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Published on: December 3, 2016
Bayesian estimations of dissipation, sound speed, and microphone positions in impedance tubes
Ziqi Chen1, Ning Xiang1, Cameron J Fackler1
1Graduate Program in Architectural Acoustics, School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA slanduo0@gmail.com, xiangn@rpi.edu, cfackler@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Sound speed, microphone positions, and tube wall dissipation are critical parameters for absorption and impedance measurements using the transfer-function method in an impedance tube. This work applies a Bayesian method, based on a reflection coefficient model of an air layer and a boundary layer dissipation model, to estimate the values of these parameters for tube measurements. This estimation is based on experimental measurements obtained in the empty impedance tube with a rigid termination. Analysis results demonstrate that this method is able to accurately estimate the dissipation coefficient, the sound speed, and the microphone positions for highly accurate tube measurements.
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