ASTM E1179-87(1998)
Historical Standard: ASTM E1179-87(1998) Standard Specification for Sound Sources Used for Testing Open Office Components and Systems
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ASTM E1179
1. Scope
1.1 This specification states the requirements for sound sources used for measuring the speech privacy between open offices or for measuring the laboratory performance of acoustical components (see Test Methods E1111 and E1130).
1.2 The sound source shall be a loudspeaker located in an enclosure driven with an appropriate test signal.
1.3 This specification describes the sound source and method of qualifying it using a special qualification signal. Test signals required by open office test methods may differ.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
C384 Test Method for Impedance and Absorption of Acoustical Materials by Impedance Tube Method
C634 Terminology Relating to Building and Environmental Acoustics
E1050 Test Method for Impedance and Absorption of Acoustical Materials Using a Tube, Two Microphones and a Digital Frequency Analysis System
E1111 Test Method for Measuring the Interzone Attenuation of Open Office Components
E1130 Test Method for Objective Measurement of Speech Privacy in Open Plan Spaces Using Articulation Index
ANSI Standards
S1.43 Specifications for Integrating-Averaging Sound Level MetersIEC Standards
Keywords
loudspeaker; open office; open office components; open office components and systems; sound; sound source directivity; sound sources
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 17.140.01 (Acoustic measurements and noise abatement in general)
DOI: 10.1520/E1179-87R98
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