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Associate Professor John Rombulow Pearse

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Department: Mechanical Engineering

Email: john.pearse@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3692423

Office: Civil Mechanical E505

Language: English

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Fields of Research

  • Acoustics
  • Aero acoustics
  • Automotive acoustics
  • Building acoustics
  • Duct acoustics
  • Hearing protection
  • Noise control
  • Sound absorption
  • Sound transmission
  • Vibration measurements and analysis

Researcher Summary

Research interests include acoustics, noise control, sound absorption, sound transmission, plant design and engineering design.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Engineering and Technology: Acoustics; Aerodynamics & Wind; Design; Mechanical

Resources

  • Staff webpage

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

(Displaying research/scholarly/creative work for last six years)
Journal Articles
  • Ji Z., Pons D., Su Z., Lyu Z. and Pearse J. (2022) Integrating Occupational Health and Safety Risk and Production Economics for Sustainable SME Growth. Sustainability (Switzerland) 14(21) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142114565.
  • Ji Z., Pons D. and Pearse J. (2021) A methodology for harmonizing safety and health scales in occupational risk assessment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(9) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094849.
  • Pearse J. and Donohue B. (2021) Wind machine rotor acoustic prediction method. Applied Acoustics 182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108169.
  • Cambridge JE., Davy JL. and Pearse J. (2020) The sound insulation and directivity of the sound radiation from double glazed windows. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 148(4): 2173-2181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0002167.
  • Ji Z., Pons DJ. and Pearse J. (2020) Integrating occupational health and safety into plant simulation. Safety Science 130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104898.
  • Ji Z., Pons DJ. and Pearse J. (2020) Plant system simulation for engineering training workshops. Computer Applications in Engineering Education 28(1): 17-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cae.22171.
  • Lindley D., Neal D., Stevenson DC. and Pearse JR. (2020) The effect of terrain and construction method on the flow over complex terrain models in a simulated atomspheric boundary layer.. .
  • Pearse J. and Donohue B. (2020) Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) and Rain Noise. New Zealand Acoustics 33(2): 28-35.
  • Watts G., Pearse J., Delikostidis I., Kissick J., Donohue B. and Dalley J. (2020) Tranquillity mapping in New Zealand national parks - a pilot study. Noise Mapping 7(1): 303-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/noise-2020-0025.
  • Ji Z., Pons D. and Pearse J. (2018) Measuring Industrial Health Using a Diminished Quality of Life Instrument. Safety 4(4) 55: 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/safety4040055.
  • Ji Z., Pons D. and Pearse J. (2018) Why Do Workers Take Safety Risks?-A Conceptual Model for the Motivation Underpinning Perverse Agency. Safety 4(2) 24: 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/safety4020024.
  • Bull J., Watts G. and Pearse JR. (2017) The use of in-situ test method EN 1793-6 for measuring the airborne sound insulation of noise barriers. Applied Acoustics 116: 82-86.
  • Cambridge JE., Davy JL. and Pearse J. (2017) The influence of finite and infinite wall cavities on the sound insulation of double-leaf walls. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141(1): 207-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4973570.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Davy J., Cambridge J. and Pearse J. (2019) The Directivity of Sound Radiated from Openings and Single Leaf Panels Excited by Incident sound. In.
  • Donohue B. and Pearse J. (2019) Rain noise. In Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics 2019-September: 5050-5056. http://dx.doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239914.
  • Pearse J. and Donohue B. (2019) Rainfall Noise. In.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Davy J., Cambridge J. and Pearse J. (2019) The Directivity of Sound Radiated from Openings and Single Leaf Panels Excited by Incident sound. Montreal, Canada: 26th ICSV, 7-11 Jul 2019.

Review and Refereeing

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  • Noise Control Engineering Journal; Journal of the Acoustical Society of America; Journal of Sound and Vibration ( 2006 - 2011)

Affiliations

  • Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) (Professional Organisation): Member (MIMechE)

Research Groups

  • Acoustics and Vibrations Research Group
  • Design Group
  • High Value Manufacturing
  • Industrial Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering Group

Future Research

  • Sound absorption
  • Sound transmission through composite panels
  • Sound transmission through walls and panels
  • Noise generated by aerofoils
  • Duct acoustics

Key Methodologies

  • LMS Virtual.lab Acoustics
  • Measurement of noise
  • Prediction of sound absorption
  • Prediction of sound transmission
  • Sound level analysers
  • SoundPlan
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