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BS 7458-1:1991

Superseded

Superseded

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Test code for the measurement of airborne noise emitted by rotating electrical machinery Engineering method for free-field conditions over a reflecting plane

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-06-1991

Superseded date

15-04-2000

£166.00
Excluding VAT
Summarise this standard

Committees responsible
National foreword
Method
0. Introduction
1. Scope and field of application
2. References
3. Definition
4. Acoustic environment
5. Instrumentation
6. Installation and operation of the machine
7. Sound pressure levels on the measurement surface
8. Calculation of surface sound pressure level and
     sound power level
9. Information to be recorded
10. Information to be reported
Annexes
A. Qualification procedures for the acoustic
     environment
B. Procedures for calculating A-weighted sound power
     level from octave or one-third octave band power
     levels
C. Method for estimating the difference in noise
     level between no-load and on-load operations
Tables
1. Uncertainty in determining sound power levels for
     engineering measurements indoors or outdoors
2. Corrections for background sound pressure levels
3. Parameters for calculating A-weighted sound power
     level from octave band power levels
4. Parameters for calculating A-weighted sound power
     level from one-third octave band power levels
Figures
1. Procedure for fixing the measurement positions
     where a side of the measurement surface exceeds 3d
2. Example of a measurement surface and measurement
     positions (paths) for a small machine
3. Example of a measurement surface and measurement
     positions (paths) for a long machine
4. Example of a measurement surface and measurement
     positions (paths) for a large machine
5. Environmental correction, K, in decibels

Method, of engineering grade accuracy, of measuring sound pressure levels around a machine, of calculating band power levels and of determining the A-weighted sound power level.

Committee
EH/1
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
28
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 1680-1:1986 Identical
EN 21680-1 : 1991 Identical

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