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The Impact of Surface Scattering on Reverberation Time in Differently Shaped Spaces

Zhu, X; Kang, J; Ma, H; (2020) The Impact of Surface Scattering on Reverberation Time in Differently Shaped Spaces. Applied Sciences , 10 (14) , Article 4880. 10.3390/app10144880. Green open access

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Abstract

In terms of the overall diffusion sound field, the inherent diffusion state of the space and the scattering coefficient of indoor surfaces work jointly to diffuse sound energy. This study has investigated the impact of surface scattering on reverberation time in differently shaped spaces. First, 10 spaces with the same volume but different shapes were calculated using a computer simulation; Next, two typical spaces were selected to calculate 10 states, in which the volume was multiplied. The calculations results show that the impact of surface scattering on reverberation time in differently shaped spaces follows three laws: in a group of spaces with the same variation pattern, T20 varies with scattering coefficients at a similar rate. In a group of spaces with different variation patterns, there is a difference of more than 5% in the change rate of T20 with scattering coefficients; in imperfect diffusion spaces, decay curves vary in accordance with scattering coefficients. If the scattering coefficients are the same, T20 varies with spatial shapes; when the volume of rectangular spaces and trapezoidal space ranges from 3000 to 30,000 m3, the change rate of T20 is less than 5%. In the present study, spaces were classified by the position combination of shape surfaces. On this basis, we proposed and then graded the concept of “morphology diffusivity”.

Type: Article
Title: The Impact of Surface Scattering on Reverberation Time in Differently Shaped Spaces
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/app10144880
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10144880
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cite.
Keywords: scattering coefficient; T20; morphology diffusivity; critical scattering coefficient
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10106234
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