Acoustic properties of permeable membranes

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Publication year 1994
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Title Acoustic properties of permeable membranes
Author Daiji TAKAHASHI,Kimihiro SAKAGAMI,Masayuki MORIMOTO
Summary Membranes used for building materials have a certain degree of acoustic permeability�EŒwhich has been disregarded in general membrane-vibration theory�EŒan d may cause serious effects especially on the acoustic properties. In this study�EŒa theory for sound absorption and sound transmission of a single permeable membrane is presented. Subsequently�EŒsound absorption of structures composed of air layers�EŒabsorptive layers and the facings of membranes is investigated theoretically�EŒand discussed in comparison with the experimental data measured by using the reverberation room method. The results are fairy in good agreement�EŒthen the present theory will give an effective tool for prediction of the acoustic properties of this type of membrane structures.