Description

Academic case: Quasi cubic room (5m x 4m x 3m) with diffuse reflection (100%) and 10% uniform surface absorption, with a single source at the room center (100dB per each frequency band) and a receiver at location (1,1,1).

What is tested?

Comparison between TCR/SPPS/MD simulations in order to verify the implementation of the atmospheric absorption according to ISO 9613-1, and , in particular, the effect of air absorption on reverberation time.

ISO 9613-1:1993 Preview  Acoustics -- Attenuation of sound during propagation outdoors -- Part 1: Calculation of the absorption of sound by the atmosphere

Description

Academic case: Quasi cubic room (8m x 10m x 9m) with specular reflection (no diffusion) and 10% uniform surface absorption, with a single source and 7 punctual receivers

What is tested?

Comparison between simulations and results from the NORMAL code described in [Yang, 2000].

[Yang, 2000] L.N. Yang, B.M. Shield, Development of ray tracing computer model for the prediction of the sound field in long enclosures, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 229, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-146, ISSN 0022-460X, dx.doi.org/10.1006/jsvi.1999.2477.

Description

Academic case: Cubic room (10m x 10m x 10m) with 100% diffuse reflection and 20% uniform surface absorption, with a single source at (3,3,3) and 3 lines of 9 punctual receivers along the 3 diagonals of the room.

What is tested?

Comparison between I-Simpa simulations (TCR, SPPS, MD) and data from the radiosity method, as described in [Kang, 2002]. This allows to validate the modelling of the diffuse reflection in SPPS, as well, the behavior of the MD/TCR codes in an ideal diffuse sound field.

[Kang, 2002] Kang, Jian. Acoustics of Long Spaces: theory and design guidance. Thomas Telford, 2002. www.thomastelford.com/books/bookshop_main.asp;

Description

Academic case: Cubic room (10m x 10m x 10m) with 100% diffuse reflection and 10% or 50% uniform surface absorption, with a single source at center and a line of 9 punctual receivers at locations (5,1:1:9,5).

What is tested?

Comparison between I-Simpa simulations (TCR, SPPS, MD) using the geometry described in [Valeau, 2006]. This allows to compare numerical results in an ideal geometry for creating a diffuse sound field.

[Valeau, 2006] Valeau, V., Picaut, J., Hodgson, M. , "On the use of a diffusion equation for room-acoustic prediction",  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 1504 (2006). doi.org/10.1121/1.2161433 

Description

Academic case: Long room (8m x 100m x 9m) with specular reflection (no diffusion) and 10% uniform surface absorption, with a single source and 6 punctual receivers.

What is tested?

Comparison between SPPS/TCR simulations and results from the NORMAL code described in [Yang, 2000].

[Yang, 2000] L.N. Yang, B.M. Shield, Development of ray tracing computer model for the prediction of the sound field in long enclosures, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 229, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-146, ISSN 0022-460X, dx.doi.org/10.1006/jsvi.1999.2477.

Description

Academic case: Long room (32m x 4m x 4m) with 100% diffuse reflection and 10% uniform surface absorption, with a single source at (2,2,2) and a line of 6 punctual receivers at locations (2,5:5:30,2).

What is tested?

Comparison between I-Simpa simulations (TCR, SPPS, MD) using the geometry described in [Valeau, 2006] and an external code (RAYSCAT). This allows to compare numerical results in a geometry that is not in agreement with the assumptions of a diffuse sound field.

[Valeau, 2006] Valeau, V., Picaut, J., Hodgson, M. , "On the use of a diffusion equation for room-acoustic prediction",  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 1504 (2006). doi.org/10.1121/1.2161433 

Description

Academic case: Low room (20m x 20m x 5m) with 100% diffuse reflection and non- uniform surface absorption 5% for all walls excepted at wall located at y=20m (absorption 50%), with a single source at (4,10,1) and two lines of 19 punctual receivers at locations at z=1m along x=4.5m (R1 to R19) and y=9.5m (R20 to R38) with a spatial step of 1m.

