Building acoustics measurements: an innovative solution
with automatic recognition and optimized workflow
Wespac 2015 Paper
E. Aflalo, P. Pischedda
ACOEM, 200 Chemin des Ormeaux, 69578 Limonest, France.
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THE NEW 01dB
SMART BUILDING ACOUSTICS SOLUTION
01dB SMART BUILDING ACOUSTICS SOLUTION
Description of the automatic measurement types recognition (source, receive, reverberation time interrupted or impulsive, impact
noise, background)
Classical in situ building acoustics measurement for assessing the acoustic
performance of buildings
01dB SLM + omnidirectional sound source needed
Basics
Real time frequency analysis (1/1 or 1/3 oct) with time history to
compare levels over time to specific Triggers
Advanced Trigger feature
L1 RECOGNITION
1Recognition of the measurements in the source room (L1 or
reverberation time)
πΏπ€ = πΏ1 β 10 ππππ
ππ+ 10 πππ
π
ππβ 13
From the ISO 3743-2 Standard:
In this standard,
Lw: sound power level of the sound source
To = 1 sec; Vo = 1 m3
T: reverberation time of the room
V: volume of the room
L1 RECOGNITION
1Recognition of the measurements in the source room (L1 or
reverberation time)
For example classical values in buildings:
β’ 25<V<75 m3 13<10*logV<19
β’ 0.5<T<2.5 sec -3<10*logT<4
And
Knowing the sound power level of the source for
each 1/N octave band
πΏπ€ + 4 > πΏ1 > πΏπ€ β 9,
L1 RECOGNITION
1Recognition of the measurements in the source room (L1 or
reverberation time)
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L2 RECOGNITION
2 Recognition of the measurements in the receiving room (L2)
πΏ2 = πΏ1 β π·ππ + 10 logπ
0.5,
Where DnT is the sound insulation value per 1/N octave of the
device under test.
Considering usual performance of buildings:
lowest performance device (DnTMin)
highest performance device (DnTMax)
0.5<T<2.5 sec 0<10*logT/0.5<7
πΏπ€ β π·πππππ₯ β 9 < πΏ2 < πΏπ€βπ·πππππ + 11,
Li RECOGNITION
3 Recognition of Li impact noise in the receiving room
πΏπ = πΏππ + 10 β logπ
0.5,
Considering usual performance of buildings:
lowest performance device (LnTMax)
highest performance device (LnTMin)
0.5<T<2.5 sec 0<10*logT/0.5<7
πΏπππππ β 7 < πΏπ < πΏπππππ₯,
Li based on frequencies not excited by the sound source.
Using trigger on the following frequencies: 10 Hz (1/3 oct) or 8 Hz (1/1 oct).
IMPULSIVE TR RECOGNITION
4 Recognition of impulsive reverberation time
πΏπΆππ πππ ππππ’ππ π π π > πΏπΆπππππ₯ + 3 ,
Considering the performance of the sound source (LCpkMax evaluated as
Lw + 4), if during a measurement:
πΏπΆππ > πΏπ€ + 7,
5 Recognition of background noise
If none of the previous criteria is satisfied, the
instrument proposes to classify the
measurement as background noise.
EXAMPLE OF EXTREMA
EXTREMA TABLE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE TRIGGER
LEVELS (simulations according to ISO 12354)
F [Hz] L2 Min L2 Max L1 Min Li Min Li Max
16 -15,0 13,0 1,0 56,0 80,0
20 4,0 31,0 21,0 55,0 78,0
25 13,0 39,0 31,0 54,0 77,0
31,5 31,0 58,0 51,0 53,0 76,0
40 39,0 67,0 61,0 56,0 80,0
50 44,8 72,8 68,8 55,0 78,0
63 46,1 75,1 74,1 54,0 77,0
80 47,5 77,5 79,5 53,0 76,0
100 58,7 88,3 93,1 52,4 75,3
125 59,1 87,0 96,3 47,9 67,8
160 55,4 87,7 98,4 44,2 66,1
200 58,6 90,3 105,5 41,7 65,6
250 55,8 87,1 104,8 35,7 63,6
315 49,0 82,1 101,1 31,6 63,5
400 46,9 80,9 102,0 28,6 63,5
500 44,3 77,3 101,4 25,6 63,5
630 38,4 71,4 97,5 17,6 60,5
800 36,6 69,7 97,8 10,6 59,5
1000 35,6 68,7 98,7 5,6 55,5
1250 28,6 62,7 94,6 4,7 51,6
1600 27,9 65,2 96,6 3,7 46,6
2000 27,7 67,3 98,2 3,8 41,7
2500 24,1 68,7 96,6 2,7 39,7
3150 19,5 66,9 94,0 2,7 35,6
4000 19,5 66,0 97,3 2,7 33,6
5000 13,6 60,9 95,5 0,6 30,5
SUMMARY
Graphical summary
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F [Hz]
L2 Min (Lw-DnTMax-12)
L2 Max (Lw β DnTMin +10)
Lw-9 (L1 Min)
Li Min (LnTmin -7)
LiMax (LnTMax)
Li recognition
L1 recognition
L2 recognition
DEFAULT DETECTION PARAMETERS
6 DEFAULT DETECTION PARAMETERS (with our 01dB source)
Event Above @ 1/3oct default_BA_1_3
Above at 1/1 oct Default_BA_1_1
1 40 dB@500 Hz 45 dB@500 Hz 2 40 dB@500 Hz and pre+post-trigger 45 dB@500 Hz and pre+post-trigger 3 50 dB@10 Hz 50 dB@8 Hz 4 85 dB@1 kHz 90 dB@1 kHz 5 128 dB@LCPk 128 dB@LCPk
7 PRIORITY FOR RECOGNITION (βIFβ)
Priority Detected event Measurement type 1 5 RT impulse 2 1+2+4 L1 3 1+2+4 then none RT interrupted 4 3 Li 5 1+2 L2 6 None Background noise
PRACTICAL USE ON 01dB SLM
8 PRACTICAL USE OF THE SLM with 3 BUTTONS
CONCLUSION
INNOVATIVE AUTOMATIC DETECTION TECHNIQUE,
PATENT PENDING
Facilitate the Acquisition process
Optimize the measurement organization
Solution compatible with any source
Building Acoustics module on FUSION or DUO
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