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

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192 9. Sound-Measuring InstrumentationFigure 9.14. Filter response typical of an octave-band filter set.standardized internationally at 31.5, 63, 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000,16,000 Hz. Figure 9.14 illustrates the frequency response typical of an octave-bandfilter.In order to obtain more details of the noise spectrum, filters with bandwidthsnarrower than one octave must be used. Narrow band analyzers constitute excellenttools for diagnosing noises in industrial environments. Typical narrow-bandanalyzers measure in 1/3-octave and 1/12-octave bandwidths, with the formerbeing more commonly used. These analyzers resolve the noise spectrum into thirdoctaves and twelfth octaves. Denoting f 1 as the lower cutoff frequency, f 2 theupper cutoff frequency, and f 0 the center frequency, the relationship between theupper and lower cutoff frequencies for a 1/nth octave filter isf 2 = 2 1/n f 1 (9.10)The center frequency is the geometric mean of the product of the upper and lowercutoff frequencies:and the bandwidth bw is expressed as follows:f 0 = √ f 1 f 2 (9.11)bw = f 2 − f 1 = (2 12n − 2− 12n ) f0 (9.12)The smaller the bandwidth, the more detailed the analysis, and it obviouslyfollows that the equipment becomes more costly. The advantages of narrower-band

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