Tones rising from noise. A study of the detactability of ramped tones masked by noise.

dc.contributor.authorMagill, Michael
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för bygg- och miljöteknik, Teknisk akustiksv
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers University of Technology / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Applied Acousticsen
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T11:55:27Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T11:55:27Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractFan noise from personal computers is, for many, a constant presence. It would be a beneficial development if they were less obtrusive and hardly noticeable. With this in mind, a psychoacoustic listening test was conducted with the goal of determining the limen of detection for a tone ramping like a computer fan increasing its speed to full power. The results of this test indicate that, in the tested octave, a change rate of ΔLp / Δt ≈ 0.17 dB/s and Δf / Δt ≈ 2.9 Hz/s and lower are detected at approximately the same point in the ramp. An additional test was conducted as an investigation into the threshold of audibility for hearing the tonal component of a fan in its normal running mode where the only background noise is the computer. This threshold was found to be Lp ≈ 1.5 dB louder than the background noise.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/11447
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesExamensarbete - Institutionen för bygg- och miljöteknik, Chalmers tekniska högskola : 2005:118
dc.setspec.uppsokTechnology
dc.subjectAnnan samhällsbyggnadsteknik
dc.subjectOther Civil Engineering
dc.titleTones rising from noise. A study of the detactability of ramped tones masked by noise.
dc.type.degreeExamensarbete för masterexamensv
dc.type.degreeMaster Thesisen
dc.type.uppsokH
local.programmeSound and vibration (MPSOV), MSc
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