Estimation of the long term average sound level from hourly average sound levels

It is shown how to estimate the long-term average sound level, L_AeqLT (for free flowing road traffic) from measurements of the hourly A-weighted equivalent sound level, L_Aeq1h. To estimate the parameters of the model which describe noise emission and attenuation, concurrent measurements of L_Aeq1h at two distances from the considered road are needed. A semi-empirical formula is derived for L_AeqLT approximation. Also the uncertainty of this approximation is given as a function the distance from the road and receiver height.     

Experimental investigation of holes interaction effect on the sound absorption coefficient of micro-perforated panels under high and medium sound levels

This paper experimentally investigates the holes interaction effect on the sound absorption coefficient of micro-perforated panels under high and medium sound levels. The theoretical formulations are based on a semi-empirical approach and the use of Fok’s function to model the acoustic surface impedance. For the high sound level regime, an empirical power law involving three coefficients is adapted. It is shown theoretically and experimentally that these coefficients can lead to optimized absorption performance and particularly, a formula relating the critical Reynolds number (Reynolds number value after which the absorption coefficient decreases with the increase of sound level) and the center-to-center distance between the perforations is derived. It is demonstrated that the first coefficient of the nonlinear acoustic resistance strongly depends on the separation distance between the apertures and decreases with a decrease of this latter distance. Analysis of the data reveals the fact that even with Holes Interaction Effect (HIE), the nonlinear reactance dependence on velocity is still very low compared to the resistance-velocity dependence. Four perforated panels of 1.5 mm thickness with different separation distances between the holes (from widely to closely separation) were built and tested. Experimental results performed with an impedance tube are compared with the described model for HIE. To test the dependence of the coefficients on frequency, the experiments are carried out for two different excitation frequencies (292 Hz and 506 Hz). The results can be used for designing optimal perforated panels for ducts, silencers and for the automotive industry.     

A microphone multiplexer for the measurement of the space average of sound levels

Many of the acoustic measurements performed in rooms require that the space average sound pressure level be measured. In the system described in this paper, a fast scanning microphone multiplexer and a true RMS level detector are used for obtaining a direct reading of the SPL space average. The optimum scan rate (channels/sec) is dependent upon the number of microphones (between two and seven), the frequency, and the filter applied.     

Application of the transmission line matrix method for outdoor sound propagation modelling – Part 1: Model presentation and evaluation

The present paper deals with an original time-domain approach applied to outdoor sound propagation under meteorological effects. The transmission line matrix method, based on the Huygens’ principle, had already been validated over impedant grounds and complex topography. The presented formulation proposes to take into account meteorological effects (wind speed and temperature) through the relative sound speed. The necessary wavefront direction is determined through the calculation of the averaged intensity vector direction. A good agreement is found between simulations of both the transmission line matrix and parabolic equation methods. A relevant use of the method is shown in the framework of environmental acoustics and initial applications are proposed in Part 2.     

基于BDRM理论的深海声场快速预报研究

深海存在深海声道和双轴声道两种典型环境，WKBZ简正波方法已实现了深海声道中声场的快速准确预报，而对于双轴海洋声道则存在一定的误差。本文在WKBZ本征函数的基础上，推导出了参考界面相位修正的一致表达式，并将浅海声传播的波束位移射线简正波（BDRM）理论应用于计算双轴海洋声道中的声场，进行了数值模拟并与传统简正波方法进行比较，结果表明应用BDRM理论计算的传播损失具有很高的精度和速度。     

Effects of signal processing on the measurement of maximum sound pressure levels

Maximum sound pressure levels are commonly used for environmental noise and building acoustics measurements. This paper investigates the signal processing errors due to Fast or Slow time-weighting detectors when combined with octave band filters, one-third octave band filters or an A-weighting filter. For 6th order Butterworth CPB filters the inherent time delay caused by the phase response of filters is quantified using three different approaches to establish the following rules-of-thumb: (1) time-to-gradient/amplitude matching occurs when Bt ≈ 1, (2) time-to-peak matching occurs when Bt ≈ 2 and (3) time-to-settle matching occurs when Bt ≈ 4 for octave band filters, and when Bt ≈ 3 for one-third octave band filters. Four different commercially-available sound level meters are used to quantify the variation in measured maximum levels using tone bursts, half-sine pulses, ramped noise and recorded transients. Tone bursts indicate that Slow time-weighting is inappropriate for maximum level measurements due to the large bias error. The results also show that there is more variation between sound level meters when considering Fast time-weighted maximum levels in octave bands or one-third octave bands than with A-weighted levels. To reduce the variation between measurements with different sound level meters, it is proposed that limits could be prescribed on the phase response for CPB filters and A-weighting filters.     

