. Here, we will focus on noise propagation abatement for the outdoor environment. Following the EU Directive on environmental noise, a series of major action have been taken in noise abatement, but the sustainability has rarely been paid attention. The main idea of our project is to optimize the use of green areas, green surfaces and other natural elements in combination with artificial elements in urban and rural environments for reducing the noise impact of road and rail traffic. The project offers a variety of powerful abatement strategies that will make a cost effective improvement by its combination of approaches concerning: ground and road surface treatments; trees, forests and tall vegetation; greening of buildings and other surfaces; and innovative barriers. The noise impact will be assessed in terms of sound levels (including spectra and time patterns) as well as perceived environment (including annoyance, well-being and other health related aspects). The main objectives of the project are: to show by full scale evaluation that the proposed abatement methods work; to deliver noise prediction methods applicable to the proposed abatements, which can also can be used in noise mapping software; to deliver assessment methods for the perceived noise environment; to deliver a good practice guide for the end-users; and to show the cost benefit, including the positive effect on urban air quality and CO2 neutrality, of the resulting noise abatement methods.

Publications

Phase and group speeds of airborne surface waves over porous layers and periodically rough hard surface (2024-08)
Attenborough, Keith and Taherzadeh, Shahram
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156(2) (pp. 1123-1134)

Acceptability of Remote Monitoring in Assisted Living/Smart Homes in the United Kingdom and Associated Use of Sounds and Vibrations—A Systematic Review (2024)
Tong, Ki; Attenborough, Keith; Sharp, David; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Deepak Gopinath, Manik and Vseteckova, Jitka
Applied Sciences, 14, Article 843(2)

Modal model prediction of surface waves and resonant characteristics of rectangular grooved gratings (2023-05)
Mellish, Steve; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(5) (pp. 2932-2943)

Noise reduction by greening (2023)
Attenborough, Keith and Taherzadeh, Shahram
Academia Engineering, 1(1)

The effect of organic carbon content on soil compression characteristics (2021-05)
Suravi, K. N.; Attenborough, K.; Taherzadeh, S.; Macdonald, A. J.; Powlson, D. S.; Ashton, R. W. and Whalley, W. R.
Soil and Tillage Research, 209, Article 104975

Use of a Modal Model in Predicting Propagation from a Point Source Over Grooved Ground (2020-11)
Mellish, Steve; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 73(4) (pp. 367-382)

The Pop Code: is it fit for purpose? (2020-05)
Wheeler, Peter; Sharp, David and Taherzadeh, Shahram
Acoustics Bulletin, 46(3) (pp. 50-54)

Approximate impedance models for point-to-point sound propagation over acoustically-hard ground containing rectangular grooves (2020-01)
Mellish, Steve; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147(1) (pp. 74-84)

Point to point propagation over a phase gradient grooved surface (2020)
Mellish, Stephen James; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148, Article 2806

Learning advanced engineering online: from distance delivery to online learning of finite element analysis (2019-07-31)
Martin, Keith; Cupples, Andrew and Taherzadeh, Shahram
European Journal of Engineering Education, 45(3) (pp. 457-472)

Acoustic surface wave generation over rigid cylinder arrays on a rigid plane (2019)
Berry, David L.; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(4) (pp. 2137-2144)

Virtual Pitch and Pitch Shifts in Church Bells (2017-09-08)
Hibbert, William A.; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Sharp, David B.
Open Journal of Acoustics, 7(3) (pp. 52-68)

Non-invasive estimation of the depth profile of soil strength with acoustic-to-seismic coupling measurement in the presence of crops (2017-09)
Shin, H. -C.; Watts, C. W.; Whalley, W. R.; Attenborough, K. and Taherzadeh, S.
European Journal of Soil Science, 68(5) (pp. 758-768)

Meteorological effects on the noise reducing performance of a low parallel wall structure (2017-06)
Van Renterghem, Timothy; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Hornikx, Maarten and Attenborough, Keith
Applied Acoustics, 121 (pp. 74-81)

On the theory of Brutsaert about elastic wave speeds in unsaturated soils (2016-03)
Shin, H.-C.; Whalley, W. R.; Attenborough, K. and Taherzadeh, S.
Soil and Tillage Research, 156 (pp. 155-165)

Exploiting ground effects for surface transport noise abatement (2016-02-22)
Attenborough, Keith; Bashir, Imran and Taherzadeh, Shahram
Noise Mapping, 3, Article 1(1)

