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VDI 2714/2720

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
Immission Lr = Lw + K0 - Di - Ds - Dl - Dbm - Dd - Dg - De - Dlang - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
K0 correction for solid angle (dB)
Di directivity index of the sound source (dB)
Ds attenuation due to divergence (dB)
Dl atmospheric absorption index (dB)
Dbm attenuation due to meteorological and ground (dB)
Dd attenuation due to foliage (dB)
Dg attenuation by buildings (dB)
De attenuation due to screening (dB)
Dlang correction for long-term average level (dB)

ISO 9613 (1996) and ISO 9613 (2024)

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
Immission Lr = Lw + K0 - Di - Adiv - Aatm - Agr - Afol - Ahous - Abar - Cmet - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
l/a length L (m) or area A (m²), for point sources = 1
K0 directivity index (dB), equals to Domega in ISO 9613-2
- spectral ground attenuation: K0 entered on source dialog only
- non-spectral ground att.: entered K0 + Domega acc. equation (11) ISO (1996)
Di directivity correction (dB)
Adiv attenuation due to divergence (dB)
Aatm atmospheric absorption index (dB)
Agr attenuation due to ground absorption (dB)
Afol attenuation due to foliage (dB)
Ahous attenuation by buildings (dB)
Abar attenuation due to screening (dB)
Cmet meteorological correction for long-term average level (dB)

ÖAL 28

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
Immission Lr = Lw + DLphi + DLd + DLa + DLs + DLv + DLb + DLst - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
DLphi directivity correction (dB)
DLd attenuation due to divergence (dB)
DLa atmospheric absorption index (dB)
DLs attenuation due to screening (dB)
DLv attenuation due to foliage (dB)
DLb attenuation due to effects of the ground (dB)
DLst attenuation due to sound dispersion by buildings (dB)

DIN 18005 (1987)

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) + K0 [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
Immission Lr = Lw - DLs - DLz - DLg - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
K0 correction for solid angle (dB)
DLs attenuation due to divergence (dB)
DLz attenuation due to screening (dB)
DLg attenuation due to buildings and/or foliage (dB)

Nordic Pred. Method 1996

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) + K0 [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
Immission Lr = Lw + DLphi + DLd + DLa + DLg + DLs + DLv - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
K0 directivity index (dB)
DLphi directivity correction (dB)
DLd attenuation due to divergence (dB)
DLa atmospheric absorption index (dB)
DLg attenuation due to ground effects (dB)
DLs attenuation due to screening (dB)
DLv attenuation due to foliage (dB)

Nord 2000

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) + K0 [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
Immission LA,eq = Lw - Dgeo - Att - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
K0 directivity index (dB)
Dgeo attenuation due to divergence (dB)
Att total attenuation (dB)

Ljud fran windkraftwerk

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) + K0 [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
Immission Lr = Lw + DLd + DLa + DLg + DLs + DLv - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
K0 directivity index (dB)
DLphi directivity correction (dB)
DLd attenuation due to divergence (dB)
DLa atmospheric absorption index (dB)
DLg attenuation due to ground effects (dB)

BS 5228

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) + K0 [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
and K0 directivity index (dB)
Immission Lr = Lw + Kh’ + soft + screen - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
l/a length L (m) or area A (m²), for point sources = 1
Facade facade correction (dB)
Kh’ attenuation due to divergence, „distance adjustment“ (dB)
soft correction for soft ground (dB), G=1: soft = - 2 dB (d >= 25 m)
screen attenuation due to screening (dB)
dir. directivity correction (dB)

Harmonoise

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) + K0 [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
and K0 directivity index (dB)
Immission LA,eq = Lw + Dgeo - Att - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
Dgeo attenuation due to divergence (dB)
Att total attenuation (dB)
Ddir directivity correction (dB)

Concawe

Calculation:

Emission Lw = Lw_in + Dt + 10 lg (length or area) + K0 [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
Immission LA,eq = Lw + D - K1 - K2 - K3 - K4 - K5 - K6 - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level PWL / PWL‘ / PWL“ [dB(A)]
K0 directivity index (dB)
D directivity correction (dB)
K1 attenuation due to geometrical spreading (dB)
K2 attenuation due to atmospheric absorption (dB)
K3 attenuation due to ground effects (dB)
K4 attenuation due to meteorological effects (dB)
K5 attenuation due to source height effects (dB)
K6 attenuation due to barrier effects (dB)

NMPB-Ind-08

Calculation:

Emission Lw,i = LAwi + Dt 10 lg (length or area) [dB(A)]
with correction for operating time Dt = 10 lg (T/Tref) dB
and LAwi emission level in third-octave i [dB(A)],
Immission Lr,i = Lw + Adiv + Aatm + Asol(H/F) + Adif(H/F) - RL [dB(A)]

Parameters:

Lw sound power level per unit length LAwi / LAwi’ / LAwi“, in third-octave i [dB(A)]
Adiv attenuation due to divergence (dB)
Aatm atmospheric absorption index (dB)
AsolH ground attenuation for homogeneous conditions (dB)
AsolF ground attenuation for favorable conditions (dB)
AdifH attenuation due to diffraction for homogeneous conditions (dB
AdifF attenuation due to diffraction for favorable conditions (dB)

CNOSSOS-EU

see NMPB-Ind-08

Schall 03 (2014)

see ISO 9613-2

HJ 2.4 (2009)

see ISO 9613-2