MECH 8025 - SOLUTION

Quiz 2
(5 marks) Octave band data was measured 0.5 meters from the exit of an exhaust tailpipe of a new model car. The data was
collected over a reflecting plane in the free field at a 45-degree offset from the centreline of the pipe. The A-weighted
average sound pressure level data is given in the table below.

a) Calculate the overall Z-weighted (unweighted) sound power level of the exhaust noise at the measurement position.
b) What is the overall Z-weighted sound power level be at a distance of 2 meters?

A-Weighted Octave Band Exhaust Noise Measured at 0.5 m

Band (Hz) 63 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 8000
Lp avg (dBA) 45.8 59.9 71.4 66.8 65.0 82.2 83.0 73.9
A-Weight 26.2 16.1 8.6 3.2 0 -1.2 -1.0 1.1
Lp avg (dB) 72 76 80 70 65 81 82 75

a) Total Z-weighted sound level

𝐿𝑝𝑡 = 10 log ( 10 )

𝐿𝑝𝑡 = 86.856 𝑑𝐵 2 marks (unit must be

Z-Weighted Sound power level dB for full marks

𝐿𝑤 = 𝐿𝑝 + 20 log(𝑟) + 11 ± 𝐷𝐼

Where: DI = -3 dB and r = 1.5 m

𝐿𝑤 = 86.856 + 20 log(0.5) + 11 − 3

𝑳𝒘 = 𝟖𝟖. 𝟖 𝒅𝑩 2 mark

b) Sound power level at 2 m

The sound power level remains at 88.8 dB. It does not change
1 mark
with distance; it is a characteristic of the source only.

Minus 1 mark for not rounding final answer to nearest dB or nearest 1/10th dB (only once per test/exam/quiz)

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