Sound power estimation method based on dual arrays sound intensity scaling and sound pressure superposition

Abstract

The sound intensity scaling method can be used to calculate the source sound power from the array beamforming results. The distance between the sound source and the array and the environmental noise during the test process will affect the accuracy of the sound source intensity measurement. A sound power level solution method for sound intensity scaling suitable for complex environments is verified in this paper. The depth of the sound source is determined by dual arrays. The sound wave propagation and superposition characteristics are used to establish an optimized objective function, to optimize the strength of the target sound source and remove the noise components. Finally, the sound power level of the sound sources after noise reductions are calculated by the sound intensity scaling method. In the semi-anechoic room, white noise signal and impact signal are used as interference noise in the experiments. The results show that this method can effectively reduce the noise of the signal in the noisy environment and improve the calculation accuracy of the sound power level of the sound source. The error of the sound power level calculation results under the influence of white noise and impact noise has been greatly reduced after optimization. The calculation error of sound power level decreased from 3.2 dB–12.2 dB to 0.2 dB–5dB.