Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
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| Established | 1963 |
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| Director | Professor Steve Elliott |
| Students | 260 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Highfield Campus |
| Website | http://www.isvr.soton.ac.uk/ |
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The Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), is an acoustical research institute which is part of the University of Southampton, England. Founded in 1963, it has been awarded a 2006 Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.

The ISVR is divided into four distinct groups of research:
- The Dynamics Group, (specialized in the modelling, measurement and control of structural vibrations)
- The Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics Group (including the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Gas Turbine Noise) specialized in three fields which are aero-acoustics of aircraft engines, ultrasonics and underwater acoustics, noise source imaging and virtual acoustics.
- The Human Sciences Group (including the Hearing and Balance Centre and the Human Factors Research Unit) specialises in the human response to sound and vibration
- The Signal Processing and Control Group, which specialises in acoustics, dynamics, audiology and human sciences and as a basis for control of sound and vibration.
Further reading
- B. L. Clarkson (1971). "The Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton". Review of Physics in Technology. 2: 1-24.
