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Lab #6: Reverberation Time Danisha Rincon 04/12/2022 Lab section: Tuesdays, 6:15 - 7:45 pm
Experiment 6 REVERBERATION TIME This laboratory was conducted with the purpose to understand how to calculate the reverberation time for a room. The reverberation time for a show room is being calculated and analyzed in this experiment. There are no objects being used to do the experiment, the lab consists of using formulas provided in order to obtain data and test the theory, a lot of mathematical processes were used for the lab. The experiment was conducted with classmates and the data was collected through a series of calculations using formulas. After recording the measurements using the formulas provided other additional questions were answered to test the theory. THEORY Reverberation is the combined effect of multiple sound reflections in a room which result to a gradual decay of the sound heard by the listener after the source of sound stops. In order to deal with this effect in a quantitative way, the concept of reverberation time T R is used. T R is defined to be the time it takes for the sound to drop by 60dB from its steady state value after the sound is turned off. The reverberation time depends on the size and shape of the room as well as its contents. A rather simple, approximate formula for the reverberation time in second T R = 0 . 05 V A (6.1) where V is the volume of the enclosure in ft 3 (V=length × width × height) and A is the total absorption of the surface of the room in ft 2 (or sabin). The total absorption A is A = a 1 A 1 + a 2 A 2 + a 3 A 3 + . . . (6.2) EXPERIMENT 6. REVERBERATION TIME where the A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , . . . are the areas of the various types of absorbing surfaces and the a 1 , a 2 , a 3 . . . . are the absorption coefficients of the respective surfaces. (If the areas and volumes are measured in meters rather than feet, the coefficient 0.05 is replaced by 0.161 in the formula for T R .) Attached is a table of sound absorption coefficients for some common materials found in studios or concert halls. Note that the absorption coefficients are frequency dependent. PROCEDURE
Calculate the reverberation time for the room shown below. The ceiling is made of acoustical boards. The long side walls are made of brick and there are 20 windows overall, each of size 3ft × 6ft. The entrance wall has a glass door of size 12ft × 7ft. The rest of the entrance wall as well as the back wall are also made of brick. The room also contains 400 upholstered seats. Calculate the reverberation time for this hall for f=1000 Hz, when all the seats are occupied . EXPERIMENT 6. REVERBERATION TIME
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