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crophones are calibrated with a pis<strong>to</strong>nphone in the<br />

usual manner. However, because of the serious influence<br />

of phase mismatch the pressure-residual intensity<br />

index should also be determined. The IEC standard<br />

for sound intensity instruments and its North American<br />

counterpart [25.18, 19] specify minimum values of<br />

the acceptable pressure-residual intensity index for the<br />

probe as well as for the processor; according <strong>to</strong> the results<br />

of a test the instruments are classified as being<br />

of class 1 or class 2. The test involves subjecting the<br />

two microphones of the probe <strong>to</strong> identical pressures in<br />

a small cavity driven with wide-band noise. A similar<br />

test of the processor involves feeding the same signal <strong>to</strong><br />

the two channels. The pressure and intensity response<br />

of the probe should also be tested in a plane propagating<br />

wave as a function of the frequency, and the directional<br />

response of the probe is required <strong>to</strong> follow the ideal<br />

cosine law within a specified <strong>to</strong>lerance.<br />

According <strong>to</strong> the two standards a special test is required<br />

in the frequency range below 400 Hz: the intensity<br />

probe should be exposed <strong>to</strong> the sound field in a standingwave<br />

tube with a specified standing wave ratio (24 dB<br />

for probes of class 1). When the sound intensity probe is<br />

drawn through this interference field the sound intensity<br />

indicated by the measurement system should be within<br />

a certain <strong>to</strong>lerance.<br />

Figure 25.16a illustrates how the sound pressure,<br />

the particle velocity and the sound intensity vary with<br />

115.0<br />

110.0<br />

105.0<br />

100.0<br />

95.0<br />

(dB)<br />

Frequency Space Mic type<br />

259 Hz 12 mm 4165<br />

P v<br />

SWR: 24.1 dB<br />

Icor<br />

Mic A: 4165.1090562<br />

Mic B: 4165.1090599<br />

I<br />

a) Level (dB)<br />

b) Error (dB)<br />

Sound Intensity 25.3 Measurement of Sound Intensity 1065<br />

File: File55<br />

Date: 12 Jun 91, JIC-2<br />

Amb. pressure: 1008 hPa<br />

90.0<br />

0 90<br />

180<br />

(cm)<br />

Position x<br />

LP (max)<br />

LI (field)<br />

LP (min)<br />

Fig. 25.17 Response of a sound intensity probe exposed <strong>to</strong> a standing wave: sound pressure, particle velocity, intensity,<br />

and phase-corrected intensity (After [25.50])<br />

5<br />

0<br />

–5<br />

10 dB<br />

One wavelength<br />

Fig. 25.16 (a) Sound pressure level (solid line), particle<br />

velocity level (dashed line), and sound intensity level (dashdotted<br />

line) in a standing wave with a standing-wave ratio<br />

of 24 dB (b) Estimation error of a sound intensity measurement<br />

system with a residual pressure-intensity index<br />

of 14 dB (positive and negative residual intensity) (After<br />

[25.49])<br />

Part H 25.3

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