Damen

Graduation: Automation of Sound level predictions

Damen  •  Gorinchem, NL (Onsite)  •  26 days ago
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Job Description

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About us

At Damen, much effort is put into designing silent and comfortable ships. Therefore, sound level predictions are made to judge the feasibility of each design. This of course asks for accurate prediction methods.

Aspects covered in these prediction methods are:

  • The prediction of structure borne as well as airborne excitation levels of diesel engines, gearboxes, generator sets, propellers, etc.
  • Predicting the dynamic response of the ship structure, such as the input mobility of the engine foundation and the transfer of vibrations through the ship structure.
  • Prediction of attenuations due to acoustic countermeasures, such as resilient mountings, floating floors, visco-elastic damping, additional absorption, etc.
  • Prediction of radiation of lining and absorption of the sound levels in the cabins.
  • Prediction methods always need validation by means of measurements. For this purpose, use is made of advanced measurement equipment.

Within the RD&I department, the research team Sound & Vibrations is dedicated to the development of these tools. One of the team members of this team will act as daily supervisor.

The role

During Damen sea trials, extensive datasets are collected (audio, accelerations, operational parameters). Analyzing these data is labor-intensive and highly dependent on expert knowledge. By using automatization, source identification and characterization can be (partly) automated. This leads to faster interpretation of noise measurements and objective detection of critical events (cavitation, resonances, out-of-tolerance behavior). All in all, better linkage between measurements, modeling (SEA/FEM), and design parameters.

Your work as an intern is to develop the required methodology to analyze the time domain data and demonstrate the method in a tool.

Project Objective
Develop a method and build a tool that analyzes an audio recording from a sea trial and automatically:

  • Identifies acoustic sources (diesel engine, electric motor, propeller, cavitation, turbulence, pump/HVAC, etc.).
  • Determines source characteristics (rotational speed/RPM, number of blades/cylinders, etc.).
  • Quantifies the acoustic contribution per source (level, spectrum, and derived metrics).
  • Performs source separation (acoustic representation of the contribution of each detected source).

The final result is a prototype that supports acoustic experts in analysis, troubleshooting, and design validation.

Key accountabilities
As an intern, you will:

  • Create a model that classifies acoustic sources in an time domain recording of pressures, accelerations, etc.
  • Define source-specific output such as RPM, number of blades, and number of cylinders
  • Create a prototype application (Python/MATLAB)
  • Deliver documentation and evaluation based on real Damen sea trial data

Skills & Experience

This assignment is intended for a University Master student Naval Architecture / Maritime Technology / Mechanical Engineering / Applied Physics with:

  • Affinity with acoustics such as spectrograms and harmonic analysis
  • Familiarity with signal processing and Machine Learning frameworks
  • Analytical oriented mind set
  • Good programming/scripting skills in Matlab/Python
  • Mastery of the English language (spoken and written)

What we offer

  • Academic level mentoring throughout the internship
  • Internship compensation and travel allowance in line with company policy
  • A project with direct relevance to multiple business functions and future digital products
  • Potential for internal rollout, and possibly a publication or conference contribution depending on results

Other

Are you ready to sail into your new adventure at Damen? Don’t hesitate, send us your motivation letter and resume here.

Due to housing issues we cannot accept international students that do not have accommodation in the Netherlands yet.


Recruiter:

Liselotte van Veenendaal

Email:

liselotte.van.veenendaal@damen.com

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About Damen

Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers offer growing possibilities in the areas of trade, food, energy and recreation. To ensure global prosperity for next generations and keep the earth habitable with an ever-increasing population, it is essential to utilise and protect these possibilities as efficiently and responsibly as possible.

Damen provides unprecedented maritime solutions for this, through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services. We offer versatile platforms that enable our customers to be successful and that raise the standard in terms of safety, reliability, efficiency and sustainability. We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world.

In the previous century, we revolutionized shipbuilding. Thanks to standardisation, we were able to supply our customers with better ships, faster. More than 90 years and 6,500 ships later, the importance of standardisation is only increasing in the light of zero-emissions and digitalisation.

We do not build our ships alone, but together with an extensive network from the international maritime cluster. We firmly believe in the power of sharing. It means that we also use our craftsmanship to build platforms on production facilities that are not ours. In this way, through knowledge transfer, we not only contribute to better, safer and more eco-friendly ships, but also to sustainable local development and prosperity.

We are a family owned business and stand for fellowship, craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and stewardship. Our playing field is the world. Our horizon is the long term. We firmly believe in our team, but also in the strength of the individual. Each colleague is an entrepreneur, focused on ensuring truly satisfied clients and making our contribution to a better world. In every aspect of our business the next generation is our starting point.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Gorinchem, NL
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
damen.com
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