• ANSI S1.9 : 1996

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    INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF SOUND INTENSITY

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  06-05-2023

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2006

    Publisher:  Acoustical Society of America

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    Foreword
    0 Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Purpose
    3 Applications
    4 References
       4.1 Normative references
       4.2 Other related references
    5 Definitions
       5.1 Sound intensity probe
       5.2 p-p probe (also known as the two-microphone probe)
       5.3 Reference point of probe
       5.4 Reference axis
       5.5 Reference direction
       5.6 Phase difference between probe channels for a p-p probe
       5.7 Nominal separation of microphones in a p-p probe
       5.8 Sound-intensity processor
       5.9 Sound-intensity instrument
       5.10 Residual intensity
       5.11 Pressure-residual-intensity index, delta[pl 0]
       5.12 Mean-pressure level
       5.13 Standing-wave ratio
       5.14 Operating range
       5.15 Real-time operation
       5.16 Phase-difference compensation
       5.17 Autoranging
       5.18 Sound-pressure calibrator
       5.19 Pressure-residual-intensity testing device
       5.20 Sound-intensity calibrator
       5.21 Type test
       5.22 Verification
       5.23 Initial verification
       5.24 Periodic verification
    6 Instrument systems - requirements
       6.1 General
       6.2 Principle of operation
       6.3 Accuracy
       6.5 Filtering
       6.6 Sound-intensity level indicator accuracy
       6.7 Provision for probe-microphone-separation distance
       6.8 Presentation of results
       6.9 Directional response
       6.10 Time averaging
       6.11 Crest factors
       6.12 Provision for phase compensation
       6.13 Provision for range setting
       6.14 Provision for overload indication
       6.15 Provision for correction for atmospheric pressure and
            temperature
       6.16 operating environment
       6.17 A-weighting
       6.18 Performance in a standing-wave field
       6.19 Power supplies
    7 Processors - requirements
       7.1 General
       7.2 Principle of operation
       7.3 Frequency range
       7.4 Accuracy
       7.5 Filtering
       7.6 Sound-intensity level indicator accuracy
       7.7 Provision for microphone-separation distance
       7.8 Presentation of results
       7.9 Time averaging
       7.10 Crest factors
       7.11 Provision for phase compensation
       7.12 Provision for range setting
       7.13 Provision for overload indication
       7.14 Provision for correction for atmospheric pressure
            and temperature
       7.15 Operating environment
       7.16 A-weighting
       5.17 Power supplies
    8 Sound-intensity probes - requirements
       8.1 General
       8.2 Frequency range
       8.3 Accuracy
       8.4 Directional response of the probes
       8.5 Probe performance in standing waves
    9 Tests to verify the performance characteristics of the
       measurements systems, processors, and probes
       9.1 General
       9.2 Octave and one-third octave filters (instrument
            systems and processors)
       9.3 Sound-intensity level indication (systems and
            processors)
       9.4 Probe-microphone-separation setting (systems
            and processors)
       9.5 Time-averaging characteristics (systems and
            processors)
       9.6 Crest-factor handling test (systems and processors)
       9.7 Pressure-residual-intensity index and operating
            range of the processors and instrument systems
       9.8 Pressure-residual-intensity index of the probes and
            the instrument systems
       9.9 Frequency response (probes and instrument systems)
       9.10 Directional response (probes and instrument systems)
       9.11 Probe-performance verification in a standing-wave
            field (probes and instrument systems)
    10 Sound-intensity probe calibrators
       10.1 General requirements
       10.2 Performance verification
    11 Nameplate data and instruction manual
       11.1 Nameplate data
       11.2 Instruction manual information
    Annex A - Periodic verification tests
    Annex B - Sound-intensity instruments based on FFT analyzers
    Tables
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    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Applicable to instruments that determine sound intensity by a two-microphone probe, having a pair of spatially separated pressure-sensing microphones.

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    Committee S1
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Acoustical Society of America
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ASTM E 2249 : 2002 : R2008 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Measurement of Airborne Transmission Loss of Building Partitions and Elements Using Sound Intensity
    ASTM E 2249 : 2002 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Measurement of Airborne Transmission Loss of Building Partitions and Elements Using Sound Intensity
    AASHTO TP 76 : 2015 METHOD OF TEST FOR MEASUREMENT OF TIRE/PAVEMENT NOISE USING THE ON-BOARD SOUND INTENSITY (OBSI) METHOD
    ASTM E 2249 : 2002 : R2016 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Measurement of Airborne Transmission Loss of Building Partitions and Elements Using Sound Intensity

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ANSI/ASA S1.1:2013 ACOUSTICAL TERMINOLOGY
    ANSI S1.4 : 1983 SPECIFICATION FOR SOUND LEVEL METERS
    ANSI S1.11 : 2014 SPECIFICATION FOR OCTAVE-BAND AND FRACTIONAL-OCTAVE-BAND ANALOG AND DIGITAL FILTERS
    ISO 9614-1:1993 Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound intensity — Part 1: Measurement at discrete points
    IEC 61043:1993 Electroacoustics - Instruments for the measurement of sound intensity - Measurements with pairs of pressure sensing microphones
    ANSI/ASA S1.6 : 2016 PREFERRED FREQUENCIES AND FILTER BAND CENTER FREQUENCIES FOR ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS
    ANSI S1.10 : 66(R2001) AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD METHOD FOR THE CALIBRATION OF MICROPHONES
    ANSI S1.42 : 2001 DESIGN RESPONSE OF WEIGHTING NETWORKS FOR ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS
    ANSI/ASA S1.8 : 2016 REFERENCE VALUES FOR LEVELS USED IN ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATIONS
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