Experimental validation of determining sound power using acoustic radiation modes and a laser vibrometer

Abstract The theoretical development for computing sound power using acoustic radiation modes is well documented. However, an experimental validation and comparison with other sound power measurement standards over a wide frequency range has not been presented. This paper compares experimental results from an acoustic-radiation-modes-based sound power measurement method to results obtained using ISO 3741 in two scenarios. First, sound power measurement results from a single simply-supported baffled panel are compared. A comparison of sound power measurements of two simply-supported baffled panels is then presented. Results between the two methods for the single panel show a maximum one-third octave band difference of 2.2 dB between 200 Hz and 4 kHz with an overall difference of 1.7 dB. For the two-panel system, the maximum one-third octave band difference is 1.6 dB with an overall difference of 0.7 dB. It is also shown that in the two-panel case, the sound power from each panel can be measured individually using the acoustic radiation modes approach and summed to obtain the overall sound power as measured using ISO 3741.

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