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1062 Part H Engineering <strong>Acoustics</strong><br />

Part H 25.3<br />

lated for different values of the microphone separation<br />

distance ∆r. It is apparent that large underestimation errors<br />

occur at low frequencies. Note, however, that still<br />

larger errors will occur when the ratio of the mean square<br />

pressure <strong>to</strong> the sound intensity takes a larger value than<br />

unity, which is likely <strong>to</strong> happen unless the measurement<br />

takes place in an anechoic room. It should also be noted<br />

that a frequency-independent value of the phase error<br />

ϕpe is very unlikely [25.34]. Finally it is worth mentioning<br />

again that state-of-the-art microphone pairs for<br />

sound intensity measurements are much better matched<br />

now than within 0.3 ◦ .<br />

Inspection of (25.25) shows that the simple expedient<br />

of reversing a p–p probe makes it possible <strong>to</strong><br />

eliminate the influence of p–p phase mismatch; the intensity<br />

changes sign but the error does not [25.20, 36].<br />

Unfortunately, most p–p intensity probes are not<br />

symmetrical and are therefore not suitable for real measurements<br />

with the probe reversed.<br />

The ratio of the phase error <strong>to</strong> the product of the frequency<br />

and the microphone separation distance can be<br />

measured (usually in the form of the so-called pressureresidual<br />

intensity index) by exposing the two pressure<br />

microphones <strong>to</strong> the same pressure. The residual intensity<br />

is the false sound intensity indicated by the<br />

instrument when the two microphones are exposed <strong>to</strong><br />

thesamepressurep0, for instance in a small cavity<br />

driven by a wide-band source. A commercial example<br />

of such a device is shown in Fig. 25.12. When<br />

Fig. 25.12 Coupler for measurement of the pressureresidual<br />

intensity index of p–p sound intensity probes<br />

(Brüel & Kjær, Denmark)<br />

the pressure on the two microphones is the same<br />

(in amplitude as well as in phase) the true intensity<br />

is zero, and the magnitude of the indicated, residual<br />

intensity,<br />

I0 =− ϕpe p<br />

k∆r<br />

2 0<br />

, (25.26)<br />

ρc<br />

should obviously be as small as possible. Expressed<br />

in terms of this quantity (25.25) takes the<br />

form<br />

�<br />

Îr = Ir +<br />

� I0<br />

p 2 0<br />

p 2 rms<br />

�<br />

= Ir 1 + I0<br />

p2 p<br />

�<br />

0 ρc<br />

2 � �<br />

rms ρc<br />

.<br />

Ir<br />

(25.27)<br />

An alternative form that follows directly from<br />

(25.27) has the advantage of expressing the error in terms<br />

of the available, biased intensity estimate [25.37],<br />

�<br />

Îr = Ir 1 − I0<br />

p2 p<br />

�<br />

0 ρc<br />

2 � �−1 rms ρc<br />

Îr<br />

. (25.28)<br />

The pressure-residual intensity index of the measurement<br />

system can be measured once (and should<br />

be checked occasionally). Combined with the pressureintensity<br />

index of the actual measurement it makes<br />

it possible <strong>to</strong> estimate the error. Some analyzers can<br />

give warnings when the error due <strong>to</strong> phase mismatch<br />

as predicted by (25.28) exceeds a specified level. The<br />

bias error predicted by (25.28) islessthan±10 log(1 ±<br />

10−K/10 )dB if the pressure-intensity index of the measurement,<br />

δpI, is less than the pressure-residual intensity<br />

index, δpIo, minus the bias error index K,thatis<br />

� � �<br />

p2 rms ρc<br />

δpI = 10 log<br />

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