SIST EN ISO 6926:2016

Acoustics - Requirements for the performance and calibration of reference sound sources used for the determination of sound power levels (ISO 6926:2016)

This International Standard specifies the acoustical performance requirements for reference sound
sources:
— temporal steadiness (stability) of the sound power output;
— spectral characteristics;
— directivity.
Temporal steadiness is defined in terms of the standard deviation of repeatability (see 5.2). The
spectral characteristics can be verified in either a hemi-anechoic room or a reverberation test room
from measurements of the frequency band sound power levels in accordance with this International
Standard (see 5.4). The performance requirements on directivity index can only be verified in a hemianechoic
room (see 5.5.)
This International Standard also specifies procedures for providing level calibration data and
uncertainty on a sound source intended for use as a reference sound source in terms of its sound power
level under reference meteorological conditions as defined in Clause 4 in octave and in one-third-octave
bands, and with frequency weighting A.
This International Standard is titled as a calibration standard even though the method is conducted in
a testing laboratory and the level calibration results are not directly traceable to national standards of
measure in a strict metrological sense. Testing laboratories performing this method are not expected
to meet all requirements normally associated with a calibration laboratory.
NOTE ISO/IEC 17025[15] specifies different requirements for the competence of testing laboratories and
calibration laboratories respectively. Laboratories testing reference sound sources in accordance with this
International Standard would typically comply with the requirements for testing laboratories but not necessarily
with those for calibration laboratories.
This International Standard specifies methods to calibrate reference sound sources not only in a
free field over a reflecting plane but also in reverberation test rooms at different distances from the
boundary surfaces. For the position of the reference sound source on one reflecting plane, the two
different test environments mentioned above are considered equivalent for frequency bands above or
equal to 200 Hz. At 160 Hz and below, some systematic differences can occur (see 11.2). For frequencies
below 100 Hz, an alternative calibration method using sound intensity is given.
The sound source can either be placed directly on the floor or mounted on a stand to be used at a
certain elevation above the floor. According to this International Standard, stand-mounted sources are
calibrated in reverberation test rooms. Floor-mounted sources are either calibrated in hemi-anechoic
or in reverberation test rooms. For floor-mounted sources in hemi-anechoic rooms, this International
Standard is valid only for sources whose maximum vertical dimension is less than 0,5 m and whose
maximum horizontal dimension is less than 0,8 m. According to this International Standard, only floormounted
reference sound sources can be used when carrying out measurements on a measurement
surface. For reference sound sources to be used or calibrated under reverberant conditions, no such
restrictions on maximum dimensions apply.

Akustik - Anforderungen an die Eigenschaften und die Kalibrierung von Vergleichsschallquellen für die Bestimmung von Schallleistungspegeln (ISO 6926:2016)

