基于声场重建的材料吸声系数测量方法

针对现有方法对材料吸声系数进行现场测量时存在低频测量误差大的问题,本文提出了一种利用扬声器线阵列对材料吸声系数进行现场测量的新方法。该方法使用基于能量比值约束的最小二乘法在待测材料表面进行平面波声场重建并结合双传声器传递函数法对材料的吸声系数进行测量。数值仿真表明在100～1600 Hz频率范围内,新方法在未加约束时能够对材料的吸声系数进行准确测量。在半消声室中利用新方法测量了三聚氰胺泡沫的吸声系数,分析了能量比值约束值对测量结果的影响,并和阻抗管以及其它两种现场测量方法的测量结果进行了对比。结果表明该方法能够对吸声材料在160～1600 Hz频段内的吸声系数进行准确测量,并且相较于现存的现场测量方法,新方法具有更低的测量频率下限。     

声学二维平面周期结构的吸声性能建模

声学周期结构兼具优化室内声场环境,节约建筑吸声材料的特性而在现代建筑中广泛使用。针对二维平面周期结构的声场优化特性,建立了一种吸声系数计算模型。首先,根据边界条件理论推导了吸声系数的线性方程组,继而通过数值分析方法进行求解,最后在驻波管和混响室中分别进行实验验证。实验结果表明,测量的吸声系数和理论计算曲线吻合良好,该模型可以准确测算二维平面周期结构的吸声系数。同时分析表明:在平面周期结构中,相同吸声材料面积情况下,吸声材料占比越大,吸声效果越好;在相同吸声材料面积和占比情况下,材料边缘长度越长,高频段吸声效果越好;随着材料边缘长度的减少,边缘效应影响减弱。      

扩散场内微穿孔板吸声特性的实验研究

在驻波管和混响场内对微穿孔板吸声结构做了吸声测量。同时在混响室对微穿孔板加吸声材料混合结构做了吸声测量。目的是了解微穿孔板在随机入射场或混响场内的吸声特性与垂直入射的关系。文中给出计算及测量结果,并说明了影响微穿孔板吸声结构特性的因素,以及在实际应用中的注意点。对今后要进行的工作提出了建议。     

材料吸声系数双传声器测量的参数识别方法

本文提出了在普通房间中利用双传声器对多孔性和纤维性吸声材料吸声系数测量时的参数识别方法。利用Delany&Bazley经验模型对测量数据进行了参数识别,建立了材料的阻抗模型,并计算出材料全频带的吸声系数。与驻波管方法得到的吸声系数相比,在0～3000Hz范围内,二者都能较好地吻合。通过在不同的环境中进行对比测试,说明该方法具有较好的重复性和准确性。     

混响室吸声测量中旋转扩散体角度状态及顶角测点位置的影响

通过对3个吸声构件进行了多测点的混响室吸声测量的实验结果进行分析,发现旋转扩散体静止在不同角度状态对测量结果有显著影响,进而提出同一测点在多个旋转扩散体的角度状态下进行测量的测量方法。并使用这一测量方法,比较了混响室顶角测点位置和与按照ISO标准和国标要求选择的空间测点位置所得的测量结果,分析得出顶角测点和空间测点的平均结果是一致的,且顶角位置处的测量结果拥有更小的离散度。因此可以在矩形混响室角落设置少量测点,通过改变旋转扩散体角度状态进行混响室吸声测量。      

基于声压-质点速度声强探头的材料吸声系数的测量

通过由一个声压换能器和一个质点速度换能器所构成的传感器(p-u声强探头)同时测量材料表面附近的声压和质点振动速度,可直接得到其声学阻抗,进而得到材料的反射因子、吸声系数。本文利用一个p-u探头声强测量系统,在半消声室内测量了三聚氰胺泡沫的吸声系数,分析了声源高度和入射角度、材料样本尺寸和厚度对吸声系数测量的影响,并和阻抗管中测量得到的法向吸声系数进行了对比。最后分析了声阻抗率的幅值和相位误差对吸声系数的影响,推导了它们的误差传递公式。     

