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Koch’s Snowflake: A Case Study of Sound Scattering of Fractal Surfaces

Authors: Cabrera, Densil; Degos, David; Edson, Steven

AES Convention 120 · Paper 6735 · May 2006

Abstract

Diffusion and scattering are becoming increasingly relevant in room acoustics design. The scattering performance of current passive diffusers is often restricted to a certain bandwidth due to physical constraints. One possible approach to this is to use fractal surface profiles, which have similar geometric features over a wide range of scales, and so should achieve an extended bandwidth for effective scattering. A range of acoustic panels of varying complexity, based around Koch’s Snowflake pattern, was constructed and tested using a two-dimensional pseudo-anechoic method adapted from the AES-4id-2001. This paper reports on these results, and also on issues encountered in implementing the measurements.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 120
AES Convention
120
Paper number
6735
Publication date
May 6, 2006
Session subject
Room and Architectural Acoustics
Affiliation
University of Sydney (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper