Beat Schäffer

Dr. Beat Schäffer
Laboratory for Acoustics / Noise Control
Empa
Überlandstrasse 129
CH-8600 Dübendorf
Switzerland


Phone2: +41 (0) 58 765 47 37
Fax: +41 (0) 58 765 69 93
E-mail: beat.schaeffer(at)empa.ch
URL Institution: www.empa.ch/


Key Publications of Beat Schäffer (up to ten) :
Schäffer, B., Brink, M., Schlatter, F., Vienneau, D., and Wunderli, J. M., 2020. Residential green is associated with reduced annoyance to road traffic and railway noise but increased annoyance to aircraft noise exposure. Paper No. 105885. Environ. Int. 143, 1-13.

Schäffer B,. Schlittmeier S.J., Pieren R., Heutschi K., Brink M., Graf R., Hellbrück J., 2016. Short-term annoyance reactions to stationary and time-varying wind turbine and road traffic noise: a laboratory study. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 139, 2949–2963.

Schäffer, B., Plüss, S.,Thomann, G., 2014. Estimating the model-specific uncertainty of aircraft noise calculations. Applied Acoustics 84, 58-72.

Schäffer, Schulin, R., Boivin, P., 2013. Shrinkage properties of repacked soil at different states of uniaxial compression. Soil Science Society of America Jornal 77, 1930-1943.

Schäffer, B., Bütikofer, R., Plüss, S.,Thomann, G., 2011. Aircraft noise: accounting for changes in air traffic with time of day. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 129, 185-199.

Schäffer, Boivin, P., Schulin, R., 2010. Compressibility of repacked soil as affected by wetting and drying between uniaxial compression tests. Soil Science Society of America Jornal 74, 1483-1492.

Schäffer, B., Stauber, M., Mueller, T.L., Müller, R., Schulin, R., 2008. Soil and macro-pores under uniaxial compression. I. Mechanical stability of repacked soil and deformation of different types of macro-pores. Geoderma 146, 183–191.

Schäffer, B., Schulin, R., Boivin, P., 2008. Changes in shrinkage of restored soil caused by compaction beneath heavy agricultural machinery. European Journal of Soil Science 59, 771-783.

Schäffer, B., Stauber, M., Müller, R., Schulin, R., 2007. Changes in the macro-pore structure of restored soil caused by compaction beneath heavy agricultural machinery: a morphometric study. European Journal of Soil Science 58, 1062-1073.

Schäffer B., Attinger, W., Schulin, R., 2007. Compaction of restored soil by heavy agricultural machinery – soil physical and mechanical aspects. Soil & Tillage Research 93, 28-43.


Expertise of Beat Schäffer:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeApplied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic PedosphereSoil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification
Topic TechnologyTechnical Environmental Protection
MethodsData Collection - Measurement
Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires
Data Analysis
Applied Research / Technology
GeoForum Geo-TechnologyRock and Soil Mechanics

Specialties of Beat Schäffer:
soil compaction; soil structure; soil shrinkage; micro-computed tomography; soil mechanics; environmental acoustics; aircraft noise, psychoacoustics; noise effects

Last update: 12/2/23
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