Different sound decay patterns and energy feedback in coupled volumes
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011, 129 (4), pp. 1972 - 1980
- Issue Date:
- 2011-04-01
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Different non-exponential decays such as the concave and the convex double sloped decays in the coupled rooms provide distinct sound qualities. These are commonly considered to occur in the less reverberant sub-room and the more reverberant sub-room, respectively. However, numerical simulations and experiments in this paper show that the demarcation line is not located along the physical boundaries (e.g., the partition and the coupling aperture), but in the more reverberant sub-room. The sound field with the concave double sloped decay penetrates into the auxiliary sub-room to an extent which is influenced by the difference between the two natural reverberations of the sub-rooms. Furthermore the sound energy flows in different regions are investigated, demonstrating how energy feedback leads to the concave double sloped decay. © 2011 Acoustical Society of America.
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