窄脉冲声用于大样品的吸声测量

本文利用逆滤波器原理,在空间产生了波形可控、长度在毫秒量级的窄脉冲声信号,分别采用脉冲分离法和脉冲叠加法,对一种毛毡材料和三种不同厚度的海绵材料进行了吸声系数的测量。实验证明,基于窄脉冲声信号的吸声测量结果与ISO13472-1:2002中的MLS脉冲法及阻抗管的测量结果基本吻合。采用窄脉冲进行吸声测量,可以减少样品边缘和周围环境对测量信号的干扰,提高现场测量的准确性。     

阻抗管内非标准尺寸样品的正入射吸声系数测量

针对尺寸显著小于阻抗管横截面的非标准尺寸样品,提出了一种阻抗管内非标准尺寸样品的正入射吸声系数测量方法,分析了其参数对测量结果的影响,并与标准尺寸样品(与阻抗管横截面相同)比较。首先在其旁布置一种具有特定声阻抗的同厚度的声学材料(PAM),形成与阻抗管横截面相同的表面平整的非连续阻抗试件(IAIS),然后根据GB/T 18696.2—2002测得IAIS表面声阻抗,并基于声电类比法计算得到非标准尺寸样品的表面声阻抗及其正入射吸声系数。结果表明,非标准尺寸样品的面积率越大或声扩散边界长度越小,该方法精度越高;当非标准尺寸样品为多孔材料时,选择非刚性的、声阻抗与之接近的PAM也可提高测量精度;而非标准尺寸样品为共振吸声结构时,选择刚性PAM时,本文方法仍具有一定精度。     

水下材料声学性能宽频段测量方法

本文根据脉冲法和传递函数法的测试原理,建立水下声学材料吸声性能宽频段测量方法,在同一水声声管,相同状态下,对橡胶材料吸声性能进行测试分析。分析表明:常压及加压环境下,采用传递函数法和脉冲法测量材料的吸声性能,在重合频段(4 kHz～5.5 kHz)测试结果基本一致,测试偏差小于5%,从而验证了不同测量原理,测试材料水下声学性能的通用性。因此,采用传递函数法和脉冲法,可以实现水下材料声学性能宽频带测试。     

混响室中悬挂扩散板和试件面积对吸声测量结果的影响

混响室中的扩散程度通常对材料吸声系数测量值有较大影响,悬挂无规取向的扩散板可改善声场的扩散性能。我们的经验是在100m~3左右的小混响室内,扩散板占地面面积的60—70％即可达到足够的扩散。但是这里也发现如软质纤维板(不论其表面处理及穿孔情况如何)之类材料的吸声系数与扩散条件关系不大,可解释为它们随入射角不同只有很小变化,因此不适宜用来判断声场扩散的改善程度。多种常用吸声材料的测试结果表明,如果试件长宽比在0.7—1.0之间,试件面积从10m~2改变至6m~2对吸声系数测量值的影响并不太明显,其差异约小于0.02,个别吸声系数很高的材料,其差异也不超过0.06,与一般测试误差相接近。因而可以把最小试件面积规定为6m~2,以便利测试,也能满足一般工程要求的测试精度。     

Steady-state sound field in enclosures

The classical normal-mode theory expresses the steady-state soundfield in an enclosure produced by a sound source as a series of normal modes ofvibration.Experimental facts are not often explained by this theory,and it wasconjectured that the normal-mode expression is not the complete solution ofthe wave equation in the enclosure,but only the reverberant part of it,and thereshould be an additional term representing the direct spherical radiation to makethe solution complete.The problem is examined by critically reviewing the de-rivation of the normal-mode expression,and by theoretical analysis of thesteady-state sound field in the room and experimental measurements therein.The conjecture is thus confirmed,and it is definitely shown that the sound fieldshould contain the direct wave as well as the standing waves(normal modes)formed by the confinement of the boundary surfaces.Relevant mathematicalexpressions are derived.     

