简介:Byusingthemodernlydevelopedtechniquesofpossibilityandset-valuedstatistics,thispaperdeter-minedthethresholdsofvariouscategoriesofnoiseannoyanceanddefinedthedose-responserelationbe-tweenthelevelsofnoiseandtheirannoyance.Threefactorscontrolledintheexperimentweretypesofnoise:impulseandtraffic;levelofnoise:5Leqfrom45—85dB(A);andperformancetask:withandwithoutspeechrecognition.NoiseinterferencewithspeechrecognitionwasmeasuredwiththeSDTmethod.Ourex-perimentalresultsshowedthatLeqofimpulsenoiseshouldbehigherthanthatoftrafficnoisetogetequalannoyance;thespeechrecognitiontaskmightlightentheexperienceofannoyance;thehigherthelevelofnoise,themoreitsinterferencewiththespeechrecognition,thatis,thelessthevalueofd′.
简介:Animpulseresponsetechniquehasbeeninvestigatedbyapplicationtotheopenscreensforobtainingsoundtransmissionloss.ThemeasurementsofsuchscreensaccordingtoISO140werealsopresented.ThepredictedresultscalculatedbyamodelwhichisbasedonHuygen’sprincipleandKirchhoff’sformulationhaveshowngoodagreementswiththeresultsobtainedbyimpulsemethod.Themethodrequiresnospecialistacousticfacilitiesandmeasurementsystemscanbeportable.
简介:Thespatialimpulseresponse(SIR)methodisoftenusedasthe’goldstandard5insimulationoftransientacousticwavefieldsduetoitshighaccuracyinthelineardomain.However,ahighsamplingfrequencyisoftenrequiredinordertoachievethehighaccuracy.Asaresult,alargeamountofdatahastobeprocessed.Inthispaperafastapproachforcomputingspatialimpulseresponseisproposedtoreducethecomputationburden.TheproposedapproachisdevelopedbyemployingtherelationshipofSIRsatobservedpointsandSIRsoftheprojectionpointsonthetransducersurface.Twocriticalparametersusedintheproposedapproach,thecalculationsamplingfrequencyandtheinterpolationsamplingfrequency,arethenanalyzed.Resultsshowthatfora2.25MHzrectangulartransducerwiththesizeof5mmxlOmm,acalculationsamplingfrequencyof1000MHzandaninterpolationsamplingfrequencyof500MHzcanachievesuperiorperformancewhileimprovingthecomputationefficiency18timesthanthedirectsolving.
简介:ThispaperpresentsthecomparisonofathreedimensionalComputationalFluidDynamics(CFD)analysiswithempiricalperformancedataofa0.6mimpulseturbinewithfixedguidevanesusedforwaveenergypowerconversion.Pro-Engineer,GambitandFluent6wereusedtocreatea3-Dmodeloftheturbine.Ahybridmeshingschemewasusedwithhexahedralcellsinthenearbladeregionandtetrahedralandpyramidcellsintherestofthedomain.Theturbinehasahub-to-tipratioof0.6andresultswereobtainedoverawiderangeofflowcoefficients.Themodelyieldedamaximumefficiencyofapproximately54%ascomparedtoamaximumefficiencyofaround49%fromexperiment.Adegreeofinsightintoflowbehaviour,notpossiblewithexperiment,wasobtained.
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