Diese Internationale Norm legt Anforderungen an die akustischen Eigenschaften von Vergleichsschallquellen fest:
   zeitliche Stabilität der abgestrahlten Schallleistung,
   Spektralverteilung,
   Richtcharakteristik.
Die zeitliche Stabilität ist als Wiederholstandardabweichung definiert (siehe 5.2). Die Spektral¬verteilung kann entweder in einem reflexionsarmen Halbraum oder in einem Hallraum auf der Grundlage von Messungen der Schallleistungspegel in Frequenzbändern nach dieser Internationalen Norm verifiziert werden (siehe 5.4). Die Anforderungen an das Richtwirkungsmaß können nur in einem reflexionsarmen Halbraum verifiziert werden (siehe 5.5).
In dieser Internationalen Norm sind außerdem Verfahren zur Bereitstellung von Daten zur Pegel¬kalibrierung und zur Bestimmung der Unsicherheit einer Schallquelle festgelegt, die hinsichtlich ihres Schallleistungs¬pegels unter den in Abschnitt 4 definierten meteorologischen Bezugsbedingungen in Oktav- und Terzbändern und mit der Frequenzbewertung A für den Einsatz als Vergleichsschallquelle vorgesehen ist.
Die vorliegende Internationale Norm wird als Kalibriernorm bezeichnet, obwohl das Verfahren in einem Prüflaboratorium (Prüfstand) durchgeführt wird und die Ergebnisse der Pegelkalibrierung nicht direkt im strengen messtechnischen Sinne auf nationale Messnormale rückführbar sind. Von den Prüf¬laboratorien, die dieses Verfahren durchführen, wird nicht erwartet, dass sie alle Anforderungen erfüllen, die üblicherweise an ein Kalibrierlaboratorium gestellt werden.
ANMERKUNG   ISO/IEC 17025 [15] legt verschiedene Anforderungen an die Kompetenz von Prüflaboratorien und Kalibrier¬laboratorien fest. Laboratorien, in denen Vergleichsschallquellen nach dieser Internationalen Norm geprüft werden, erfüllen typischerweise die Anforderungen an Prüflaboratorien, nicht jedoch notwendigerweise diejenigen an Kalibrierlaboratorien.
Diese Internationale Norm legt Verfahren für die Kalibrierung von Vergleichsschallquellen nicht nur im freien Feld über einer reflektierenden Ebene, sondern auch in Hallräumen bei verschiedenen Abständen zu den Begrenzungsflächen fest. Für die Position der Vergleichsschallquelle auf einer reflektierenden Ebene können die beiden vorstehend genannten Prüfumgebungen für Frequenzbänder ab mindestens 200 Hz als gleich¬wertig angesehen werden. Bei 160 Hz und darunter können gewisse systematische Unterschiede auftreten (siehe 11.2). Für Frequenzen unterhalb von 100 Hz ist ein alternatives Kalibrierverfahren unter Anwendung der Schallintensität angegeben.
Die Schallquelle kann entweder direkt auf dem Boden aufgestellt oder zur Verwendung in einer bestimmten Höhe über dem Boden an einem Ständer befestigt werden. Nach dieser Internationalen Norm werden an einem Ständer befestigte Schallquellen in Hallräumen kalibriert. Auf dem Boden aufgestellte Schallquellen werden entweder in reflexionsarmen Halbräumen oder in Hallräumen kalibriert. Bei auf dem Boden aufgestellten Schallquellen in reflexionsarmen Halbräumen gilt diese Internationale Norm nur für Schall¬quellen, deren größtes vertikales Maß weniger als 0,5 m und deren größtes horizontales Maß weniger als 0,8 m beträgt. Nach dieser Internationalen Norm können für Messungen auf einer Messfläche nur auf dem Boden aufgestellte Vergleichsschallquellen verwendet werden. Für Vergleichsschallquellen, die in Hallräumen verwendet oder kalibriert werden sollen, gelten die genannten Einschränkungen für die Höchstmaße nicht.

Acoustique - Prescriptions relatives aux performances et à l'étalonnage des sources sonores de référence pour la détermination des niveaux de puissance acoustique (ISO 6926:2016)

