Determination of the Sound Intensity Vector Field from Synchronized Sound Pressure Waveforms

Visualization of vector acoustic fields using sound intensity measurements is a very interesting field of acoustics and has numerous applications. Unfortunately, sound intensity measurement itself requires specialized measuring instruments (presure–presure (PP) or pressure–velocity (PU)-type probes)...

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Main Authors: Witold Mickiewicz, Michał Raczyński
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/23/11299
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description Visualization of vector acoustic fields using sound intensity measurements is a very interesting field of acoustics and has numerous applications. Unfortunately, sound intensity measurement itself requires specialized measuring instruments (presure–presure (PP) or pressure–velocity (PU)-type probes). This article presents a simplified and low-cost method of sound intensity measurement based on sound pressure measurements made synchronously. This allows for the use of a single microphone and eliminates one of the main problems of the classical PP probe, which is the phase mismatch of two different microphones. The described method was used to visualize the vector acoustic field in front of an active loudspeaker. The results were compared qualitatively and quantitatively with measurements made with a commercial PU intensity probe. The results obtained showed that the proposed method has the same level of metrological accuracy.
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spelling doaj-art-d46300a6712e48638117c0021c424d472025-08-20T02:38:41ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-12-0114231129910.3390/app142311299Determination of the Sound Intensity Vector Field from Synchronized Sound Pressure WaveformsWitold Mickiewicz0Michał Raczyński1Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Westpomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastow 17, 70-310 Szczecin, PolandFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Westpomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastow 17, 70-310 Szczecin, PolandVisualization of vector acoustic fields using sound intensity measurements is a very interesting field of acoustics and has numerous applications. Unfortunately, sound intensity measurement itself requires specialized measuring instruments (presure–presure (PP) or pressure–velocity (PU)-type probes). This article presents a simplified and low-cost method of sound intensity measurement based on sound pressure measurements made synchronously. This allows for the use of a single microphone and eliminates one of the main problems of the classical PP probe, which is the phase mismatch of two different microphones. The described method was used to visualize the vector acoustic field in front of an active loudspeaker. The results were compared qualitatively and quantitatively with measurements made with a commercial PU intensity probe. The results obtained showed that the proposed method has the same level of metrological accuracy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/23/11299sound intensitymeasurement of sound intensitysound fieldvector sound field measurement and visualization
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measurement of sound intensity
sound field
vector sound field measurement and visualization
title Determination of the Sound Intensity Vector Field from Synchronized Sound Pressure Waveforms
title_full Determination of the Sound Intensity Vector Field from Synchronized Sound Pressure Waveforms
title_fullStr Determination of the Sound Intensity Vector Field from Synchronized Sound Pressure Waveforms
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title_short Determination of the Sound Intensity Vector Field from Synchronized Sound Pressure Waveforms
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topic sound intensity
measurement of sound intensity
sound field
vector sound field measurement and visualization
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