SYNCHRONISATION IN DYNAMIC LOADING DUE TO MULTIPLE PEDESTRIANS AND OCCUPANTS OF VIBRATION-SENSITIVE STRUCTURES

Lead Research Organisation: University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Psychology

Abstract

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Publications

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Elliott M (2016) Modelling single-person and multi-person event-based synchronisation in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

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Sofianidis G (2012) Somatosensory driven interpersonal synchrony during rhythmic sway. in Human movement science

 
Description Synchronisation between members of a group swaying, walking or playing musical instruments can be accounted for in terms of linear phase correction models in which the time to the next movement is adjusted according to the discrepancy between own and other's current movement.
Exploitation Route The sensitivity to others' timing of movement determines the degree of synchronisation evident in a group and the loading this places on support structures.
Sectors Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections

 
Description The project was demonstrated at the British Psychology Society stand in the Big Bang Festival in 2012 and 2013. A press release associated with a major pubication (enesmble timing model and data from two internatinoal quartets) https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsif.2013.1125 led to broadcast interviews with articles on media websites http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25934323 and http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/quartet-hierarchy-study/. The methods developed in the project were appplied to rehabiltiation of walkling in stroke participants (funded by the Stroke Association). The model of ensemble timing was the subject of industrial collaboration with web based audio workstation devleoper Semantic Audio and web based chamber music practice app PartPlay which culminated with a successful follow-on EPSRC grant applciatoin (ARME). The ensemble timing model has also been presented at the international Rhythm Perception and Prodcution workshop in Oslo (2021) and features iin a new book chapter written for a wider audience (2022, In Press)
First Year Of Impact 2012
Sector Creative Economy,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections
Impact Types Cultural,Societal

 
Description Augmented Reality Musical Ensemble (ARME)
Amount £1,183,466 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V034987/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2022 
End 08/2025
 
Description Big Bang Science Fair 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Invited to run a the 'Big Bounce' demo on the British Psychological Society's stand at the Big Bang Science fair. Demonstrated how we measure timing and coordination in groups to school children (ranging from primary through to secondary age). They took part in a fun task that involved bouncing up and down together while wearing accelerometers. We were able to measure and report who was the winner based on their timing accuracy to the rest of the group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012,2013
URL http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/psychology/news-events/2012/22Mar12-big-bang.aspx
 
Description Hidden hierarchy in string quartets 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Scientists have come up with a way to reveal the pecking order within a string quartet. A team from the Royal Academy of Music and the University of Birmingham found that analysing how individual musicians vary their timing to follow the rest of the group can indicate a hierarchy. They say it shows some quartets have a clear leader to ensure perfect harmony. However, in other "democratic" quartets the musicians all follow each other, playing an equal role. Prof Alan Wing, from the University of Birmingham, UK, said of the study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface: "In one quartet, it was as if there was an autocracy. In the other, it was more like a democracy."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25934323
 
Description Presentation of talk "Synchronisation in a virtual quartet" at hybrid meeting Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop 2021 Oslo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A talk Synchronisation in a virtual quartet authored by Alan Wing, Ryan Stables, Mark Elliott, Maria Witek and Massimiliano Di Luca was presented as a video at a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting of the Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop 2021 in Oslo.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/news-and-events/events/conferences/2021/RPPW/videos/talks/81-wing.m...
 
Description Quartet hierarchy study 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Think the first violin is the leader of the string quartet? It's not always the case, according to a new study from the Universities of Birmingham, Münster and the Royal Academy of Music published today in the Royal Society Journal, Interface
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/quartet-hierarchy-study/
 
Description Synchronisation skill in beatmatching 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact "Beatmatching", the art of seamlessly blending one song into the next, is key to DJ perfromance. After a practical demonstration, Dr Mark Elliott, a research fellow at Birmingham University's School of Psychology, explains the science of synchronisation that lies behind the art
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-27498611/the-dj-s-art-of-beatmatching