ISO 6926:2016 spécifie les exigences relatives aux performances acoustiques des sources sonores de référence:
-      stabilité dans le temps de la puissance acoustique émise;
-      caractéristiques spectrales;
-      directivité.
La stabilité dans le temps est définie en termes d'écart-type de répétabilité (voir 5.2). Les caractéristiques spectrales peuvent être vérifiées soit dans une salle semi-anéchoïque, soit dans une salle d'essai réverbérante, à partir du mesurage des niveaux de puissance acoustique par bande de fréquences conformément à la présente Norme internationale (voir 5.4). Les exigences de performance relatives à l'indice de directivité ne peuvent être vérifiées que dans une salle semi-anéchoïque (voir 5.5).
ISO 6926:2016 définit également des modes opératoires pour obtenir les données et l'incertitude de l'étalonnage des niveaux d'une source sonore destinée à être utilisée comme source sonore de référence, le résultat étant exprimé par un niveau de puissance acoustique par bandes d'octave et de tiers d'octave, et avec la pondération fréquentielle A, dans les conditions météorologiques de référence telles que définies à l'Article 4.
ISO 6926:2016 est appelée norme d'étalonnage bien que la méthode soit applicable dans un laboratoire d'essai et que les résultats de l'étalonnage des niveaux ne se rapportent pas directement à des normes nationales de mesure dans un sens métrologique strict. Il n'est pas attendu que les laboratoires d'essai appliquant cette méthode satisfassent à toutes les exigences normalement associées à un laboratoire d'étalonnage.
NOTE          L'ISO/IEC 17025[15] spécifie différentes exigences pour les compétences respectives des laboratoires d'essai et des laboratoires d'étalonnage. Les laboratoires qui soumettent à l'essai des sources sonores de référence conformément à la présente Norme internationale doivent normalement se conformer aux exigences des laboratoires d'essai, mais pas nécessairement à celles des laboratoires d'étalonnage.
ISO 6926:2016 spécifie des méthodes d'étalonnage pour les sources sonores de référence non seulement en champ libre au-dessus d'un plan réfléchissant, mais aussi dans des salles d'essais réverbérantes à diverses distances des surfaces délimitantes. Pour la position de la source sonore de référence au-dessus d'un plan réfléchissant unique, les deux environnements d'essai différents mentionnés ci-dessus sont considérés comme équivalents pour les bandes de fréquences supérieures ou égales à 200 Hz. À 160 Hz et au-dessous, des écarts systématiques peuvent exister (voir 11.2). Pour les fréquences inférieures à 100 Hz, une autre méthode d'étalonnage utilisant l'intensité acoustique est donnée.
La source sonore peut être conçue spécifiquement soit pour être posée directement sur le sol, soit pour être montée sur un support afin d'être utilisée à une certaine distance du sol. Conformément à la présente Norme internationale, les sources montées sur un support sont étalonnées dans des salles d'essai réverbérantes. Les sources au sol sont étalonnées dans des salles d'essai semi-anéchoïques ou réverbérantes. Pour des sources au sol en salles semi-anéchoïques, la présente Norme internationale s'applique uniquement aux sources dont la dimension verticale maximale est inférieure à 0,5 m et dont la dimension horizontale maximale est inférieure à 0,8 m. Conformément à la présente Norme internationale, seules les sources sonores de référence posées au sol peuvent être utilisées pour eff

