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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING EXAMINATION FOR (Semester 2 : 2010-2011) ME5106 ENGINEERING ACOUSTICS APR/MAY 2011 - Time Allowed: 2.5 Hours ___________________________________________________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. This examination paper contains FOUR (4) questions and comprises SEVEN (7) printed pages. Answer FOUR (4) questions. All questions carry equal marks. This is an OPEN BOOK EXAMINATION.

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Question 1 (a) Explain clearly in point form the differences between and Explain the main differences between (b) Noise Isolation Class (NIC) and Sound Transmission Class (STC). (5 marks) Laboratory testing of a partition is made based on the TL equation below :S TL = SPLS - SPLR + 10 log---A Define what is SPLS, SPLR, S and A. (5 marks) (c) A partition of 10sq. m area is tested in the Laboratory and the following values are achieved. Frequency 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 SPLS - SPLR 20 25 24 26 29 30 35 38 40 35 38 39 40 42 43 45 40 Absorption m2 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.2 Noise Reduction (NR) and Transmission Loss (TL).

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Using the attached TL Charts in pages 6 and 7, answer the following:(i) (ii) (iii) Based on ISO140, plot the Rw and chart and describe the result. Based on ASTM E336, plot the NIC chart. Compare (a) and (b) and describe the observed difference. (15 marks)

Question 2 (a) A large fan is operating at 1500rpm. (i) (ii) (iii) Calculate the forcing of the motor. If the fan has 5 blades, what is the blade pass frequency? (3 marks) (3 marks)

Explain using a graph with y-axis in frequency and x-axis in dB, what frequency peaks you would see. (9 marks)

(b)

If you need to isolate the fan with 4 spring isolators, to achieve an efficiency of isolation of 95%, you have to select a spring isolator frequency of a factor 12 times lower than the motor frequency. What is the spring static deflection you need to select? (i) (ii) Show the selection calculations. (5 marks)

Show schematic how you would install the isolators to the base frame of the fan. (5 marks)

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Question 3 A transmission suite consisting of two highly reverberant rooms is used to test the sound transmission loss of a partition as shown in Fig. 1.

Room 1

partition

Room 2

Source

Receiver

Fig. 1 The inner dimensions of both rooms are 5m x 5m x 5m and the average absorption coefficient of the inner surfaces of the rooms is 0.1 over the operating frequency range. The sound power level of the sound source located at the centre of room 1 from 125 Hz to 4000 Hz are as follows. Octave band (Hz) 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Sound power level (dB) 85 90 90 90 95 90

The transmission coefficients of the partition placed between the two rooms are tabulated below. Octave band (Hz) 125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 Transmission Coefficient () 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.007 0.005 0.005

What is the overall sound pressure level at the centre of room 2?

(25 marks)

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Question 4 (a) Define the following terms with sketches as appropriate. (b) Reflection coefficient Absorption coefficient and Noise Reduction Coefficient The relationship of the above two Noise Reduction Insertion Loss

(2 marks each)

The walls of a 5m(W) by 5m(L) by 3m(H) rectangular room have an average absorption coefficient of 0.1. The absorption coefficients for the ceiling and the floor are 0.5 and 0.2 respectively. What is the reverberation time of this room? How can you improve the accuracy of the computed RT? (10 marks) Determine the energy density and effective pressure of a plane wave in air of 70 dB intensity level. (5 marks)

(c)

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