Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Tugasan 1. Explain briefly the following Sound Field.

- Near Field, Far Field, Free Field and Reverberant Field, Sound Intensity. 2. Describe: - the types of sound source. - Anechoic and reverberant enclosure

3. Describe the three range of sound frequencies. 4. Calculate the SPL in dB of a noise source whose rms pressure is 7.2 N/m2. 5. The noise level from a factory with ten identical machines measured near some residential property was found to be 54 dB. The maximum permitted at night is 50 dB. How many machines are allowed to run? 6. A machine was found to produce the following noise spectrum. Band 47.5 112.5 225 Hz db 95 84 80 450 68 900 65 1800 3600 7400 61 60 60

Calculate the SPL in dB Linear and dB A 7. Two machines of sound power 4 watts and 10 watts are produced on a ground

level. The distances from a listener are 10 m and 20 m respectively. The ground is a typical non absorbing factory floor. What will be the SPL at the listener? 8. In a test to measure the sound power level of a unbaffled loud speaker it was found that the sound pressure everywhere on the surface of an imaginary sphere of radius 3 m centred at the loud speaker was 0.2 N/m2 . Calculate the SPL at 3 m and the SWL of the source. 9. 10 Calculate the change in SPL if the sound pressure is doubled Calculate the change in SWL if the sound power is doubled.

11 Two sound sources are operating together. One produces a sound pressure level of 74 dB when operating by itself and the other produce a sound pressure level of 70dB when operating by itself. Calculate the SPL due to both operating together . 12 Calculate the Leq and LAV for the following exposure of two sources of noise.

Source 1: 5 minutes at 120 dBA, 20 minutes at 105 dBA and 6 hours at 95 dBA Source 2: 1 0 minutes at 114 dBA 45 minutes at 105 dBA and 5 hours at 92 dBA

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(a) Discuss the use of an A weighting network found in Sound Level Meter. What are the limitations of using the A weighting network for noise control design and specification. (b) Explain briefly on methods of noise control. (c) A noise control enclosure is to be used in turn for two sources X and Y. Determine the A weighted attenuation for each source and discuss these results. Table below gives the specification. Frequency Hz Source X dB Source Y dB Barrier Performance dB 63 90 20 -5 125 80 30 -10 250 70 40 -15 500 60 50 -20 1000 50 60 -25 2000 40 70 -25 4000 30 80 -25 8000 20 90 -25

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(a) Explain briefly what is Sound Pressure Level (SPL) and Sound Power Level (SWL). (b) The noise level from a factory with eight identical machines measured near some residential area was found to be 65 dB. If the maximum permitted noise level at night is 60 dB, how many machines are allowed to run from this factory? (c) Three Machines of sound power 5 watts, 10 watts and 15 watts are produced on a ground level. The distances from a listener are 10 m, 20 m and 25 m respectively. Calculate the sound pressure level (SPL) at the listener. Assume the ground is a typical non absorbing floor.

15. a) Explain difference between sound absorption and sound insulation. b) Define the room constant, R and the reverberation time, RT. Given that: S Room constant, R 1 0.16V Reverberation time, RT S Explain the term S, V and use in above equations. c) A new factory space was measured as 42 m length, 25 m width and 10 m high. Floor surfaces are concrete, while walls and roof are of sheet metal decking. Estimate the room constant, R and reverberation time, RT of this factory space. Room or Space Acoustic Environment Live Fairly Live Average Fairly Dead Typical Range of 0.07 0.15 0.40 0.50

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Tugasan 16. a) Explain briefly on transmission loss of a material or building element or partition. b) An engineers office is located inside a workshop of 3000 m3 volume which has reverberation time of 2 seconds. The workshop reverberant sound pressure level was 72 dB. If the office is to be constructed with demountable metal construction with an average transmission loss of 35 dB, determine the reverberant sound pressure level inside the office. The office has a room dimension of 4 m length, 3 m width and 2.5 m height. The 4 m length wall is the common party wall with the workshop. The average room absorption coefficient ( ) is 0.10. If the office partition is to be constructed with the door 2 m2 of average 20 dB transmission loss and glazing 4 m2 of average 27 dB transmission loss. The rest is metal partition 4 m2 of average 35 dB transmission loss. Calculate the overall transmission loss of the entire partition construction. 17. Given that the total power at the surface of an imaginary sphere of radiation as W = (p2 / c) 4r2 Watts , where for air c = 410 rayls and r is the distance from source to receiver. and Sound pressure level, SPL = 10 Log (p2/p2ref) Sound power level, SWL = 10 Log (W/Wref) Where Reference pressure, pref = 2 x 10-5 N/m2 Reference power, Wref = 10-12 watts From the above equations, derive the relationship between the Sound pressure level, SPL and the Sound power level, SWL is given by: SPL = SWL 20 Log r 11

18. (a) The relationship between sound pressure level, SPL and sound power level, SWL is given by the expression: SPL = SWL + 10 Log (Q / 4r2+4 / Rc) dB Briefly explain the definition and meaning of each of the above terms. You are not required to prove the equation. (b) A large room contains two noisy machines. The room is 10m x 16m with a 4.5m high ceiling. The walls, ceiling and floor have absorption coefficients as given below. Compute the average sound absorption coefficient, for this room. Machine 1 is located at the corner of the room, and machine 2 located against the 16m length wall at the middle position of the wall. The sound power levels of both

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Tugasan machines are as given below. Determine the sound pressure level (in the overall dB(A) level) at the centre mid position of the room (at the same level of the machines) when the above two machines operating. i. Absorption coefficient Frequency (Hz) 500 0.06 0.70 0.02

Absorption Coefficient Wall Ceiling Floor ii. 125 0.01 0.10 0.01 250 0.05 0.25 0.01

1000 0.07 0.75 0.02

2000 0.09 0.65 0.02

Sound Power Levels, dB (Linear) Frequency (Hz) 500 97 89

Machine 125 98 87 250 98 86

Machine 1 (Generating Set) Machine 2 (Compressor)

1000 97 92

2000 96 92

19. (a) Calculate the change in Sound Pressure Level, SPL if the sound pressure is doubled and the changed in Sound Power Level, SWL if the sound power is doubled. (b) Explain the following relating to noise: i. ii. iii. iv. Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS) Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) Hearing Conservation Programme Noise Control at Source, Transmission Path and Receiver.