The oblique incidence measurement of transmission loss by an impulse method

Abstract The oblique incidence transmission loss of a free standing panel has been determined experimentally with the use of short duration impulsive signals. The geometry of the source, panel and receiver is such that the direct signal can be isolated and, on subsequent analysis, the infinite panel response obtained. Agreement with mass law is good and the angular and spectral variation of coincidence is clearly seen. Closer inspection of the time history of the transmitted waves shows a signal which arrives after the direct signal has effectively finished and before the arrival of scattered waves from the edge of the plate. Frequency analysis of this component reveals a coincidence type dip which is independent of angle and frequency.