Sound propagation over soft ground without and with crops and potential for surface transport noise attenuation (2015-01-01)
Bashir, Imran; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Shin, Ho-Chul and Attenborough, Keith
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(1) (pp. 154-164)

Reduction of surface transport noise by ground roughness (2014-09-30)
Bashir, I.; Hill, T.; Taherzadeh, S.; Attenborough, K. and Hornikx, M.
Applied Acoustics, 83(1) (pp. 1-15)

Partial frequencies and Chladni’s law in church bells (2014-06)
Hibbert, William A.; Sharp, David B.; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Perrin, Robert
Open Journal of Acoustics, 4(2) (pp. 70-77)

Measured light vehicle noise reduction by hedges (2014-04)
van Renterghem, Timothy; Attenborough, Keith; Maennel, Manuel; Defrance, Jerome; Horoshenkov, Kirill; Kang, Jian; Bashir, Imran; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Altreuther, Beate; Khan, Amir; Smyrnova, Julia and Yang, Hong-Seok
Applied Acoustics, 78 (pp. 19-27)

Surface waves over periodically-spaced strips (2013-12)
Bashir, Imran; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(6) (pp. 4691-4697)

Ground vibrations produced by surface and near-surface explosions (2013-11)
Albert, Donald G.; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Attenborough, Keith; Boulanger, Patrice and Decato, Stephen N.
Applied Acoustics, 74(11) (pp. 1279-1296)

Non-invasive characterization of pore-related and elastic properties of soils in linear Biot–Stoll theory using acoustic-to-seismic coupling (2013-06)
Shin, H.-C.; Taherzadeh, S.; Attenborough, K.; Whalley, W. R. and Watts, C. W.
European Journal of Soil Science, 64(3) (pp. 308-323)

Estimating penetrometer resistance and matric potential from the velocities of shear and compression waves (2013-05)
Gao, W.; Watts, W. R.; Ren, T.; Shin, H.; Taherzadeh, S.; Attenborough, K.; Jenkins, M. and Whalley, W. R.
Soil Science Society of America Journal, 77(3) (pp. 721-728)

Diffraction assisted rough ground effect: models and data (2013-03)
Bashir, Imran; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(3) (pp. 1281-1292)

Analytical approximations for low frequency band gaps in periodic arrays of elastic shells (2013-02)
Krynkin, Anton; Umnova, Olga; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(2) (pp. 781-791)

Aperiodicity effects on sound transmission through arrays of identical cylinders perpendicular to the ground (2012-10)
Taherzadeh, Shahram; Bashir, Imran and Attenborough, Keith
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(4) (EL323-EL328)

The influence of environmental conditions on estimation of source distance and height using a single vertical array (2012-03)
Kruse, Roland and Taherzadeh, Shahram
Applied Acoustics, 73(3) (pp. 198-208)

Outdoor ground impedance models (2011-05)
Attenborough, Keith; Bashir, Imran and Taherzadeh, Shahram
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(5) (pp. 2806-2819)

Deduction of static surface roughness from complex excess attenuation (2011-03)
Nichols, Andrew; Attenborough, Keith and Taherzadeh, Shahram
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129(3) (EL89-EL93)

Acoustic insertion loss due to two dimensional periodic arrays of circular cylinders parallel to a nearby surface (2011)
Krynkin, Anton; Umnova, Olga; Sánchez-Pérez, Juan; Chong, Yung; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(6) (pp. 3736-3745)

Scattering by coupled resonating elements in air (2011)
Krynkin, Anton; Umnova, Olga; Chong, Alvin Y. B.; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 44 (pp. 125501-125513)

Predictions and measurements of sound transmission througha periodic array of elastic shells in air (2010-12)
Krynkin, Anton; Umnova, Olga; Chong, Alvin Yung Boon; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(6) (pp. 3496-3506)

Air-ground interaction in long range propagation of low frequency sound and vibration - field tests and model verification (2005)
Madshus, C.; Lovholt, F.; Kaynia, A.; Hole, L. R.; Attenborough, K. and Taherzadeh, S.
Applied Acoustics, 66(5) (pp. 553-578)

Application of psychoacoustic phenomena as a method of low frequency noise control for events (2024)
Wheeler, Peter; Sharp, David and Taherzadeh, Shahram
In : Proceedings of Acoustics 2024, the Institute of Acoustics 50th Anniversary Conference (12-13 Sep 2024, Manchester, UK) ((Early access))

Sound propagation over periodic roughness (2023-10)
Attenborough, K.; Mellish, S.; Taherzadeh, S.; Bashir, I. and Stronach, A.
In : ACOUSTICS 2023 (16-17 Oct 2023, Winchester, UK)

