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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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168 8. Acoustic Analogs, Ducts, and FiltersL p1Insertion loss IL = L - Lp2 p1L p2L p2Area S ZIntensityArea S tI iI rI tTransmission Loss TL = 10 log10[( S I)/( S )]i it I tL p1Noise reduction NR = L- Lp2 p1Figure 8.13. Muffler system performance descriptors.While IL is fairly easy to measure, it is extremely difficult to predict because ofits dependence on the source impedance Z S (Davis, 1957; Munjai, 1987; Prasadand Crocker, 1998).ReferencesBeranek, Leo J. 1886. Acoustics. New York: The American Institute of Physics, Chapter 3.Davis, Jr., D. D. 1957. Acoustic filters and mufflers. In: Harris, Cyril M., ed. Handbook ofNoise Control. New York: McGraw-Hill, Chapter 21.

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