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Area of Science:

  • Acoustics
  • Environmental Science
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Accurate acoustical property models for outdoor ground surfaces are limited by unavailable parameter values.
  • Existing models often rely on parameters not easily measured in situ.
  • The relationship between tortuosity and porosity in stacked spheres is a basis for developing new models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the effectiveness of characteristic impedance models for outdoor ground acoustical properties.
  • To compare the fitting errors of various models, including slit-pore, phenomenological, and variable porosity models.
  • To investigate the applicability of hard-backed-layer models for specific ground types.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical fitting of 42 short-range level difference spectra measured over diverse ground surfaces.
  • Evaluation of five characteristic impedance models and their hard-backed-layer versions.
  • Comparison of fitting errors against a widely used one-parameter semi-empirical model.

Main Results:

  • Slit-pore, phenomenological, and variable porosity models showed lower fitting errors for most sites compared to the standard model.
  • Hard-backed-layer models provided better fits for specific grassland and beech wood sites.
  • Parameter values from slit-pore and phenomenological models for low flow resistivity grounds align with non-acoustically derived values.

Conclusions:

  • The evaluated models, particularly slit-pore and phenomenological, offer improved acoustical characterization of outdoor ground surfaces.
  • Hard-backed-layer models are effective for certain environments, improving parameter estimation.
  • The study validates the consistency of acoustical model parameters with non-acoustical measurements for porous materials.