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    The document provides examples of acoustics problems and their solutions. It includes problems about determining sound speeds, wavelengths, resonance frequencies, sound pressure levels of single and multiple sources, octave band sound levels, and equivalent continuous sound levels. The answers and solutions provided determine sound speeds, total sound pressure and power levels, whether sound guarantees are met, required attenuation levels, and an estimated equivalent sound level for a working day.

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    The document provides examples of acoustics problems and their solutions. It includes problems about determining sound speeds, wavelengths, resonance frequencies, sound pressure levels of single and multiple sources, octave band sound levels, and equivalent continuous sound levels. The answers and solutions provided determine sound speeds, total sound pressure and power levels, whether sound guarantees are met, required attenuation levels, and an estimated equivalent sound level for a working day.

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    Examples in acoustics

    Brje Nilsson

    Examples in acoustics
    1. For longitudinal waves we have the following approximate sound speeds:

    Air c = 340 m/s


    Water c = 1500 m/s
    Steel c = 5000 m/s

    Determine the wavelengths in the three media for longitudinal vibrations with the
    frequencies 100, 1 000 and 10 000 Hz.

    2. A material confined to fixed dimensions is subjected to longitudinal vibrations. The


    frequency is increased until resonance occurs so that it is certain that the wavelength
    is 0,5 m. The following results were found for the frequency f:

    Material A f = 636 Hz
    Material B f = 3283 Hz
    Material C f = 9884 Hz

    a) Determine the longitudinal sound speed for the materials A, B and C.

    b) The materials are air, water and steel. Which material is A, B and C, respectively?

    c) One of the materials has a much higher value of the sound speed than found in
    hand books. What could be the reason for this?

    3. The sound pressure level is measured separately for a number of sound sources. What
    is the expected sound pressure level for all sound sources together if they can be
    assumed to be uncorrelated?

    a) 60 dB, 50 dB
    b) 70 dB, 65 dB
    c) 80 dB, 83 dB
    d) 90 dB, 90 dB
    e) 80 dB, 80 dB, 83 dB

    4. At a guarantee test of a machine interfering background noise was present that was
    not possible to reduce. Therefore, the measurement was carried out with and without
    the machine under testing with the following results for the sound pressure level:

    Machine and background noise: 42 dB


    Only background noise: 39 dB

    The sound guarantee states that the sound pressure level from the machine may not
    exceed 40 dB, measurement inaccuracy included. Is the sound guarantee met?
    Motivate your answer with suitable calculations.

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    5. There are 10 machines at an industrial plant giving each a sound pressure level of 80
    dB. What sound pressure level is expected with the following number of running
    machines if they can be assumed to be uncorrelated?

    a) two
    b) four
    c) eight
    d) ten.

    6. At an industrial plant, there are 6 ventilation fans each one giving the same
    contribution to the sound pressure level. When all fans are running the sound pressure
    level is 44 dB. How many fans can be running at maximum if the highest allowed
    sound pressure level is 40 dB?

    7. At a sound measurement on an induction motor, the following octave band sound


    pressure levels were determined:

    f [Hz] 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k


    Lp [dB] 69 71 73 77 79 78 75 72

    Determine the total sound pressure level assuming that the contribution from the
    octave bands below 63 Hz and above 8000 Hz can be ignored.

    8. A fan produces the following sound power levels in octave bands:

    f [Hz] 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k


    Lw [dB] 69 72 75 76 78 73 68 63

    Determine

    a) the total sound power level


    b) the time mean value of the total sound power.

    9. At the distance of 1m from a fan casing, the following octave sound pressure levels
    have been measured:

    f [Hz] 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k


    Lp [dB] 64 68 71 72 74 69 64 59

    Determine

    a) the total sound pressur


    b) the Root Mean Square value (RMS-value) of the total sound pressure.

    10. To determine the sound power level from an electric motor, it was placed on a large
    flat surface of concrete. The sound pressure level was measured to 73 dB on the
    surface of a half sphere with radius 3 m centred just below the motor. There are no
    objects in the neighbourhood that may disturb the measurements by reflections.
    Determine the sound power level of the motor.

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    Brje Nilsson

    11. The same as problem 10 but the sound pressure level was measured at 5 evenly
    distributed points on the surface of the sphere.

    Measuring point No. 1 2 3 4 5


    Lp [dB] 74 73 74 72 71

    Determine the sound power level of the motor.

    12. At a sound measurement close to a fan, the following sound pressure levels in octave
    bands were found:

    f [Hz] 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k


    Lp [dB] 97 92 94 97 96 92 87 85

    Determine
    a) the total sound pressure level
    b) the sound level, i.e., the total sound pressure level in dBA

    13. In a housing area, the following sound pressure levels in octave bands were
    determined with the purpose of checking a given guarantee:

    f [Hz] 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k


    Lp [dB] 51 46 45 40 40 35 31 30

    The guarantee states that the sound level may not exceed 40 dBA.

    a) Show that the guarantee is not met.


    b) Which octave band levels require attenuation?
    c) Propose suitable attenuation of the octave band levels in b) in order to meet the
    sound guarantee.

    14. The equivalent sound level will be determined at a company with the use of a simple
    sound level meter. Samples are taken for six different activities assumed to have equal
    probability during a day. The result is:

    Activity, No 1 2 3 4 5 6
    LpA [dBA] 87 86 88 70 69 72

    Estimate the equivalent sound level for a typical working day.

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    Answers to examples in acoustics
    Brje Nilsson

    Answers to examples in acoustics


    Problems with solutions (in Swedish) are marked with an *

    *1.
    f [Hz] 100 1000 10000
    , air [m] 340 3.4 0.34 0.034
    , water [m] 1500 15 1.5 0.15
    , steel [m] 5000 50 5 0.5

    2. Material A f = 636 Hz, c= 318 m/s


    Material B f = 3283 Hz, c= 1642 m/s
    Material C f = 9884 Hz, c= 4942 m/s

    3. a) 60,4 dB
    b) 71 dB
    c) 85 dB
    d) 93 dB
    e) 86 dB

    4. 42 dB (-) 42 dB=39 dB

    *5. a) 83 dB
    b) 86 dB
    c) 89 dB
    d) 90 dB

    6. 2 fans

    7. 84 dB

    *8. a) 83 dB
    b) 1.9* 10 4.W

    9. a) 79 dB
    b) 1.7* 10 1.Pa

    10. 91 dB

    11. 90 dB

    *12. a) 103 dB
    b) 100 dBA

    13. a) -
    b) The octave bands with centre frequencies 250 Hz, 500 Hz and 1000 Hz
    c) Attenuation with 5 dB, 6 dB and 9 dB, respectively.

    14. The equivalent sound level for a working day is estimated to 84.2 dBA.

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