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976 Part G Structural <strong>Acoustics</strong> and Noise<br />

Part G 23.2<br />

Path 3<br />

Path 2<br />

Path 1<br />

l3<br />

7<br />

3<br />

2a<br />

6<br />

4<br />

d<br />

l1 d<br />

9<br />

Reference box<br />

2<br />

8<br />

1<br />

d<br />

5<br />

l2<br />

c<br />

2D<br />

Reflecting plane<br />

Fig. 23.10 Microphone positions for a rectangular measurement<br />

surface according <strong>to</strong> ISO 3744. [ISO CD 3744<br />

(N1497)]. (Courtesy of the International Organization<br />

for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland. c○ISO,<br />

www.iso.org)<br />

ification of the test rooms. ISO 3746 is a survey<br />

method.<br />

As examples, microphone positions for a hemispherical<br />

measurement surface, a rectangular measurement<br />

surface, and a cylindrical measurement surface are<br />

showninFigs.23.9–23.11, respectively.<br />

Determination of Sound Power<br />

in a Diffuse Field<br />

ISO 3741 is a precision method for the determination of<br />

sound power level in a reverberant test environment. The<br />

standard includes both the direct method and the comparison<br />

method described above. Requirements on the<br />

volume of the reverberation room are specified. Qualification<br />

procedures for both broadband and discrete<br />

frequency sound, are included, the minimum distance<br />

between the source and the microphone(s) are specified,<br />

and other measurement details are given.<br />

Determination of Sound Power in Situ<br />

In ISO 3747, engineering or survey methods are given<br />

for determination of the sound power of a source in situ,<br />

when the source cannot be moved.<br />

Determination of Sound Power<br />

Using Sound Intensity<br />

Sound intensity is discussed in detail in Chap. 25.<br />

The fundamental procedures for the determination of<br />

sound power from sound intensity are discussed above.<br />

Top path 2<br />

Top path 3<br />

Side path 6<br />

Side path 5<br />

Side path 4<br />

Side path 3<br />

Side path 2<br />

Side path 1<br />

2R = l2 + 2d2<br />

l2<br />

Top path 1<br />

d2<br />

d1<br />

l1<br />

d3<br />

l3<br />

Reflecting plane<br />

Reference box<br />

H = l3 + d3<br />

2R = l1 + 2d1<br />

Fig. 23.11 Microphone positions for a cylindrical measurement<br />

surface<br />

The sound intensity is measured over a selected surface<br />

enclosing the source. In principle, the integral<br />

over any surface <strong>to</strong>tally enclosing the source of the<br />

scalar product (dot product) of the sound intensity<br />

vec<strong>to</strong>r and the associated elemental area vec<strong>to</strong>r provides<br />

a measure of the sound power radiated directly<br />

in<strong>to</strong> the air by all sources located within the enclosing<br />

surface.<br />

The use of sound intensity <strong>to</strong> determine sound power<br />

has several advantages over the free-field methods described<br />

above using sound pressure.<br />

1. It is not necessary <strong>to</strong> make the approximation I =<br />

p 2 /ρc. Therefore, it is not necessary <strong>to</strong> make any<br />

assumption about the direction of sound intensity<br />

relative <strong>to</strong> the measurement surface. What is required<br />

is proper orientation of the intensity probe.<br />

2. If there is no sound absorption within the measurement<br />

surface, the sound energy that enters the<br />

measurement surface from the outside also exits.<br />

Therefore, the sound power measurement is less sensitive<br />

<strong>to</strong> background noise levels and reflections from<br />

room surfaces than the pressure methods described<br />

above. The pressure methods require corrections for<br />

background noise and, in some cases, environmental<br />

corrections for reflections from room surfaces.<br />

3. Measurements can often be made in an ordinary<br />

room.<br />

There are, however, disadvantages <strong>to</strong> the intensity<br />

method.

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