SV 977D User Manual - Appendixes
APPENDIX D. DEFINITIONS AND FORMULAE OF MEASURED VALUES
D.1.1 Basic terms and definitions (SLM mode)
current time period of the measurement in seconds.
last second of the measurement.
exposure time in seconds (time period during which a person is exposed to the action of
noise). This parameter can be set in the Exposure Time setup (Measurement menu). The
available values are from 1 minute to 12 hours with 1-minute step.
time period equal to 8 hours (28 800 seconds).
exponential time constant in seconds for the given time-weighting. Three time constant are
available: Slow (1000 ms), Fast (125 ms), Impulse (35 ms, but on falling values a longer
time constant of 1500 ms is applied).
Frequency-weighting filter (A, C, B, Z, U, AU or LF).
instantaneous frequency-weighted sound pressure with the weighting filter W. Sound
pressure is expressed in pascals (Pa).
instantaneous frequency and time-
weighted sound pressure with the
weighting filter W and time constant
calculated from the equation:
(
)
(
)
(
)
−
=
−
−
t
/t
dep
1
tp
2
WW
– variable of integration.
instantaneous sound pressure depended
on the RMS Integration parameter:
( )
( )
( )
=
=
=
Exp nIntegratioRMS
Lin nIntegratioRMS
tp
tp
tr
W
W
reference value (20 Pa).
logarithm of x to the base 10.