An electroacoustic method for measuring airflow resistivity of porous sound-absorbing materials

[EN] In this paper, a method for measuring the airflow resistivity of air-saturated porous sound-absorbing materials is presented. The method is based on a modification of the previous device developed by Dragonetti et al. The approach used in the present work involves a cavity and a Helmholtz reson...

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Autores: Alba, Jesus|||0000-0002-4188-854X, del Rey, Romina|||0000-0001-5907-0677, Arenas, Jorge P., Rodríguez-Vercher, Juan-Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/127483
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/127483
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Airflow resistivity
Impedance
Porous materials
Sound absorption
Electroacoustics
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Sumario:[EN] In this paper, a method for measuring the airflow resistivity of air-saturated porous sound-absorbing materials is presented. The method is based on a modification of the previous device developed by Dragonetti et al. The approach used in the present work involves a cavity and a Helmholtz resonator that are coupled through a loudspeaker so that the complete system behaves as a fourth-order symmetrical band-pass loudspeaker system. After a straightforward calibration, the airflow resistivity of a material sample is indirectly estimated from the direct measurement of the total electric impedance at the loudspeaker connection terminals. In this way, the use of microphones is not necessary, which makes its implementation very simple and inexpensive. Experimental results obtained with the present method agree well with those obtained through a standardized method as long as the values of the material's airflow resistance are not too high. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.