BA 52 53 54 55 56 37 ACOUSTICS Sound Loudness Level and Loudness Intervals Decibel Calculations Reverberation Time Resonant Panel Absorber Resonant Air Cavity Absorber or Helmholtz Resonator Acoustic Transducers5 AcousTIcs : EXAMPLE: “ branch of science that deals with the study of Find the sound pressure level for'a sound source sound, that exerts 40 N of force on a 30-m? area SOLUTION: 5. SOUND FE = wave motion consisting of a series of x compression and rarefaction made in a 0 ‘eansmitting medium by a vibrating body. j > ~ produced by vatiations in air pressure around j zp the average steady state pressure, due to the P=133N/m?or physical movement of objects and surfaces in i 33Pa the ai, sPL= aoe{ Eas) SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL) Free is 4 sPL= 209( 3) sPL= and 2) 2x10Pa Peer SPL = 96.488 where SPL = sound pressure level in dB EXAMPLE: aa = actual sound pressire (ECE Bosra Problem, March 1996) One- Pha= reference sound pressure hundred twenty bars of pressure vation is = 2107N/m? 000002400 fom? equal to AB SOLUTION: SPL = 2010g S74 SPrer ph acousticsSPL =20log{ —120ubars_ 0.0002ybars SPL =115.56¢Bsp, SOUND INTENSITY (S1) ~ the average rate of transmission of sound enesgy in a specified direction through a cross-sectional area of 1 mat right angles to the direction. : sound intensity sound energy } cross-sectional area SOUND INTENSITY LEVEL sit = shal | The where sr SI sound intensity level actual sound intensity ei acoustics lua = reference intensity 1x10? W/m? of 1x10" W/cm? EXAMPLE: (ECE Board Problem, March 1996) A car hor ‘outdoors, produces a sound intensity level of 90 dB at 10-ft away. At this distance, what is the sound power in watt? SOLUTION: 5 SIL = 10log: exomnen(of 22 )) P=012W