1.

For a monopole sound source of radiated power W (Watts), show that the relationship
between sound power level and sound pressure level can be expressed as,

Wref o Co
L p Lw 10 log 10 (4 r ) 10 log 10 (
2
2
).
P ref
2. Show that, accurate to within 0.2dB accuracy, the expression for sound pressure level for
propagation in air, can be written as,

L L 10 log (4 r )
p w 10
2
,

which can be modified to become,

Lw L p 10 log 10 (4 r 2 ) .
3. A machine has power contributions in various octave bands as determined in the table
below. Determine the total power level radiated by the machine.

Frequency 500Hz 1kHz 2kHz 4kHz

Power 0.2 W 0.33 W 0.18 W 0.16 W
4. For the machine radiating power in various frequency bands as given above, show that
the total power level can be calculated by adding the individual power contributions
(Watts), or by summing the individual power levels given by the equation,

Lwi / 10
Lwt 10 log 10 10 .
i
5. A machine is radiating sound energy spherically into free space with the sound power in
various octave bands as shown in the table above. Determine the resulting sound
pressure level at a distance of 10m from the machine.
6. An industrial noise source is dominated by a varying 63 Hz tonal RMS sound pressure over
an eight hour day given by Prms = (t+2t2+1)x10-2 Pa, where t is in hours. Calculate the
resulting A-weighted Leq value.