Validation of Bayesian design for broadband microslit panel absorbers using causal inference.

This paper discusses experimental validations of multilayer microslit panels (MSPs) designed via Bayesian inference to obtain both high sound absorption and wide bandwidth simultaneously. Microslit perforation in thin panels is similar to microperforated panels [Xiang, Fackler, Hou, and Schmitt (2022). J.

Bayesian estimations of dissipation, sound speed, and microphone positions in impedance tubes.

Sound speed, microphone positions, and tube wall dissipation are critical parameters for absorption and impedance measurements using the transfer-function method in an impedance tube. This work applies a Bayesian method, based on a reflection coefficient model of an air layer and a boundary layer dissipation model, to estimate the values of these parameters for tube measurements. This estimation is based on experimental measurements obtained in the empty impedance tube with a rigid termination.

Bayesian design of broadband multilayered microperforated panel absorbers.

In some noise control and architectural acoustics applications, nonfibrous, hygienic materials are desirable or even strictly required. In meeting such restrictive requirements, microperforated panel (MPP) sound absorbers represent a potential solution. Yet, they typically possess limited absorption bandwidth.

Bayesian acoustic analysis of multilayer porous media.

In many acoustical applications, porous materials may be stratified or physically anisotropic along their depth direction. In order to better understand the sound absorbing mechanisms of these porous media, the depth-dependent anisotropy can be approximated as a multilayer combination of finite-thickness porous materials with each layer being considered as isotropic. The uniqueness of this work is that it applies Bayesian probabilistic inference to determine the number of constituent layers in a multilayer porous specimen and macroscopic properties of their pores.

Spectral analysis of hearing protector impulsive insertion loss.

Objective: To characterise the performance of hearing protection devices (HPDs) in impulsive-noise conditions and to compare various protection metrics between impulsive and steady-state noise sources with different characteristics.

Design: HPDs were measured per the impulsive test methods of ANSI/ASA S12.42- 2010 .

Measurement of impulse peak insertion loss from two acoustic test fixtures and four hearing protector conditions with an acoustic shock tube.

Impulse peak insertion loss (IPIL) was studied with two acoustic test fixtures and four hearing protector conditions at the E-A-RCAL Laboratory. IPIL is the difference between the maximum estimated pressure for the open-ear condition and the maximum pressure measured when a hearing protector is placed on an acoustic test fixture (ATF). Two models of an ATF manufactured by the French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL) were evaluated with high-level acoustic impulses created by an acoustic shock tube at levels of 134 decibels (dB), 150 dB, and 168 dB.