Application of the ISO 13472-1 in situ technique for measuring the acoustic absorption coefficient of grass and artificial turf surfaces

This paper presents the applicability of an in situ technique based on ISO 13472-1 standard for measuring the acoustic absorption coefficient of grass and artificial turf surfaces for normal incidence from a sound source. The in situ method is based on acoustic impulse response measurement of the material surface. A maximum length sequence (MLS) signal is played through a loudspeaker and the acoustic response from the surface is recorded using a single microphone. The fast Hadamard transform and fast Fourier transform based digital signal post-processing algorithm provides the acoustic absorption coefficient of the surface under test. The normal incidence acoustic absorption coefficient of a commercial artificial quash surface of Dow Co. obtained from this method was compared with the results from the ASTM E1050 impedance tube method for the same surface. The acoustic absorption coefficients of a test-site grass surfaces were measured for 30 mm and 100 mm length of grass blades in wet and dry soil conditions. Substantial difference in the acoustic absorption coefficient was observed for a similar grass-like artificial surface used for estimating sound power of commercial garden equipments and lawnmowers. The advantage of the in situ method lies in its ability to measure the normal incident acoustic absorption coefficient of any planar surface as installed or in situ. Additionally a quick testing time of less than a minute with the use of a laptop sound card based inexpensive data acquisition system is the main feature of this robust method.     

多阶声模态分解的改进阻抗管法测量材料的高频吸声系数

为了测量高频材料吸声系数,采用声模态分解的方法,基于阻抗管构建测试设备,在阻抗管内测量超过平面波截止频率的的高频吸声系数.测量过程中,通过在阻抗管的周向和轴向分别布置传声器阵列,分离管道内前3阶周向声模态以及各阶声模态的轴向传播入射波和反射波,从而得到最高频率达10000 Hz的材料吸声系数,并通过对比常规阻抗管测试方...     

A wideband combined transducer for measuring system in sound tube

A wideband transducer for sound tube system is presented,which combines longitudinal transducer and ClassⅣflextensional transducer to improve the performance at low frequency and broaden the working band.The equivalent circuit is obtained and used to analyze the coupling mechanism between longitudinal transducer and flextensional transducer.A prototype of the transducer is developed after optimizing the electro-acoustic performances by Finite Element Method.The standing wave in the sound tube stimulated by this transducer has been studied and the sound absorbing coefficients of two acoustic materials samples are measured using this sound tube,which shows that the transducer can meet the requirements of acoustic material measurement with the working band ranging from 1.4 kHz to 23 kHz.     

Transmission loss measurement of acoustic material using time-domain pulse-separation method (L)

An alternative method for measuring the normal incidence sound transmission loss (nSTL) is presented in this paper based on the time-domain separation of so-called Butterworth pulse with a short-duration time about 1 ms in a standing wave tube. During the generation process of the pulse, inverse filter principle was adopted to compensate the loudspeaker response, besides this, the effect of the characteristics of tube termination can be eliminated through the generation process of the pulse so as to obtain a single plane pulse wave in the standing wave tube which makes the nSTL measurement very simple. A polyurethane foam material with low transmission loss and a kind of rubber material with relatively high transmission loss are used to verify the proposed method. When compared with the traditional two-load method, a relatively good agreement between these two methods can be observed. The main error of this method results from the measuring accuracy of the amplitude of transmission coefficient.     

A model comparison of the absorption coefficient of a Microperforated Insertion Unit in the frequency and time domains

The absorption coefficient of acoustic materials can be measured either in the frequency or the time domain. At normal incidence, a sample of the material is fitted within an impedance tube and the absorption coefficient is calculated in the frequency domain from the measurement of the transfer function between two microphones [ISO 10534-2. Acoustics - determination of sound absorption coefficient and impedance in impedance tubes - Part 2: transfer function method. ISO, Geneva, Switzerland; 1996]. When the acoustic material must be characterized at oblique incidence or in situ (noise barriers, for instance) the absorption coefficient is calculated from measurements of the loudspeaker-microphone impulse response in the time domain, both in free field and in front of the sample [CEN/TS 1793-5. Road traffic noise reduction devices - test method for determining the acoustic performance - Part 5: intrinsic characteristics - in situ values of sound reflection and airborne sound insulation. CEN, Brussels, Belgium; 2003, ISO 13472-1. Acoustic measurement of sound absorption properties of road surfaces in situ - Part I: extended surface method. ISO, Geneva, Switzerland; 2002]. Since the absorption is an intrinsic property of the acoustic material, its measurement in either domain must provide the same result. However, this has not been formally demonstrated yet. The aim of this paper is to carry out a comparison between the absorption coefficient predicted by the impedance model of a Microperforated Insertion Unit and the absorption coefficient predicted from a simulated reflection trace taken into account the finite length of the time window.     