小瓣数贝塞尔声束的二次谐波

采用高斯展开法,研究了具有三个瓣的小瓣数贝塞尔声束的基波和二次谐波的传播性质.根据准线性近似下Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya-Kuznetsov方程的积分形式解,分析了媒质的声吸收(声衰减)对波束形状的影响.结果表明:吸收参量对二次谐波径向分布有很大的影响.当瓣数较少时,实际的有限孔径贝塞尔声束二次谐波仍然具有理想无限大孔径贝塞尔声束的主要特征,在近场无衍射区,径向几乎无衍射. 关键词： 二次谐波 贝塞尔声束 声吸收 有限孔径声束     

墙体设置接线盒隔声性能影响的实验室研究

在轻质墙体(轻钢龙骨类板墙)及重质墙体(240 mm砖墙)上设置不同数量的接线盒前后,对墙体的空气声隔声性能的影响进行了实验室试验。并对试验结论进行了分析,得出了不同类型墙体设置接线盒后,对墙体空气声隔声性能的影响因素及处理方法。     

论声压级平均算法

本文阐述了求声压级平均值的几种算法,特别论述了对声压级数据直接进行算术平均的运算方法。     

多声源共同作用下的混合声剂量值预测方法研究

本文借助单一声样本与人工合成的混合声样本,重点研究了由多个单一声源共同作用形成的混合声的剂量值预测方法.首先,提出了一种基于对作用时长短时化处理的声音样本剂量值确定流程,并利用该方法分别确定了单一声样本与人工合成的混合声样本的剂量值.随后,分析了混合声样本剂量值(亦称总剂量,记为LTotal)与构成混合声样本的每个单一声样本剂量值(亦称组分剂量,记为Li,i=1,2,···,K;K为单一噪声样本的个数亦称组分数量)之间的关系,实现了在已知所有单一声剂量值的前提下成功预测混合声的剂量值,为深入开展复杂声环境下的噪声源控制和噪声总剂量控制、实现高效的环境噪声治理提供了理论依据.     

识别运动声源随机阵列生成法研究

针对随机阵列结构设计方面欠缺高效的生成方法这一问题,在保证阵列对声源识别精度的前提下,提出一种在极坐标下用于识别运动声源的随机阵列生成方法。根据声阵列识别运动声源的原理,推导了非等间距基本同轴圆环的半径,再通过降列分区、极坐标下条件筛选和模拟评价三个步骤,生成适用于识别运动声源的目标随机阵列,最后进行数值模拟和运动汽车噪声源识别实验进行验证。研究结果表明,用该方法能够高效地生成目标随机阵列,与常用规则阵列相比具有更良好的声源识别特性,并且具有准确的运动声源识别性能。     

声速测量实验中界面反射问题的探讨

探讨在声速测量实验中,声波在发射器和接收器两个端面之间反向形成极大值的位置和条件,以及声波强度随距离变化的规律。这有利于学生正确实验和理解声波特性。     

加筋板材料辨识的导纳特征表达与冲击声特征提取

以表征物理属性的导纳特征为中间量,提取与加筋板材料属性有关的冲击声特征。先用相关分析方法获得金属加筋板物理属性的导纳特征表达以及导纳特征与冲击声特征之间的联系,间接得到表征声源物理属性的冲击声特征,然后通过支持向量机分类器验证不同特征在金属加筋板材料分类辨识中的性能。结果表明,所得的4组冲击声特征能准确识别出不同的材料,单个特征的识别率与对应材料属性的可分程度有关,理想冲击声声特征比音色特征的平均识别率更高。由此可见,利用导纳特征提取与材料属性相关冲击声特征的方法是有效的,且所提的特征能够很好的反映声源材料属性。     

多因素影响下的ADS-B地面站覆盖及三维显示

针对多因素影响下的ADS-B地面站覆盖范围进行了研究。在以往只考虑地形遮蔽条件的信号覆盖截止算法基础上,加入对电磁信号的传播有显著衰减影响的气象因素,如大气环境衰减,雨衰减和沙尘衰减,得到更贴近实际情况的覆盖效果。最后以我国新疆地区一组实际应用的ADS-B监视系统为例,计算在当地气象条件下的地面站覆盖效果并进行仿真,并在UGIS(三维地理信息系统)中进行三维可视化分析。仿真结果表明,多种影响因素结合得到的覆盖范围比单一的地形条件覆盖范围更加精确。     

Numerical analyses of the sound absorption of three-dimensional MPP space sound absorbers

