Automotive Sound Quality - Powertrain, Road and Wind Noise
Automotive Sound Quality - Powertrain, Road and Wind Noise
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作者:
G. Cerrato
This is the second article in a series on the subject of sound and vibration quality. The first (May 2007) covered the sound and vibration quality target development process. This focuses on the automotive industry and specifically on sound quality issues in vehicles (vibration quality will be covered separately) related to powertrain, road and wind noise. The next article will discuss sound quality criteria for the remaining automotive components/ sub-systems [accessories, BSR (buzz, squeak & rattle), brake, static sounds]. I need to remind the readers that my goal is to provide a review of knowledge and techniques, well knowing that it will not be exhaustive and that I will miss a lot of things. I apologize in advance and I would like to ask readers to e-mail me with comments, questions and suggestions for the next articles in the series. This article provides a brief summary of objective parameters or metrics used for each sub-system/component in a vehicle. The description of the techniques used to derive either these metrics (signal processing) or their correlation to customer perception (jury studies) is outside the scope of this article. However, an extensive list of references is provided, where these methods are detailed (references are grouped by system and chronologically within each system). Finally, the article is limited to the sound inherent in a vehicle during its operation, so it does not address issues such as sound quality of car audio or active noise control systems.