NOTE 1 The aim of laboratory measurement in measuring the sound power level of exhaust noise is accuracy grade 2 (engineering method) result. When the correction for background noise and/or the environment conditions and/or the location of exhaust outlets cannot meet the requirements of the engineering method of this International Standard, then accuracy grade 3 (survey method) result is obtained. The aim of site measurement in measuring the sound power level of exhaust noise in this International Standard is accuracy grade 3 (survey method) result.
NOTE 2 Throughout the text, exhaust silencer is referred to as silencer and reciprocating internal combustion engine as engine.
NOTE 1 The standard deviations listed in 1.1 are associated with the test conditions and procedures defined in this International Standard and not with the noise source itself, including variations of installation and/or operation conditions. They arise in part from variations between measurement laboratories, changes in atmospheric conditions if outdoors, the geometry of the test room or outdoor environment, the acoustical properties of the reflecting plane, absorption at the test room boundaries if indoors, background noise, and the type and calibration of instrumentation. They are also due to variations in experimental techniques, including the size and shape of the measurement surface, measurement distances, number and location of microphone positions, sound source location, determination of environmental corrections, if any, and integration time. The standard deviations are also affected by errors associated with measurements taken in the near field of the source. Such errors depend upon the nature of the sound source, but generally increase for smaller measurement distances and lower frequencies (below 250 Hz).
NOTE 2 If several laboratories use similar facilities and instrumentation, the results of sound power determinations on a given source in those laboratories may be in better agreement than would be implied by the standard deviations of 1.1.
NOTE 3 For a family of silencers, of similar size with similar sound power spectra and similar operating conditions, the standard deviations of reproducibility may be smaller than the values given in 1.1.
NOTE 4 The standard deviations of reproducibility, as listed in 1.1, include the uncertainty associated with repeated measurements on the same noise source under the same conditions (for standard deviations of reproducibility). This uncertainty is usually much smaller than the uncertainty associated with interlaboratory variability.
NOTE 5 The procedures of this International Standard and the standard deviations given in 1.1 are applicable to measurements on an individual silencer.
NOTE 6 For a normal distribution of sound power levels, there is 90 % confidence that the probability of acceptance is 95 % and a 95 % confidence that the probability of acceptance is 97,5 %.
ISO 15619:2013