SoundPLAN - Sound Propagation Modeling Software

SoundPLAN - designing a sound environment

SoundPLAN is an unique modeling and presentation tools, that allowed us to optimize noise control measures and to visualize the effects of noise propagation throughout plants, factories, theme parks or along road and railroad lines.

The software allows the user to visualize the noise situation through an extensive graphical user interface. It also provides:

• traceable propagation models [The propagation models included in SoundPLAN are based upon consistent sets of empirical data. These models allow for noise predictions within a certain level of accuracy. However, it should be noted that although the physics of sound propagation are always the same, the source and propagation parameters can change dramatically. The various models in SoundPLAN allow the user to modify these parameters to match the acoustic environment being analyzed.]
• versatile definition of the sources input [frequency spectrum, time schedule or idle pattern, directivity, mitigation factors, etc.]
• numerous control features for the verification of input geometry and source data.
• graphic tools for the visualization and presentation of the input and output data (i.e., Did the analysis consider this source, the road, this loudspeaker, this building, etc.?), the acoustical hot-spots (i.e., the nature of the problem), the conflicts (i.e. comparisons with governing regulations) and the benefits of various noise mitigation measures.
• noise control optimization features [Which is very important from a financial perspective, e.g., cost versus benefit ratios. For example, 5 dB reduction for a source may cost $30,000 or $60,000 but the overall benefit is insignificant unless other source are reduced in the same way].

SoundPLAN 7.1

SoundPLAN Version 7.1 incorporates numerous changes and improvements:

• Installation - Revised installation, country specific settings i.e., standards, assessments
• Geo-Database:
  •  Improved and simplified data checking and correction with the amended Attribute Explorer
    (variant objects such as roads and railways are also entirely visible)
  • Improved sorting of receivers (1, 2, …10, 11) even without using the object number
  • Input with measurement tools
  • Terrain elevation for all objects is now supplied by Digital Ground Model (DGM)
  • Computation Digital Ground Model within the Geo-Database
  • Construction tools for circles and rectangles
  • Transformation between different coordinate systems
  • Direct link to Google Earth (Cartography Module)
  • 3D-solid model (3D Graphic Module)
  • Delete Tiling System
• Result
  • Table Mean propagation table reworked
  • Revision of page layout and table format
                
• Graphics    
  • Plan text labels with variables (project path, date, …)
  • Transparent for all objects with walls and surfaces
  • Renaming Map Names in Sheet Manager
  • Print Preview
  • Transparency Factor for Cross Section Map
  • Transparent Bitmap (Cartography)
  • 3D Transparency of objects (3D Graphic)
  • 3D View now shows contour lines
  • Save Grid Operations
     
• Runkernel
  • Estimate of the prediction uncertainty for industrial projects
  • Renumber results files
  • New calculation standards for US (FTA 2005)
  • Ground model only based on digital ground data (DGM)
  • Tolerance requirement set for total results, by group or individual source contribution
  • Single Receiver Result for separated results for Level Charts, Detailed Result Table, Expert System, Protocol Table
  • Graphic View - Show DGM, ground effect areas, flow resistivity areas

SoundPLAN - Project Manager

The SoundPLAN Wins Manager is the switch board to eight sub-programs:

• Library (Source, material, assessment information)
• Geographical-Database (Geometry)
• Calculation Kernel (Definition of the computation, running the noise or air pollution prediction, Indoor Noise Prediction)
• Documentation (Results Tables)
• Spreadsheet (Generation of Comparison Tables)
• Expert System Industry Noise (Design cost effective noise mitigation)
• Wall Design (Design cost effective noise barrier - walls & berms)
• Graphics (Maps, Colored Noise Contours, 3D Noise Contour Graphic, 3D Topographic Map..)

System Requirements / Recommendation:

• Dual or Quad Core Pentium 2.2 GHz or faster
• Graphics adapters with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768, 256 colors or better and 256+ MB memory
• RAM 4 GB (1 MB minimum)
• Hard disk:50+GB
• Printer: laser or ink jet printer with 600+ dpi resolution
• Windows Operating 2000/ME/XP/NT/VISTA/Windows 7 

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