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In Situ Determination of Acoustic Absorption Coefficients

Authors: Mallais, Scott

AES Convention 125 · Paper 7549 · October 2008

Abstract

The determination of absorption characteristics for a given material is developed for in situ measurements. Experiments utilize maximum length sequences and a single microphone. The sound pressure is modeled using the compact source approximation. Emphasis is placed on low frequency resolution which is dependent on both the geometry of the loudspeaker-microphone-sample configuration and the room in which the measurement is performed. Methods used to overcome this limitation are discussed. The concept of the acoustic center is applied in the low frequency region, modifying the calculation of the absorption coefficient.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 125
AES Convention
125
Paper number
7549
Publication date
October 6, 2008
Session subject
Room Acoustics and Binaural Audio
Affiliation
University of Waterloo (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper