The adaptive beam-tracing algorithm

Drumm, IA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8894-1475 and Lam, YW 2000, 'The adaptive beam-tracing algorithm' , The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), 107 (3) , pp. 1405-1412.

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Abstract

The most popular models to predict sound propagation in architectural spaces involve the tracing of rays, images, or beams. Most current beam-tracing methods use conical or triangular beams that may produce overlaps and holes in the predicted sound field. Hence a new method has been developed whereby the shape of reflected beams is governed by the shape of reflecting surfaces so as to produce a geometrically perfect description of the sound propagation for halls with occluding surfaces. The method also facilitates the calculation of diffuse sound propagation by managing the energy transfer from a specular model to a diffuse model. This adaptive beam-tracing method compares well with other methods in terms of speed and accuracy.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering
Journal or Publication Title:	The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
Publisher:	Acoustical Society of America
ISSN:	0001-4966
Related URLs:	Publication
Depositing User:	Dr I Drumm
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2019 08:55
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 03:14
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/53046

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