Название: Vibroacoustic Simulation
Автор: Alexander Peiffer
Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited
Жанр: Отраслевые издания
isbn: 9781119849865
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and the power radiated by a plane wave through the same area S is given by (2.47)
The radiation efficiency is defined as the ratio between the radiated power of a velocity profile vz(r) of a surface S and the standardized power of the plane wave:
The radiation efficiency is used to determine the radiated power of vibrating structures from calculated, estimated, or measured radiation efficiency of specific surfaces
2.8 Units, Measures, and levels
The dynamic range of acoustic quantities can be very high; thus, a logarithmic scale is well established for the quantification of acoustic signals. For convenience a certain time averaged quantity, for example the mean square pressure ⟨p⟩T2=prms2, is compared to a mean square reference value pref2. The pressure level in decibels is defined as follows:
The factor of 10 is introduced to spread the scale. Linear quantities such as pressure, velocity, or displacement use the mean square values. As level and decibel are used on time signals too, one should not apply the decibel scale to amplitudes. This may lead to confusion, as it is not clear if the mean square values of the amplitude is meant. This makes even more sense when the energy and power levels are defined. The energy must be averaged, as there is no constant value over the period – see Equation (2.46). Energy quantities such as energy, intensity, or power are compared with mean values and not mean square values; hence:
Table 2.3 Field and energy properties of acoustic waves
Source | Source strength | Impedance Velocity | Pressure Radiated power |
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Mono pole | Q,jωV | Zrad=k2ρ0c04π | p=jkρ0c0Q(ω)4πre−jkr |
vr=Q(ω)4πrjk(1+1jkr)e−jkr | Qrms2k2ρ0c04π | ||
Breath. sphere | Q=4πR2vr | zR=jρ0c0kR1+jkR | Q4πr[jkρ0c01+jkR]e−jk(r−R) |
Q4πr2[1+jkr1+jkR]e−jk(r−R) | Qrms2k2ρ0c04π(1+k2R2) | ||
Piston | Q=πR2vz | zR=ρ0c0(1−J1(2kR)kR+jH1(2kR)kR) | jωρ02πrvz[2J1(kRsinϑ)kRsinϑ] |
ρ0c0(1−J1(2kR)kR+jH1(2kR)kR)Qrms2 |
In addition, the decibel scale is used for ratios of similar quantities. A typical example is the transmission loss that is the decibel scale of the transmission factor from Equation (2.118) that relates the transmitted to the radiated power. The definition of the transmission loss (TL) is:
The reciprocal definition was chosen in order to get positive values for losses. When linear quantities are compared, for example the pressure at two locations, the mean square values are related. When the squared pressure is compared to the situation with and without a specific equipment or installation, this is called insertion loss (IL)
The reference quantities for power and pressure are chosen conveniently to simplify the calculations with levels. Taking the equation for the spherical source (2.82) and dividing it by the squared reference value for the pressure yields
and taking the decibel of this