In situ measurements of surface impedance and absorption coefficients of porous materials using two microphones and ambient noise

An in situ measurement method is proposed for obtaining the normal surface impedance and absorption coefficient of porous materials using two microphones located close to the material without a specific sound source such as a loudspeaker. Ambient environmental noise that does not excite distinct modes in the sound field is employed as the sound source. Measurements of the normal surface impedance of glass wool and rockwool have been made using this method in various sound fields. The repeatability and wide applicability of the method are demonstrated by comparing results of measurements in one room with different noise conditions and in three other environments (corridor, cafeteria and terrace). The assumed diffuse nature of the sound field on the material is validated by using absorption characteristics obtained experimentally at oblique incidence. This method allows simple and efficient in situ measurements of absorption characteristics of materials in a diffuse field.     

A note on the modal kurtosis and the concentration factor in reverberation rooms

The effect known as "weak Anderson localization," "coherent backscattering," or "enhanced back-scattering" is a physical phenomenon that occurs in random systems, e.g., disordered media and linear wave systems, including reverberation rooms: The mean square response is increased at the drive point. In a reverberation room, this means that one can expect an increase of the reverberant sound field at the position of the source that generates the sound field. This affects the sound power output of the source and is therefore of practical concern. The relative increase of reverberant energy is described by the concentration factor, which is usually assumed to be 2. However, because of the stronger direct sound field at the source position, it is obviously very difficult to measure this quantity directly under steady-state conditions. A related parameter of crucial importance for the ensemble statistics of responses in rooms is the modal kurtosis, which is usually assumed to be 3. The modal kurtosis is also very difficult to measure directly. This paper presents the results of an indirect experimental estimation of the two parameters.     

Oblique incidence sound absorption of parallel arrangement of multiple micro-perforated panel absorbers in a periodic pattern

The sound absorption performance of a micro-perforated panel (MPP) absorber array at oblique incidence and in diffuse field is investigated both numerically and experimentally. The basic module of the MPP absorber array consists of four parallel-arranged MPP absorbers with different cavity depths, and the whole MPP absorber array is created by arranging the basic modules in a periodically repeating pattern. Results show that the influence of incidence angle mainly lies in two aspects. First, the parallel absorption mechanism breaks down at lower frequencies at oblique incidence than at normal incidence due to the non-compactness of the resonating MPP absorber, which becomes non-compact if the time delay of incident wave across it is comparable to or larger than π/2. Second, the equivalent acoustic impedance of the MPP varies with respect to incidence angle which in turn changes the sound absorption performance of the MPP absorber array. Influence of the azimuthal angle is insignificant. Because of mutual influence among the member MPP absorbers, the normal incidence sound absorption of the MPP absorber array can be noticeably different from that of the basic module tested in impedance tube. The measured sound absorption coefficients of a prototype specimen in reverberation room compare well with the numerical predictions. The extra sound absorption due to diffraction of sound at the free edges of test specimen is the most efficient around 500 Hz.     

The modified method of measuring the complex transmission coefficient of multilayer acoustical panel in impedance tube

In order to improve the measuring precision of complex transmission coefficients in impedance tube, the influence that comes from the transmission-reflection wave in the transmission tube is analyzed, and the modified formulas of complex reflection and complex transmission coefficients are proposed. With the experiment of organic glass, it can be confirmed that the modified formulas are useful and can decrease the demand of the tube end. Through the measurement of the complex transmission coefficients of multilayer acoustical panel, the complex transmission coefficients of multilayer both forward and backward incidences are definitely the same in theory either normal or oblique incidence. When sound wave is normal incidence, the method is also verified to be correct with experiments in impedance tube.