A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels
Vibrating composite panels are widely used in airplanes, vehicles, and high-speed trains, where noise comfort is required. Optimizing their design requires integrating psychoacoustic assessments alongside vibroacoustic analysis. The research presents a psychoacoustic framework to enhance the sound q...
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| author | AllahTavakoli Yahya Marquis-Favre Catherine Ichchou Mohamed N. Hamzaoui Nacer |
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| description | Vibrating composite panels are widely used in airplanes, vehicles, and high-speed trains, where noise comfort is required. Optimizing their design requires integrating psychoacoustic assessments alongside vibroacoustic analysis. The research presents a psychoacoustic framework to enhance the sound quality of composite panels while maintaining their structural efficiency. Hence, vibroacoustic models previously validated through vibroacoustic laboratory experiments for various composite panels subjected to mechanical and diffuse acoustic excitations, were used to synthesize the sounds radiated from the panels. The framework required to validate the models perceptually. This ensured the synthesized sounds were perceived by listeners as equivalent to the recorded ones. A psychoacoustic paired-comparison test between recorded and synthesized sounds was conducted to perceptually assess the modeling. Next, the sound quality of composite panel designs was investigated. Hence, synthesized sounds of designs were evaluated through another psychoacoustic test and a preference analysis. The preference analysis identified optimal designs, correlating preferences with psychoacoustic indices, like loudness, and mechanical properties such as stiffness-to-mass ratio and damping. This integrated approach ensures that the resulting designs enhance the sound quality and meet structural performance requirements. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d096702e67574e368d43e8748b8d8e062025-08-20T03:58:37ZengEDP SciencesActa Acustica2681-46172025-01-0194810.1051/aacus/2025031aacus240133A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panelsAllahTavakoli Yahya0Marquis-Favre Catherine1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0241-658XIchchou Mohamed N.2Hamzaoui Nacer3ENTPE, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, LTDS, UMR5513ENTPE, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, LTDS, UMR5513Ecole Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, LTDS, UMR5513LVA, INSA-Lyon, LVA EA677Vibrating composite panels are widely used in airplanes, vehicles, and high-speed trains, where noise comfort is required. Optimizing their design requires integrating psychoacoustic assessments alongside vibroacoustic analysis. The research presents a psychoacoustic framework to enhance the sound quality of composite panels while maintaining their structural efficiency. Hence, vibroacoustic models previously validated through vibroacoustic laboratory experiments for various composite panels subjected to mechanical and diffuse acoustic excitations, were used to synthesize the sounds radiated from the panels. The framework required to validate the models perceptually. This ensured the synthesized sounds were perceived by listeners as equivalent to the recorded ones. A psychoacoustic paired-comparison test between recorded and synthesized sounds was conducted to perceptually assess the modeling. Next, the sound quality of composite panel designs was investigated. Hence, synthesized sounds of designs were evaluated through another psychoacoustic test and a preference analysis. The preference analysis identified optimal designs, correlating preferences with psychoacoustic indices, like loudness, and mechanical properties such as stiffness-to-mass ratio and damping. This integrated approach ensures that the resulting designs enhance the sound quality and meet structural performance requirements.https://acta-acustica.edpsciences.org/articles/aacus/full_html/2025/01/aacus240133/aacus240133.htmlcompositevibroacousticpsychoacousticauditory evaluationdesign |
| spellingShingle | AllahTavakoli Yahya Marquis-Favre Catherine Ichchou Mohamed N. Hamzaoui Nacer A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels Acta Acustica composite vibroacoustic psychoacoustic auditory evaluation design |
| title | A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels |
| title_full | A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels |
| title_fullStr | A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels |
| title_full_unstemmed | A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels |
| title_short | A psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels |
| title_sort | psychoacoustic assessment for enhancing the sound quality of vibrating composite panels |
| topic | composite vibroacoustic psychoacoustic auditory evaluation design |
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