Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque

Most activities in mosque such as Friday prayer and the sermon by an Imam require clarity of speech. Unfortunately, this ‘speech intelligibility’ performance is often poor due toinitial design of a mosque. This paper presents assessment of the indoor acoustics of a mosque. Acoustical properties s...

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Main Authors: Putra, Azma, Kassim, Dayang H., Yakoob, Mohd. d, Nor, M. J. M
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Kassim, Dayang H.
Yakoob, Mohd. d
Nor, M. J. M
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description Most activities in mosque such as Friday prayer and the sermon by an Imam require clarity of speech. Unfortunately, this ‘speech intelligibility’ performance is often poor due toinitial design of a mosque. This paper presents assessment of the indoor acoustics of a mosque. Acoustical properties such as reverberation time, clarity and early decay time are obtained from simulation data using CATT indoor acoustic software. The studystarted with anempty mosque with no acoustic treatment. Acoustic ‘green’ absorbers using micro-perforated panel (MPP) are then introduced to improve the acoustic performance. The application of MPP is still rare for mosque and is expected to replace the typical porous absorber. The effect of the panel size, location and frequency range of sound absorption are simulated and the results are discussed.
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spelling my.utem.eprints-89092015-05-28T04:00:09Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/8909/ Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque Putra, Azma Kassim, Dayang H. Yakoob, Mohd. d Nor, M. J. M TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Most activities in mosque such as Friday prayer and the sermon by an Imam require clarity of speech. Unfortunately, this ‘speech intelligibility’ performance is often poor due toinitial design of a mosque. This paper presents assessment of the indoor acoustics of a mosque. Acoustical properties such as reverberation time, clarity and early decay time are obtained from simulation data using CATT indoor acoustic software. The studystarted with anempty mosque with no acoustic treatment. Acoustic ‘green’ absorbers using micro-perforated panel (MPP) are then introduced to improve the acoustic performance. The application of MPP is still rare for mosque and is expected to replace the typical porous absorber. The effect of the panel size, location and frequency range of sound absorption are simulated and the results are discussed. Trans Tech Publications Ltd 2013-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/8909/1/ICAME_2013.pdf Putra, Azma and Kassim, Dayang H. and Yakoob, Mohd. d and Nor, M. J. M (2013) Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME 2013). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1660-9336 (Submitted) http://icame2013.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Putra, Azma
Kassim, Dayang H.
Yakoob, Mohd. d
Nor, M. J. M
Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque
title Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque
title_full Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque
title_fullStr Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque
title_full_unstemmed Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque
title_short Study on the Use of Micro-Perforated Panel to Improve Acoustic Performance in Mosque
title_sort study on the use of micro-perforated panel to improve acoustic performance in mosque
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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