Journal Article
Blind Source Separation Applied to Indoor Vehicle Pass-By Measurements
2015-06-15
2015-01-2320
Indoor vehicle pass-by noise applications deal with measuring the exterior noise from a vehicle fixed on a chassis dynamometer in a large hemi-anechoic room. During a standardised acceleration test, the noise is measured with an array of microphones placed in the far-field, and the overall noise level versus vehicle position can be simulated. The indoor facility allows controlled and repeatable measurements independent of weather. For engineering purposes, pass-by contribution analysis can be included in the test leading to information about the pass-by noise contribution from major noise sources. This work presents a novel application of blind source separation to vehicle measurements from an indoor pass-by measurement campaign. In contrast to the classical transfer path approach using point sources for modelling vehicle noise sources and combining an operational measurement with transfer functions, the blind approach does not consider a specific noise source model.