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Room Acoustics: Sound Source in A Room
Room Acoustics: Sound Source in A Room
0.0 -60
-0.5 -80
-1.0 -100
0 2 4 6 8 10
Sound on Time [s]
Room acoustics
Sabine’s empirical equation for RT
RT = 0.163 V/A
with
A = Σ (αsi Si)
depends on frequency
Room acoustics
Good acoustics
low background noise, loud wanted sound
well diffused sound field
no echoes or acoustic distorsions
appropriate RT
Room acoustics
Good acoustics
Geometrical acoustics
avoid large planar surfaces facing each other (fluttering echo)
avoid concave surfaces (focusing)
Bad
Good
Recommended RT
2.5
80%
1.5
Inteligibility
70%
60% 1.0
50%
40%
0.5
0 1 2 3 4 5
Delay l
If critical
change room geometry
add absorbing panels
Room acoustics
Wave nature of sound
standing wave if L = n ½ λ n=1
B S
n=3 l/2
W
L
Image by MIT OCW.
Image by MIT OCW. L = 1.2W
Room Acoustics
Reading assignment from Textbook:
“Introduction to Architectural Science” by Szokolay: § 3.4