Abstract

To improve the comfort of the domestic environment, the acoustic performances of home appliances need to be optimised. During the product development stages, manufacturers typically carry out acoustic measurements to validate design strategies and to perform troubleshooting. Moreover, several experimental techniques can be used depending on the target of the analyses. In this paper, the sound field radiated by an operating washing machine is investigated. A combined acoustic testing is carried out by means of a sound intensity probe and a microphone array. The details on the tests' execution and the data processing are presented. The experimental results are discussed, providing a synthesis of the two sets of measurements.

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