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Technical Report: What is a Sound Level Meter? 17

References/materials

Please refer to the following list of standards and literature related to noise measurement and sound level meters.

Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)

  • C 1509-1:2005 "Sound level meter (noise meter) - Part 1: Specifications"

  • C 1502:1990 "Standard Sound Level Meter" (Old Standard)

  • C 1505:1988 "Precision Sound Level Meter" (Old Standard)

  • C 1513:2002 "Octave and 1/3 Octave Analyzers for Acoustics and Vibrations"

  • C 1514:2002 "Octave and 1/N Octave Band Filters"

  • C 1515:2004 “Sound calibrator”

  • C 5502-1991 "Microphone"

  • C 5515-1981 "Standard Condenser Microphone"

  • Z 8106:2000 "Acoustic terminology"

  • Z 8731:1999 "Methods for Displaying and Measuring Environmental Noise"

  • Z 8733:2000 "Method for measuring the acoustic power level of a noise source using the sound pressure method - A practical measurement method in a quasi-free sound field on a reflective surface"

  • Z 8737-1:2000 "Method for measuring the radiated sound pressure level of mechanical noise at the work position and other designated positions - Part 1: Practical measurement method in a quasi-free sound field of a reflecting surface"

  • X 7778:2001 "Displayed Noise Emission Values for Information Technology Equipment"

  • X 7779:2001 "Measurement of airborne noise radiated from information technology devices"

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards

  • 60942 "Sound calibrators"

  • 61043 "Electroacoustics - Instruments for the measurement of sound intensity – Measurements with pairs of pressure sensing microphones" (Acoustic intensity measuring instrument: Measurement using paired sound pressure microphones)

  • 61094-1 "Measurement microphones - Part 1: Specifications for laboratory standard microphones"
    (Measurement Microphones - Part 1: Specifications of Laboratory Standard Microphones)

  • 61260 "Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters"
    (Octave and 1/N octave band filters)

  • 61672-1 “Sound level meters – Part 1: Specification”

References

  1. Morita, Sakae: New Edition: Noise and Noise Prevention, Ohmsha

  2. Junichi Saneyoshi: Electroacoustic Engineering, Corona Publishing Co.

  3. Acoustical Society of Japan (ed.): Noise and Vibration (Vol. 1), Corona Publishing Co., Ltd.

  4. Japan Industrial Pollution Prevention Association: Pollution Prevention Technology and Regulations (Noise)

  5. LE Kinsler and AR Frey: Fundamental of acoustics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

  6. PM Morse: Vibration and sound, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.

  7. Ono Sokki Sound Level Meter Technical Notes (LA-200 series, LA-1200 series, LA-5000 series)

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