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BS 4196-7:1988

Superseded

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Sound power levels of noise sources Survey method for determination of sound power levels of noise sources using a reference sound source

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-09-2000

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-12-1988

National foreword
Committees responsible
Method
0.1 Related International Standards
0.2 Synopsis of ISO 3747
0.3 Introduction
1 Scope and field of application
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Acoustic environment
5 Instrumentation
6 Installation and operation of sources
7 Sound pressure levels on measurement surface
8 Calculation of sound power level
9 Information to be recorded
10 Information to be reported
Tables
1 International Standards specifying various methods
     for determining the sound power levels of machines
     and equipment
2 Uncertainty in determining A-weighted sound power
     level by the survey method
3 Corrections for background sound pressure levels
4 A-weighting constant
Figures
1 Typical cases for five-sided measurement surface
2 Typical cases for four-sided measurement surface
3 Typical case for three-sided measurement surface
4 Typical cases for two-sided measurement surface
5 Typical case for one-sided measurement surface
6 Key and additional microphone positions for four-
     sided measurement surface
7 Key and additional microphone positions for three-
     sided measurement surface
8 Key and additional microphone positions for two-
     sided measurement surface
9 Key and additional microphone positions for one-
     sided measurement surface
10 Key and additional microphone positions for five-
     sided measurement surface
11 Key position of the reference sound source when
     I3 < or = 1,5 d
12 Key positions of the references sound source when
     I3 > 1,5 d
13 Example of reference sound source positions with
     long source under test (3d < I1 < or = 6d)
14 Example of reference sound source positions with
     flat, broad, long source under test
     (2d < I2 < or = 3d)
15 Example of reference sound source positions with
     long source under test (3d < I1 < or = 6d) when
     I3 > or = 1,5 d (high source under test)

Useful for equipment that cannot be removed for acoustical testing.

Committee
EH/1
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
26
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 3747:2010 Identical

BS 7025:1988 Method for preparation of test codes of engineering grade for measurement at the operator\'s or bystander\'s position of noise emitted by machinery

ISO 3742:1988 Acoustics — Determination of sound power levels of noise sources — Precision methods for discrete-frequency and narrow-band sources in reverberation rooms
ISO 2204:1979 Acoustics Guide to International Standards on the measurement of airborne acoustical noise and evaluation of its effects on human beings
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 354:2003 Acoustics — Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room
ISO 266:1997 Acoustics — Preferred frequencies
ISO 3740:2000 Acoustics Determination of sound power levels of noise sources Guidelines for the use of basic standards
ISO 3746:2010 Acoustics Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure Survey method using an enveloping measurement surface over a reflecting plane
IEC 60225:1966 Octave, half-octave and third-octave band filters intended for the analysis of sounds and vibrations
ISO 6926:2016 Acoustics Requirements for the performance and calibration of reference sound sources used for the determination of sound power levels
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 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
IEC 60651:1979+AMD1:1993+AMD2:2000 CSV Sound level meters
IEC 60804:2000 Integrating-averaging sound level meters

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