Because microperforated panels (MPPs) can provide wide-band sound absorption without fibrous and porous materials, they are recognized as next-generation absorption materials. The fundamental absorbing mechanism is Helmholtz-resonance absorption due to the perforations and air-back cavity. Consequently, MPPs are usually placed in front of rigid-back walls. However, one of the authors has proposed MPP space sound absorbers without backing structures. Among these space absorbers, cylindrical MPP space absorbers and rectangular MPP space absorbers are advantageous due to their design flexibility and easy-to-use properties. Although their performances have been investigated experimentally, it is necessary to predict their absorption characteristics to develop improved shapes and efficient designs. Herein their absorption characteristics are numerically predicted using the two-dimensional boundary element method, and the applicability of a numerical method as a design tool to sufficiently predict the performance of MPP space absorbers is discussed.     

主观评价实验中声音样本剂量值的度量方法

提出了一种基于对播放时长短时化处理的声音样本剂量值度量方法, 确定了十一种剂量值指标用于衡量具有固定播放时长声音样本的剂量值, 并分析了可能影响声音样本剂量值的主要因素; 随后, 对大量声音样本以各种指标度量的剂量值矩阵进行了聚类分析, 获得了三种类型的声音样本剂量值度量指标, 并确定了不同指标类型中的代表性指标; 最后, 分析了声音样本采用不同类型指标度量的剂量值与评价者对声音样本主观烦恼度等级之间的关系. 为利用主观评价实验进行固定播放时长声音样本作用下的主观烦恼度研究奠定了基础. 关键词： 声暴露量 烦恼度 声音样本 主观评价     

声速测量及声波的波动学规律研究

声速除了可利用共振干涉法和相位比较法测量外,还可以用干涉、衍射及“洛埃镜”反射等方法测量．声速实验的改进,不仅可扩展声速测量的方法,而且也可加深学生对波动学规律和本质的理解．     

A quest for error factors in predicting heavy weight floor impact sound levels using measured data in existing residential buildings

A number of datasets regarding the heavy weighted floor impact sound level and the driving point impedance level, i.e., twenty times the common logarithm of driving point impedance at an exciting point, were measured in existing residential buildings before the floor finishing of the excitation room and the ceiling finishing of the receiving room were installed. These data were compared to the calculated values by the impedance method, i.e., a practical method that estimates vibration energy of an excited slab using the driving point impedance at the exciting point as a major factor, as well as those using the Finite Element Method (FEM) models of slabs. Furthermore, correlations between the residual errors and the major dimensions of the receiving rooms were investigated. Two major error factors were found to influence the calculated values by the impedance method. The spectral characteristic of the tire impact source within the 63 Hz band effectively decreased the prediction errors when it was included in the calculation and combined with the FEM models of slabs. The length of the shorter side of the receiving room plan correlated to the residual errors of the receiving rooms having a pair of flat parallel walls. These errors arise from the fact that the receiving points were placed at the central and quarter positions within the wall distance, where the nodes of the horizontal mode exist. It was not possible to identify another dimension of the receiving room that significantly correlates to the residual errors of the prediction.     

复杂结构冲击声合成及实验验证

以复杂结构受击振动响应的时域计算为目的, 讨论了结构阻尼的计算方法, 给出一种用于冲击声合成的综合数值方法, 并进行了实验验证. 首先, 考虑到阻尼是影响瞬态振动时变特性的重要因素, 详细讨论了两种模态阻尼的计算方法; 其次, 对阻尼板的受击振动和声辐射进行了时域仿真, 并与时域有限差分法的计算结果进行对比, 显示出两种声音合成方法的计算结果具有高度的一致性; 最后, 针对有限长圆柱壳的受击振动, 将合成声与实验录音进行了对比研究. 结果表明, 合成声与实际录音的时域包络、频谱结构以及衰减趋势基本一致, 证明了采用数值方法进行冲击声合成的有效性. 关键词： 声音合成 模态阻尼 冲击声 数值方法     

驻波声场中悬浮临界密度及稳定性研究

本文以声场中物体为研究对象,理论上得到行波和驻波场中的声辐射压力方程.在驻波声场中引入临界悬浮密度概念,可作为物体能否在非线性声场中悬浮的判据,同时给出谐振腔移动速度的最大范围.更进一步,以实验参数作为数值计算的输入来指导实验,并结合实验结果讨论了驻波声场中样品密度和大小、发射面和反射面形状以及两者之间的距离、反射面的尺寸等因素对物体悬浮稳定性的影响,发现当物体尺寸和密度确定时,调控好谐振腔的长度,增加波腹处的声压是提升声悬浮稳定性的有效手段.