Comparative results for Room 10 of Round Robin 4 obtained by the software RAIOS 7

Authors

  • Roberto A. Tenenbaum Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Filipe Otsuka Taminato Laboratório de Instrumentação em Dinâmica, Acústica e Vibrações – LIDAV, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Modelagem Computacional, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Viviane S. G. Melo Engenharia Acústica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55753/aev.v33e50.85

Keywords:

computational code RAIOS 7, Round Robin 4, room impulse responses, room acoustics simulation, room acoustics quality parameters

Abstract

This paper describes and analyzes a small portion of the results obtained by the RAIOS 7 room acoustics numerical simulation software in the first international intercomparison of simulation software, with auralization called Round Robin 4 (RR4). This was the most complete international intercomparison, promoted and organized by two German universities, and nine rooms, totaling 25 different configurations were given for simulation This paper shows the general structure of RR4, presents the current version of the software and discusses the monaural results obtained by RAIOS 7 code, compared to the measurement data made by the RR4 team, for five source-microphone pairs in the room called Scene 10, in the form of some acoustic quality parameters, namely: T20, EDT, C80 and D50 by octave bands. The results evidence that there are deviations from the measured values in all parameters for the five positions, especially at low frequencies. Then, for one source-microphone pair, the deviations with respect to the measured values of the other software participating in RR4 are presented. It is shown that the observed deviations obtained by RAIOS 7 code are in the lower third of the deviations of the other room acoustics simulation software.

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Capa - Resultados comparativos para a Sala 10 do Round Robin 4 obtidos pelo código computacional RAIOS 7 (Acústica e Vibrações 50)

Published

2018-12-28

How to Cite

A. TENENBAUM, R. .; OTSUKA TAMINATO, F.; S. G. MELO, V. Comparative results for Room 10 of Round Robin 4 obtained by the software RAIOS 7. Acoustics and Vibrations (Acústica e Vibrações), [S. l.], v. 33, n. 50, p. 39–52, 2018. DOI: 10.55753/aev.v33e50.85. Disponível em: https://acustica.emnuvens.com.br/acustica/article/view/aev50_raios. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.

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