Point to point propagation over periodic rough boundaries (2023)
Attenborough, Keith; Mellish, Steve; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Bashir, Imran and Stronach, Alex
In : 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023 (11-15 Sep 2023, Torino)

Investigating the effects of modern music genres on the likelihood of annoyance for residents living close to music venues and how this may influence noise mitigation strategy (2023)
Wheeler, Peter J; Sharp, David and Taherzadeh, Shahram
In : Proc. of the Institute of Acoustics: Acoustics 2023 (16-17 Oct 2023, Winchester, UK)

Audio-Frequency Surface Waves Over Multiple Width And Depth Grooves (2022-08)
Mellish, Steve; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
In : Internoise 2022: 51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, (21-24 Aug 2022, Glasgow)

Audio-frequency surface wave characteristics above porous and comb-like surfaces (2022-08)
Attenborough, Keith and Taherzadeh, Shahram
In : Internoise 2022: 51st International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, (21-24 Aug 2022, Glasgow)

Rapid assessment of surface topography via non-destructive acoustic testing (2021-04-27)
Bowen, James; Dong, Yishan; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Sharp, David B.
In : 23rd International Conference on Wear of Materials (26-29 Apr 2021, Online)

An evaluation of UK and international guidance for the control of noise at outdoor events (2020)
Wheeler, Peter; Sharp, David and Taherzadeh, Shahram
In : Reproduced Sound 2020 (17-19 Nov 2020, Online)

An investigation of the sound field above a surface with periodic roughness (2019)
Stronach, Alexander; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
In : INTER-NOISE 2019 MADRID - 48th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering 2019 (16-19 Jun 2019, Madrid, Spain)

Assessing engineered materials via non-destructive impact acoustics (2019)
Dong, Yishan; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Sharp, David B and Bowen, James
In : Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics : integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019 : 9-13 September 2019 in Aachen, Germany (9-13 Sep 2019, Aachen, Germany) (pp. 2588-2595)

Air-borne acoustic surface waves generated over a periodic rough surface (2016-09-05)
Stronach, Alexander; Bashir, Imran; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Attenborough, Keith
In : Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics 2016 (5-6 Sep 2016, Kenilworth, Warwickshire) (pp. 108-113)

Sound propagation through forests and tree belts (2016-09-05)
Attenborough, Keith and Taherzadeh, Shahram
In : Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics 2016 (5-6 Sep 2016, Kenilworth, Warwickshire) (pp. 114-125)

Acoustic propagation over periodic and quasi-periodic rough surfaces (2016-09-05)
Berry, David; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Stronach, Alexander and Attenborough, Keith
In : Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics 2016 (5-6 Sep 2016, Kenilworth, Warwickshire) (pp. 126-132)

Comparison of perceived sound qualities of five clarinets of different makes (2014-07)
Kowal, Paulina; Sharp, David and Taherzadeh, Shahram
In : International Symposium on Musical Acoustics (ISMA 2014) (7-12 Jul 2014, Le Mans, France) (pp. 477-482)

Analysing differences between the input impedances of five clarinets of different makes (2013-05)
Kowal, Paulina; Sharp, David and Taherzadeh, Shahram
In : Institute of Acoustics Annual Spring Conference 2013: Acoustics 2013 (13 May 2013, Nottingham, UK)

Correlating differences in the playing properties of five student model clarinets with physical differences between them (2012-04)
Kowal, Paulina; Sharp, David and Taherzadeh, Shahram
In : Acoustics 2012 (23-27 Apr 2012, Nantes, France)

Models for acoustical properties of green roof materials (2011-06-27)
Attenborough, Keith; Bashir, Imran; Taherzadeh, Shahram and Hill, Toby
In : Forum Acusticum 2011 (26 Jun - 01 Jul 2011, Aalborg, Denmark)

Effects of source side roughness on the acoustical performance of a traffic noise berm (2011-06-27)
Hill, Toby; Taherzadeh, Shahram; Bashir, Imran and Attenborough, Keith
In : Forum Acusticum 2011 (26 Jun - 01 Jul 2011, Aalborg, Denmark)

Sound Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media (1997)
Taherzadeh, Shahram
PhD thesis The Open University

The influences of environmental conditions on source localisation using a single vertical array and their exploitation through ground effect inversion (2010-10)
Kruse, Roland and Taherzadeh, Shahram
German Science Foundation, Bonn, Germany.