The document outlines the agenda for the Automotive NVH Congress held on January 23-24, 2012, focusing on the impact of sound design on automotive safety and noise, particularly for electric vehicles. It includes sessions on EU noise emission regulations, lightweight design strategies, and workshops on how vehicle sound can influence driving behavior and safety. The event encourages networking among experts while addressing the challenges and advancements in automotive noise vibration and harshness (NVH) technologies.

1. The first conference to focus on the
influence of sound design on safety
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learn from international • explore sound design for EVs and how to guarantee pedestrian protection
companies like: • obtain an update on EU and UN-ECE noise emission limit values to
prepare for future certification requirements
• ZF Friedrichshafen AG,
Germany • Discover nvH strategies for light weight components for an optimal
nvH concept
• TNO – Technical Sciences,
The Netherlands • learn about simulation and how it can help to improve nvH
• Investigate the correlation between engine sound and driving behaviour
• West Saxon University
of Zwickau, Germany for increased safety
With contribution from
• Federal Environmental
Agency, Germany
Juan J. García,
• Autoneum Management AG, Product Manager,
Switzerland Applus+IDIADA, Spain
foort de roo,
• University of Applied Consultant Environmental Acoustics,
Sciences Duesseldorf,
TNO – Technical Sciences, The Netherlands
Germany
Thomas Hansen,
• Institute of Mechanical Team Manager Numerical Analysis and Simulation,
Systems (IMES), ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany
Centre of Structure
Technologies, Switzerland
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS | 23 & 24 January
• Applus+IDIADA, Spain 23 January | Influencing driving behaviour through vehicle sound
• T&E European Federation 24 January | Discuss the challenges of designing sound for electrical drives
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2. AUTOMOTIVE NVH
Congress day one | monday, 23 January 2012
09:15 registration & coffee
Light weight design and NVH
09:40 Chairman’s welcome & opening address
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang foken, 14:25 Damping of lightweight fibre reinforced polymer structures
Dean of the Department of Mechanical & • Comparison of traditional damping using viscoelastic
Automotive Engineering, materials to alternative active and passive tamping
West Saxon University of Zwickau, Germany approaches
• Potential and challenges of selected non-traditional
Automotive NVH – latest trends and challenges damping technologies for automotive panel structures
• Integration of active and passive damping treatment into
09:45 Legal requirements on exterior noise – an outlook fibre reinforced polymer structures
• Why exterior noise matters • structural damping of stiff and lightweight sandwich
• Current regulatory developments (eu/uneCe) structures
test procedure Markus Zogg,
limit values Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)
special aspects and challenges (aseP ev)
, Centre of Structure Technologies, Switzerland
• assessment of the developments from the environmental
perspective Numerical Simulation
Dr. Lars Schade,
Scientific Staff, Traffic Noise Abatement, 15:05 Layout and optimisation of powertrain mount systems
German Federal Environment Agency, Germany with multibody simulation
• numerical description of powertrain mounts in multibody
10:25 Consequences of the revised vehicle noise emission models
test method for the EU and UN-ECE noise emission • static, modal, vibration response analysis for different
limit values loadcases
• Differences between old and new test methods • layout criteria for expected nvH performance
• Differences between results of old and new tests • Potential and limits of multibody simulation
• Correlation with vehicle characteristics Thomas Hansen,
• Contribution of tyre-road noise Team Manager Numerical Analysis and Simulation,
• recommendations for revised noise emission limit values ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany
• environmental, social and economic impact of revised
limit values 15:45 refreshment break & networking
foort de roo,
Consultant Environmental Acoustics,
TNO – Technical Sciences, The Netherlands
16:15 – 18:15 | Workshop:
11:05 refreshment break & networking Influencing driving behaviour through vehicle sound
11:35 The need for noise standards which reduce the burden Sound design is one of the main issues discussed within the nvH
on public health and improve quality of life: community. In general sound design is used for marketing reasons:
The position of an environmental NGO a certain sound is important for creating a certain image, eg. a
• the influence of traffic noise on human health and well being sportive sound for a sportive image, to characterize the driver’s
• Why today’s standards are not sufficient identification with a certain car or brand. this workshop follows
• t&e requirements for noise standards a different approach. It will describe investigations concerning the
Nina renshaw, influence of the vehicle’s sound, in particular the engine sound
Deputy Director on the driving behaviour, how the engine sound can intuitively
T&E European Federation for Transport and animate the driver to pursue a calmer driving behaviour and with
Environment, Belgium that how sound design of interior noise can increase road safety.
12:15 networking luncheon Walter Zipp,
Team Leader Acoustics,
13:45 Panel discussion: Reviewing EU`s new noise emission IPETRONIK & Co. KG
values and testing methods
 Panelists:
selected speakers of the day and:
Heinz Steven, 18:15 Closing remarks by the chairman & end of day one
Member of the German UN-ECE delegation,
Data Analysis and Consultancy, Germany
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3. AUTOMOTIVE NVH
Congress day two | tuesday, 24 January 2012
09:00 registration & coffee • the need for “minimum noise”
• the relationship between the ev noise and the
09:30 Chairman’s welcome & opening address background noise as a key element
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang foken, Juan J. García,
Dean of the Department of Mechanical & Product Manager,
Automotive Engineering, Applus+IDIADA, Spain
West Saxon University of Zwickau, Germany
11:15 refreshment break & networking
Numerical Simulation
11:45 The Evaluation of Acoustics for Electric Vehicles –
09:45 Numerical methods for the simulation of sound A Good Guess ?
insulation and their application to the optimization of Prof. Dr. Jörg Becker-Schweitzer,
Hybrid Acoustics, a novel dash insulator-absorber Vibration Engineering,
• numerical methods for the sound package simulation University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf, Germany
• Biot's modelling of porous materials
• transfer matrix method (tmm) applied to multilayer 12:30 networking luncheon
three-dimensional sound package components
• statistical energy analysis (sea) model of a vehicle
including the sound package
• Physical principle of Hybrid acoustics, a novel concept 14:00 – 16:00 | Interactive discussion workshop:
for a hybrid insulator-absorber
• tmm-sea-Pareto-based optimization of a Hybrid Discuss the challenges of designing sound for electrical drives
acoustics dash insulator With regard to noise emission electrical drive technology offers a
• validation of the optimized component in a transmission lot of advantages compared to conventional drives. In particular
loss facility against the background of the fact the environmental agencies
• validation of the optimized component in a vehicle by claim the reduction of exterior noise and EU’s plan for lower
means of transfer functions and operational measurements emission standards. yet, a lot of questions remain:
Hermann de Ciutiis, • How wide is the difference between a conventional drive
Global Product Manager Engine Bay and Heatshields, and an electrical drive really?
Autoneum Management AG, Switzerland • the potential of noise reduction of electrical drives
• sound design for evs
Special focus: NVH for electrical drives • Discussing the need for a minimum sound
10:30 On warning sounds of EVs for vulnerable road users
• evs as safety hazard for pedestrians and other 16:00 Closing remarks by the chairman &
vulnerable road users end of conference day two
• overview of published actions by the us and Japanese
governments as well as within international bodies such
as un/eCe and Iso
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