For the Acosutics breadth of my thesis, various auralizations, or aural simulation were created to help demonstrate the subjctive results of various acoustical studies. Below, links to these auralizations are given, as well as a decription of what each auralization is simulating. For more information on the specific acoustic analysis, please see Chapter 4 of my Final Report, the Acsoutics breadth.

Simulations for Onsite Measurement Trip

From the onsite measurements, auralizations were made to simlulate the performance of the best and worst performing partitions for classroom in terms of thier apparent transmission loss. Below, first an auralization is provided of a speaker talking in the front of a classroom. Please use this file to roughly adjust the level of your computer speakers until it sound as if you are sitting in the rear of a moderaltely sized classroom, listening to a speaker talk.

Then, the two following auralizations are for a partition with a measured ASTC of 49 and a partitions with a measured ASTC of 38. These are the best and worst performing partitions that were measured during the Gaige Building measurements. The auralizaitons show what it would sound like in the current classroom if a speaker was talking in an adjacent classroom, next to the location of the receiver.

Click on the picture below to listen to a speaker talking if the front of the same classroom:

Click on the picture below to listen to a speaker talking in an adjacent classroom, with a partition between the classrooms having an ASTC of 49:

Click on the picture below to listen to a speaker talking in an adjacent classroom, with a partition between the classrooms having an ASTC of 38:

Simulations for Heat Pump Acosutic Analysis

Below are simulations for different heat pump locations within the Gaige Building. First, two auralizations are given demonstrating what it would sound like in two different receiver locations if a heat pump was located in the ceiling plenum above the classroom. Also, auralizations are created for the same two receiver locations if the heat pumps are placed in a small mechanical room adjacent to the classroom, simulated with the measured ASTC 49 wall performance data. You should roughly adjust the level of the auralization until the talker sounds to be at a reasonable level as if a speaker were speaking in front of a classroom. Below, a figure shows the receiver locations in the classroom, along with the lecturer or speaker's location.

Click on the picture below to listen to a speaker talking if the front of the same classroom with background noise from the heat pumps placed in the ceiling plenum, seated under the heat pump:

Click on the picture below to listen to a speaker talking if the front of the same classroom with background noise from the heat pumps placed in the ceiling plenum, seated away from the heat pump:

Click on the picture below to listen to a speaker talking if the front of the same classroom with background noise from the heat pumps placed an in small adjacent mechanical room, seated under the heat pump:

Click on the picture below to listen to a speaker talking if the front of the same classroom with background noise from the heat pumps placed an in small adjacent mechanical room, seated away from the heat pump: