7 Room Acoustics

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Room acoustics has been of interest since man first began to gather in

auditoriums and churches. There was little information about the technical

design of interior spaces for effective acoustic behavior until the beginning

of the 20th century when Wallace Clement Sabine (Sabine, 1922) made

extensive experimental studies of the acoustical properties of rooms, such

as the Boston Symphony Hall. He developed empirical relationships to

allow the designer to determine the amount of acoustic treatment required

to achieve the desired acoustic behavior of the room.

In this chapter, we will examine the techniques that may be used to

limit reverberation of sound in a room or to control the steady-state sound

level in a room. The design of acoustic enclosures and acoustic barriers will

also be considered.

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