ASSIGNMENT-3

BUILDING SERVICES
ACOUSTIC

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

AR. SURJEET SINGH KIRAN YADAV,B.ARCH 4 TH YR
INDEX

TOPIC PAGE NO.

1
•REVERBERATION TIME
1
•SABINE’S FORMULA
2-5
•SOUND APPLICATION SYSTEM
6
•ACOUSTICAL DEFECT AND REMEDIES
7
•REVERBERATION ROOM
8-9
•GOOD ACOUSTIC
REVERBERATION TIME

Reverberation time is a measure of the time required for the

sound to "fade away" in an enclosed area after the source of
the sound has stopped. When it comes to accurately
measuring reverberation time with a meter, the term T60 (an
abbreviation for Reverberation Time 60dB) is used.
T60 provides an objective reverberation time measurement. It
is defined as the time it takes for the sound pressure level to
reduce by 60 dB, measured after the generated test signal is
abruptly ended.

SABINE FORMULA
Sabine’s defined the reverberation time as the time taken by the sound intensity to fall to one millionth of its
original intensity after the source stopped emitting sound
SOUND APPLICATION SYSTEM

sound application system: use of the various type of sound application system

SOUND CARD
MICROPHONES AUDIO DRIVER
SPEAKER EQUALIZER
AMPLIFIER

MICROPHONES
A microphone, colloquially named mic or mike is a device – a transducer– that converts sound into an electrical signal.
Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and public
events, motion picture production
SPEAKER
A loudspeaker is an electrostacoustic transducer a device which convert an electrical audio signal into corresponding sound

AMPLIFIER
An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the power of a signal (a time-
varying voltage or current). It is a two-port electronic circuit that uses electric power from a power supply to increase the amplitude of
a signal applied to its input terminals, producing a proportionally greater amplitude signal at its output
EQUALIZER
Equalization or equalisation is the process of adjusting the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal the
most well known use of equalization is in sound recording and reproduction but there are many other application in electronic and
communication

AUDIO DRIVER
The audio driver is the part of computer nervous system that takes the signal originating from the program and turns them into the
format in which they can be used the speaker. This allows the sound card to facilitate audio output from the computer and
communicating with the speaker
SOUND CARD
A sound is an expansion component used in computers to receive and send audio. Sound cards are configured and utilized with the
help of a software application and driver device , the sound card converts incomming digital audio data into analog audio so that
speaker can play
ACOUSTICAL DEFFECT AND REMEDIES
•acoustical condition in a big room , ball or auditorium etc. are achieved when there is clarity of sound in every part
of me occupied space
•For this, the sound should rise to suitable intensity everywhere with no echoes or near echoes or distortion of the
original sound with correct reverberation time

COMMON DEFECT
•reverberation
•formation of echoes
•sound foci
•dead spot
•insufficient loudness
•external noise

REMEDIES

•This defect is avoided by selecting proper shape for auditorium. Use of splayed side walls instead of parallel walls greatly reduce the
problem and enhance the acoustical quality of hall.
•Echoes may be avoided by covering the opposite walls and high ceiling with absoption material
REVERBERATION ROOM

A reverberation chamber or room is a room designed to create a diffuse or random incidence sound field (i.e. one with a uniform
distribution of acoustic energy and random direction of sound incidence over a short time period). Reverberation chambers tend to be
large rooms (the resulting sound field becomes more diffused with increased path length) and have very hard exposed surfaces

BASIC CRITERIA

(1) Appropriate room volume related to the target frequency band

(2) Appropriate room shape and diffuse equipment to realize the diffuse sound field
(3) Extremely small averaged sound absorption coefficient of the room
(4) Extremely low background noise level
(5)Appropriate reverberation time depends on the size of the room. ... A variation of max. ±5 dB anywhere in the room is an
appropriate requirement. Appropriate sound level for normal conversation is 60-65 dB, and in a busy street 70-85 dB
GOOD ACOUSTICS
according to clasic acoustic theory there are five requirements which , when met RESULT IN good acoustic

APPROPRIATE REVERBERATION TIME depend on the size of the room. W. furrer’sRecommendations can be used in room
which are b/w 200 and 20,000 cubic meters.

UNIFORM SOUND DISTRIBUTION is the important in large rooms and halls, where the sound must be able to be hear equally
well everywhere.

APPROPRIATE SOUND LEVEL for normal conversation is 60-65 dB and in a busy street 70-85dB .
APPROPRIATE , LOW BACKGROUND NOISE is one of the most important acoustic criteria especially in concert halls and
theatres.

NO ECHO OR FLUTTER ECHOES must occur for the acoustics to be good it is easy to prevent echo by installing a little sound
– absorbing material on the wall