Abstract

Insufficient diffuseness is the major cause of poor inter-laboratory reproducibility of acoustic measurements conducted in a reverberation chamber. Many previous studies have proposed new methods to quantify the diffuseness of a reverberation chamber more accurately, but there is no general agreement among researchers on the most reliable method. The number of measurement samples required for these diffuseness metrics is also unclear, even though it significantly impacts the robustness of the methods. This study, therefore, aims to quantify the diffuseness of a reverberation chamber by using the three widely used diffuseness metrics of spatial variation of sound pressure levels, the relative standard deviation of decay rates, and the degree of time-series fluctuations. The measurements were also carried out with fine resolution microphone positions and varied configurations of acoustic diffusers. With the measurement data, the minimum number of measurement samples to obtain an accurate diffuseness quantification was determined. It is shown that nine independent microphone positions are sufficient to provide the acceptable confidence interval for frequencies above 315 Hz for all three metrics. However, twenty or more microphone positions are needed for the same accuracy if lower frequencies are considered for the reverberation chamber under investigation.

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• Diffuseness quantification of a reverberation chamber and its uncertainty with fine-resolution measurements. (deposited 29 Nov 2021 16:23) [Currently Displayed]
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