What is tested?

Comparison between I-Simpa simulations (TCR, SPPS, MD) using the geometry described in [Valeau, 2006]. This allows to compare numerical results in a geometry that is not in agreement with the assumptions of a diffuse sound field (a low room with non-uniform absorption).

[Valeau, 2006] Valeau, V., Picaut, J., Hodgson, M. , "On the use of a diffusion equation for room-acoustic prediction",  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 1504 (2006). doi.org/10.1121/1.2161433 

Description

Academic case: Low room (30m x 20m x 10m) with mixed reflection (varying scattering coefficient ) and non-uniform surface absorption, with a single source and 1 punctual receiver.

What is tested?

Comparison between SPPS and the results obtained using a hybrid method (image-sources and radiosity) as described in [Korany, 2001].

[Korany, 2001] N. Korany, J. Blauert, O. Abdel Alim, Acoustic simulation of rooms with boundaries of partially specular reflectivity, Applied Acoustics, Volume 62, Issue 7, July 2001, Pages 875-887, ISSN 0003-682X, dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0003-682X(00)00075-X.

Description

Academic case: Low room (30m x 20m x 10m) with perfeclty diffuse and reflecting surfaces, except the ground with a total absorption, with a single source and 1 punctual receiver.

What is tested?

Comparison between SPPS and the results obtained using a hybrid method (image-sources and radiosity) as described in [Korany, 2001], for a room with total ground absorption.

[Korany, 2001] N. Korany, J. Blauert, O. Abdel Alim, Acoustic simulation of rooms with boundaries of partially specular reflectivity, Applied Acoustics, Volume 62, Issue 7, July 2001, Pages 875-887, ISSN 0003-682X, dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0003-682X(00)00075-X.

Description

Low room (8m x 30m x 3.85m) with non-uniform absorption, with a single source, 7 receivers along a line and a reference receiver.

What is tested?

Comparison between SPPS and experimental data from [Ondet, 1989].

[Ondet, 1989] Ondet, A. M. , and Barbry, J. L. (1989). “ Modeling of sound propagation in fitted workshop using ray tracing,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85(2 ), 787–796. doi.org/10.1121/1.397551

Description

Industrial hall (8m x 30m x 3.85m) with non-uniform absorption, with a single source, 7 receivers along a line and a reference receiver. This simulation includes 3 configurations (B, C and D) with different size for the fitting zone (entire hall, left part, right part), each with specific fittings properties (mean free path and absorption).

What is tested?

Comparison between SPPS and experimental data from [Ondet, 1989].

[Ondet, 1989] Ondet, A. M. , and Barbry, J. L. (1989). “ Modeling of sound propagation in fitted workshop using ray tracing,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85(2 ), 787–796. doi.org/10.1121/1.397551

Description

Very large industrial hall (107m x 42m x 5m) with non-uniform absorption, multiple sound sources (5 configurations: 1 (C1), 12 (C2), 22 (C3), 7 (C4) and 30 (C5) sound sources), 30 receivers. This simulation includes 3 fitting zones, with the same diffusion properties.

What is tested?

Comparison between SPPS and experimental data from [Ondet, 1988]. Additional information concerning the experimentation are given in [Ondet, 1984].

[Ondet, 1988] A.M. Ondet, J.L. Barbry, Sound propagation in fitted rooms—comparison of different models, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 125, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 137-149, ISSN 0022-460X, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-460X

[Ondet, 1984] A.M. Ondet, J.L. Barbry, Prediction of noise levels in fitted rooms. Note Scientifique et Technique No. 52, INRS October 1984 (1984) (in French)

Description

Academic case: Comparison between SPPS and the classical theory of coupled rooms, for 2 cubic rooms (5m x 5m x 5m) [10% absorption, 100% diffusely reflecting] with or without a 1.8m² door (open, closed (no transmission) or R=10 dB) in a separation wall with an insertion loss R=10, 20, 30 dB

What is tested?

Comparison between SPPS and theoretical results from the classical theory of reverberation applied to coupled rooms.