Comparison of three measurement techniques for the normal absorption coefficient of sound absorbing materials in the free field

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3020-3027

  Hirosawa, Kunikazu ^a   Takashima, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kon, Makoto ^a   Yamamoto, Aki ^a   Lauriks, Walter ^b  

^a Nittobo Acoustic Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ANECHOIC ROOMS; FREE FIELD CONDITIONS; FREE FIELDS; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE-VELOCITY; RECEIVER POSITIONS; SOUND ABSORBING MATERIALS; SOUND PRESSURES; SPHERICAL WAVES; TECHNIQUE MEASURES; THREE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES; TWO PARTICLES; TWO-POINT;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTICS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE; VELOCITY;

EID: 72549085260     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3242355     Document Type: Article

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