Akustika - Zahteve za lastnosti in umerjanje referenčnih virov zvoka pri ugotavljanju ravni zvočnih moči (ISO 6926:2016)

Ta mednarodni standard določa zahteve glede akustičnih lastnosti za referenčne vire zvoka:
– časovna stalnost (stabilnost) izhoda zvočne moči;
– spektralne značilnosti;
– usmerjenost.
Časovna stalnost je določena v smislu standardnega odklona ponovljivosti (glej točko 5.2). Spektralne značilnosti je mogoče potrditi v polgluhem prostoru ali v prostoru za preizkus odmevov iz meritev ravni zvočne moči v frekvenčnem pasu skladno s tem mednarodnim standardom (glej točko 5.4). Zahteve glede lastnosti v zvezi z indeksom usmerjenosti je mogoče potrditi le v polgluhem prostoru (glej točko 5.5).
Ta mednarodni standard določa tudi postopke za zagotavljanje podatkov za umerjanje ravni in negotovosti pri zvočnem viru, namenjenem za uporabo kot referenčni zvočni vir v smislu njegove ravni zvočne moči pod referenčnimi meteorološkimi pogoji, kot je določeno v točki 4 za oktavne in terčne pasove ter s frekvenčnim vrednotenjem A.
Ta mednarodni standard je poimenovan kot standard umerjanja, čeprav je metoda izvedena v laboratoriju za preskušanje in iz rezultatov umerjanja ravni ni mogoče neposredno ugotoviti državnih standardov mere v strogem meroslovnem smislu. Od laboratorijev za preskušanje, ki uporabljajo to metodo, se ne pričakuje izpolnjevanje vseh zahtev, ki so običajno povezane z laboratoriji za umerjanje.
OPOMBA: Standard ISO/IEC 17025[15] določa različne zahteve za usposobljenost laboratorijev za preskušanje in umerjanje. Laboratoriji, kjer se preskušajo referenčni viri zvoka v skladu s tem mednarodnim standardom, so običajno skladni z zahtevami za laboratorije za preskušanje, ne pa nujno z zahtevami za laboratorije za umerjanje.
Ta mednarodni standard določa metode za umerjanje referenčnih virov zvoka ne le v prostem polju nad odsevno ravnino, temveč tudi v prostorih za preskus odmevov pri različnih razdaljah od mejnih površin. Za položaj referenčnega vira zvoka na eni odsevni ravnini se zgoraj omenjeni različni okolji preskusa štejeta kot enakovredni pri frekvenčnih pasovih 200 Hz ali višjih. Pri 160 Hz in nižjih vrednostih je mogoče, da pride do nekaterih sistemskih razlik (glej točko 11.2). Za frekvence pod 100 Hz je na voljo drugačna metoda umerjanja z intenzivnostjo zvoka.
Zvočni vir je mogoče postaviti neposredno na tla ali na stojalo, ki se uporablja na določeni višini. Po tem mednarodnem standardu se viri na stojalu umerjajo v prostorih za preskus odmevov. Viri na tleh se umerjajo v polgluhih prostorih ali prostorih za preskus odmevov. Pri talnih virih v polgluhih prostorih ta mednarodni standard velja le za vire, katerih največja navpična dolžina je manjša od 0,5 m, največja vodoravna dolžina pa manjša od 0,8 m. Po tem mednarodnem standardu je mogoče pri izvajanju meritev na površini za merjenje uporabljati le talne referenčne vire zvoka. Za referenčne vire zvoka, ki se bodo uporabljali ali umerjali v prostoru, kjer je prisoten odmev, takšne omejitve ali največje dolžine ne veljajo.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 29-Apr-2014
• Publication Date: 13-Mar-2016
• ICS: 17.140.01 - Acoustic measurements and noise abatement in general
• Technical Committee: AKU - Acoustics
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 22-Feb-2016
• Due Date: 28-Apr-2016
• Completion Date: 14-Mar-2016
• Directive: 89/106/EEC - Construction products
• Ref Project: EN ISO 6926:2016 - Acoustics - Requirements for the performance and calibration of reference sound sources used for the determination of sound power levels (ISO 6926:2016)

