[en] he acoustics of coupled rooms are characterized by energy exchanges through apertures and/or partition walls. The use of systems of diffusion equations allows to predict the temporal and spatial energy distributions in these configurations quite accurately. In this presentation, the diffusion formalism for room acoustics-prediction is summarized. The systems of equations to be solved in the case of coupling through an aperture and through a partition wall are presented. For two rooms coupled through an aperture (two classrooms connected through an open door), the results obtained with the diffusion model are compared to experimental data, in terms of sound pressure levels and sound decays. On the other hand, for the case of two classrooms connected through a partition wall, the diffusion model is compared to experimental data in terms of sound pressure level difference only. Finally, an engineering application is presented in the configuration involving a workroom including multiple sound sources (e.g., machines) connected to offices through open and closed doors.
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Billon, Alexis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Dép. d'électric., électron. et informat. (Inst.Montefiore) > Electroacoustique, acoustique appliquée et éclairage
Valeau, Vincent
Picaut, Judicaël
Foy, Cédric
Sakout, Anas
Language :
English
Title :
On the use of diffusion equations to model the acoustics of coupled rooms
Publication date :
2008
Event name :
Acoustic'08
Event organizer :
EAA et ASA
Event place :
Paris, France
Event date :
juin 2008
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
Journal title :
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
ISSN :
0001-4966
eISSN :
1520-8524
Publisher :
American Institute of Physics, Melville, United States - New York