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      <text>4.1.1.2 Engineering Example 1</text>
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      <text><![CDATA[<h5>Engineering Example 1<br></h5>
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<h5>Noise reduction by sound barriers<br></h5>
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<h6>Introduction<br></h6>

<p>Audible sound has much longer wavelengths than light. Consequently, sound travelling in the atmosphere is able to bend around obstacles even when these obstacles cause sharp shadows for light. This is the result of the wave phenomenon known as <strong>diffraction</strong>.
    It can be observed also with water waves at the ends of breakwaters. The extent to which waves bend around obstacles depends upon the wavelength and the source-receiver geometry. So the efficacy of purpose built noise barriers, such as to be found
    alongside motorways in urban and suburban areas, depends on the frequencies in the sound and the locations of the source and receiver (nearest noise-affected person or dwelling) relative to the barrier. Specifically, the barrier performance depends
    on the difference in the lengths of the hypothetical ray paths passing from source to receiver either directly or via the top of the barrier (see following figure).</p>

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<h6>Problem in words<br></h6>
<p>Find the difference in the path lengths from source to receiver either directly or via the top of the barrier in terms of</p>
<p>\(\quad\) (i) the source and receiver heights,</p>
<p>\(\quad\) (ii) the horizontal distances from source and receiver to the barrier and</p>
<p>\(\quad\) (iii) the height of the barrier.</p>
<p>Calculate the path length difference for a \(1 \, \textrm{m}\) high source, \(3 \, \textrm{m}\) from a \(3 \, \textrm{m}\) high barrier when the receiver is \(30 \, \textrm{m}\) on the other side of the barrier and at a height of \(1 \, \textrm{m}.\)</p>
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<h6>Mathematical statement of the problem<br></h6>
<p>Find \(ST + TR - SR\) in terms of \(hs, hr, s, r\) and \(H.\)</p>
<p>Calculate this quantity for \(hs=1, \, s=3, \, H=3, \, r=30 \) and \(hr = 1.\)</p>
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<h6>Mathematical analysis<br></h6>
<p>Note the labels \(V, U, W\) on points that are useful for the analysis. Note that the length of \(RV = hr - hs\) and that the horizontal separation between \(S\) and \(R\) is \(r + s.\) In the right-angled triangle \(SRV,\) Pythagoras' theorem gives</p>
<p>\( \qquad (SR)^2 = (r + s)^2 + (hr -hs)^2 \)</p>
<p>So</p>
<p>\(\qquad SR =\sqrt{(r+s)^2+(hr-hs)^2} \qquad \qquad (3)\)</p>
<p>Note that the length of \(TU = H - hs\) and the length of \(TW = H - hr.\) In the right-angled triangle \(STU,\)</p>
<p>\(\qquad (ST)^2 = s^2 + (H - hs)^2\)</p>
<p>In the right-angled triangle TWR,</p>
<p>\(\qquad (TR)^2 = r^2 + (H- hr)^2\)</p>
<p>So</p>
<p>\(\qquad ST + TR = \sqrt{s^2+(H-hs)^2}+\sqrt{r^2+(H-hr)^2} \qquad \qquad(4)\)</p>
<p>So using (3) and (4)</p>
<p>\(\qquad ST + TR -SR = \sqrt{s^2+(H-hs)^2}+\sqrt{r^2+(H-hr)^2}-\sqrt{(r+s)^2+(hr-hs)^2}.\)</p>
<p>For \(hs=1, \, s=3, \, H=3,\, r=30\) and \(hr = 1,\)</p>
<p>\(\begin{align}ST + TR- SR &amp;= \sqrt{3^2+(3-1)^2}+\sqrt{30^2+(3-1)^2}-\sqrt{(30+3)^2+(1-1)^2} \\ &amp;=\sqrt{13}+\sqrt{904}-33\\ &amp;= 0.672\end{align}\)</p>
<p>So the path length difference is 0.672 m.</p>
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<h6>Interpretation<br></h6>
<p>Note that, for equal source and receiver heights, the further either receiver or source is from the barrier, the smaller the path length difference. Moreover if source and receiver are at the same height as the barrier, the path length difference is zero.
    In fact diffraction by the barrier still gives some sound reduction for this case. The smaller the path length difference, the more accurately it has to be calculated as part of predicting the barriers noise reduction.</p>]]></text>
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