Relations

• Amended By: SIST EN ISO 6926:2016/A1:2021 - Acoustics - Requirements for the performance and calibration of reference sound sources used for the determination of sound power levels - Amendment 1 (ISO 6926:2016/Amd 1:2020)
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2021
• Replaces: SIST EN ISO 6926:2002 - Acoustics - Requirements for the performance and calibration of reference sound sources used for the determination of sound power levels (ISO 6926:2000)
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2016

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NORME EUROPÉENNE

February 2016
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 17.140.01 Supersedes EN ISO 6926:2001
English Version

Acoustics - Requirements for the performance and
calibration of reference sound sources used for the
determination of sound power levels (ISO 6926:2016)
Acoustique - Prescriptions relatives aux performances Akustik - Anforderungen an die Eigenschaften und die
et à l'étalonnage des sources sonores de référence pour Kalibrierung von Vergleichsschallquellen für die
la détermination des niveaux de puissance acoustique Bestimmung von Schallleistungspegeln (ISO
(ISO 6926:2016) 6926:2016)
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European foreword
This document (EN ISO 6926:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 43 “Acoustics”
in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 211 “Acoustics” the secretariat of which is held by
DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2016, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by August 2016.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 6926:2001.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 6926:2016 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 6926:2016 without any modification.


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INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 6926
Third edition
2016-01-15
Acoustics — Requirements for the
performance and calibration of
reference sound sources used for the
determination of sound power levels
Acoustique — Prescriptions relatives aux performances et à
l’étalonnage des sources sonores de référence pour la détermination
des niveaux de puissance acoustique
Reference number
ISO 6926:2016(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Reference meteorological conditions . 4
5 Performance requirements . 5
5.1 General . 5
5.2 Temporal steadiness (stability) of sound power output . . 5
5.3 Total broadband sound power level . 5
5.4 Spectral characteristics. 5
5.5 Directivity . 6
5.6 Recalibration . 6
6 Instrumentation . 7
6.1 General . 7
6.2 Microphone in a hemi-anechoic room . 7
6.3 Microphone in a reverberation test room . 7
6.4 Microphone frequency response correction . 7
6.5 Verification . 8
6.6 Microphone calibration check . 8
7 Installation and operation of the reference sound source during calibration .8
7.1 General . 8
7.2 Requirements in hemi-anechoic rooms . 9
7.3 Requirements in reverberation rooms . 9
8 Calibration procedure in hemi-anechoic rooms . 9
8.1 Test environment . 9
8.2 Microphone positions . 9
8.2.1 General. 9
8.2.2 Meridional paths . 9
8.2.3 Spiral path. 9
8.2.4 Fixed point array . 9
8.2.5 Coaxial circular paths . 9
8.3 Measurements .10
8.3.1 General.10
8.3.2 Directivity index .10
8.3.3 Temporal steadiness .10
8.4 Calculations .11
9 Calibration procedure in reverberation test rooms .12
9.1 Test environment .12
9.2 Microphone positions .12
9.3 Measurements .12
9.3.1 General.12
9.3.2 Temporal steadiness .13
9.4 Calculations .13
10 Alternative calibration procedure at low frequencies .13
11 Measurement uncertainty .13
11.1 General .13
11.2 Typical values of the reproducibility standard deviation .14
12 Information to be recorded .15
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Annex A (informative) Guidance on the determination of C .16
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Annex B (normative) Alternative calibration procedure at low frequencies .18
Bibliography .19
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Foreword
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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 43, Acoustics, Subcommittee SC 1, Noise.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 6926:1999), which has been technically
revised with the following changes:
— the clause on measurement uncertainty has been updated with stricter reference to
ISO/IEC Guide 98-3 and moved backwards in the standard to be more in line with ISO 3745;
— the corrections for meteorological conditions have been brought in line with ISO 3745 and a new
Annex A on the acoustic radiation impedance correction has been introduced;
— an alternative method using sound intensity for low frequency calibration in hemi-anechoic rooms
not fully qualified for low frequencies has been introduced in a new Annex B.
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Introduction
Reference sound sources are used extensively in “comparison methods” for determining the noise
emissions of physically stationary sound sources. A reference sound source, of known sound power
output, is used to establish the numerical relationship between the sound power level of a source, in a
given location in a given acoustic environment and the space- and time-averaged sound pressure level
at a set of microphone positions. Once that relationship is established, it is straightforward to measure
the average sound pressure level produced by an “unknown source” and to determine the sound power
level produced by that source.
This International Standard defines the important physical and performance characteristics of
reference sound sources and specifies procedures for their calibration, primarily to determine the
sound power level of other sound sources.
This International Standard supplements a group or family of International Standards, the ISO 3740
group, which describes various methods for determining the sound power levels of machines
and equipment. This group of International Standards specifies the acoustical requirements for
measurements that are appropriate for different test environments.
Five International Standards in the ISO 3740 group include procedures in which a reference sound
source is used: ISO 3741, ISO 3743-1, ISO 3744, ISO 3746 and ISO 3747. ISO 3740 gives guidelines for the
use of all the International Standards in the group.
Note that the sound power output of reference sound sources will vary, in particular at low frequencies,
with the distance from the source to nearby reflecting planes. Sound power data of reference sound
sources are thus valid only for the position used during the calibration.
In addition to being useful for determining sound power levels by the comparison method, reference
sound sources can be used for qualification tests on an acoustic environment and to estimate the
influence of an acoustic environment on the sound pressure levels produced by one or more sound
sources located in that environment. Examples of International Standards referring to reference sound
sources with these applications are ISO/TR 11690-3 and ISO 14257. Requirements other than those of
this International Standard can be applicable in these cases.
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Acoustics — Requirements for the performance and
calibration of reference sound sources used for the
determination of sound power levels
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies the acoustical performance requirements for reference sound
sources:
— temporal steadiness (stability) of the sound power output;
— spectral characteristics;
— directivity.
Temporal steadiness is defined in terms of the standard deviation of repeatability (see 5.2). The
spectral characteristics can be verified in either a hemi-anechoic room or a reverberation test room
from measurements of the frequency band sound power levels in accordance with this International
Standard (see 5.4). The performance requirements on directivity index can only be verified in a hemi-
anechoic room (see 5.5.)
This International Standard also specifies procedures for providing level calibration data and
uncertainty on a sound source intended for use as a reference sound source in terms of its sound power
level under reference meteorological conditions as defined in Clause 4 in octave and in one-third-octave
bands, and with frequency weighting A.
This International Standard is titled as a calibration standard even though the method is conducted in
a testing laboratory and the level calibration results are not directly traceable to national standards of
measure in a strict metrological sense. Testing laboratories performing this method are not expected
to meet all requirements normally associated with a calibration laboratory.
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NOTE ISO/IEC 17025 specifies different requirements for the competence of testing laboratories and
calibration laboratories respectively. Laboratories testing reference sound sources in accordance with this
International Standard would typically comply with the requirements for testing laboratories but not necessarily
with those for calibration laboratories.
This International Standard specifies methods to calibrate reference sound sources not only in a
free field over a reflecting plane but also in reverberation test rooms at different distances from the
boundary surfaces. For the position of the reference sound source on one reflecting plane, the two
different test environments mentioned above are considered equivalent for frequency bands above or
equal to 200 Hz. At 160 Hz and below, some systematic differences can occur (see 11.2). For frequencies
below 100 Hz, an alternative calibration method using sound intensity is given.
The sound source can either be placed directly on the floor or mounted on a stand to be used at a
certain elevation above the floor. According to this International Standard, stand-mounted sources are
calibrated in reverberation test rooms. Floor-mounted sources are either calibrated in hemi-anechoic
or in reverberation test rooms. For floor-mounted sources in hemi-anechoic rooms, this International
Standard is valid only for sources whose maximum vertical dimension is less than 0,5 m and whose
maximum horizontal dimension is less than 0,8 m. According to this International Standard, only floor-
mounted reference sound sources can be used when carrying out measurements on a measurement
surface. For reference sound sources to be used or calibrated under reverberant conditions, no such
restrictions on maximum dimensions apply.
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2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 3741:2010, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources
using sound pressure — Precision methods for reverberation test rooms
ISO 3744:2010, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources
using sound pressure — Engineering methods for an essentially free field over a reflecting plane
ISO 3745:2012, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources
using sound pressure — Precision methods for anechoic rooms and hemi-anechoic rooms
ISO 9613-1:1993, Acoustics — Attenuation of sound during propagation outdoors — Part 1: Calculation of
the absorption of sound by the atmosphere
ISO 9614-3, Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound intensity —
Part 3: Precision method for measurement by scanning
IEC 60942:2003, Electroacoustics — Sound calibrators
IEC 61094-1, Measurement microphones — Part 1: Specifications for laboratory standard microphones
IEC 61094-4, Measurement microphones — Part 4: Specifications for working standard microphones
IEC 61183, Electroacoustics — Random-incidence and diffuse-field calibration of sound level meters
IEC 61260-1, Electroacoustics — Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters — Part 1: Specifications
IEC 61672-1, Electroacoustics — Sound level meters — Part 1: Specifications
IEC 61672-3:2013, Electroacoustics — Sound level meters — Part 3: Periodic tests
IEC 62585, Electroacoustics — Methods to determine corrections to obtain the free-field response of a
sound level meter
ISO/IEC Guide 98-3, Uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in
measurement (GUM:1995)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
reference sound source
RSS
portable, generally electroacoustical or aerodynamic sound source or other noise-generating device,
and associated control circuitry giving a broadband stable output complying with the requirements of
this International Standard
3.2
free sound field over a reflecting plane
sound field in a homogeneous, isotropic medium in the half-space above an infinite, reflecting plane in
the absence of other reflecting obstacles
3.3
hemi-anechoic room
test room in which a free sound field over a reflecting plane is obtained
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3.4
reverberation test room
test room meeting the requirements of ISO 3741
3.5
measurement surface
hypothetical surface of area, S, on which the microphone positions are located at which the sound
pressure levels are measured, enveloping the source under test and, in the case of a hemi-anechoic
room, terminating on the reflecting plane on which the source is located
Note 1 to entry: The measurement surface area is expressed in metres squared.
3.6
surface sound pressure level
L
p
energy-average of the time-averaged sound pressure levels at all the microphone positions, or traverses,
on the measurement surface, with the background noise corrections, K , applied at each microphone
1
position or traverse
Note 1 to entry: Surface sound pressure level is expressed in decibels.
Note 2 to entry: For definition and calculation of K , see ISO 3745.
1
3.7
sound power level
L
W
ten times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the sound power of a source, P, to a reference value,
P , expressed in decibels
0
P
L =10lg dB
W
P
0
where the reference value, P , is 1 pW
0
Note 1 to entry: If a specific frequency weighting as specified in IEC 61672–1, and/or specific frequency bands are
applied, this should be indicated by appropriate subscripts; e.g. L denotes the A-weighted sound power level.
WA
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Note 2 to entry: This definition is technically in accordance with ISO 80000-8:2007, 8-23.
[SOURCE: ISO/TR 25417:2007, 2.9]
3.8
measurement radius
r
radius of a hemi-spherical measurement surface
3.9
directivity index
D
Ii
measure of the extent to which a source radi
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