What is sound level meter?
The following are some of the standards and literature on noise measurement and sound level meters that are available for reference.
Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)
| C 1509-1:2005 | Sound level meters- Part 1: Specifications |
| C 1502:1990 | Sound Level Meters (Previous standard) |
| C 1505:1988 | Precision Sound Level Meters (Previous standard) |
| C 1513:2002 | Octave-band and third-octave-band analyzers for sounds and vibrations |
| C 1514:2002 | Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters |
| C 1515:2004 | Sound calibrators |
| C 5502-1991 | Microphones |
| C 5515-1981 | Standard Condenser Microphones |
| Z 8106:2000 | International electrotechnical vocabulary Chapter 801: Acoustics and electroacoustics |
| Z 8731:1999 | Description and measurement of environmental noise |
| Z 8733:2000 | Determination of sound power levels ofnoise sources using sound pressure-Engineering methodin an essentially free field over a reflecting plane |
| Z 8737-1:2000 | Noise emitted by machinery and equipment-Measurement of emission sound pressure levels at a work stationand at other specified positions-Engineering methodin an essentially free field over a reflecting plane |
| X 7778:2001 | Declared noise emission values of computer and business equipment |
| X 7779:2001 | Measurement of airborne noise emitted by information technology and telecommunications equipment |
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standards
| 60942 | "Sound calibrators" |
| 61043 | "Electroacoustics - Instruments for the measurement of sound intensity – Measurements with pairs of pressure sensing microphones" |
| 61094-1 | "Measurement microphones - Part 1: Specifications for laboratory standard microphones" |
| 61260 | "Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters" |
| 61672-1 | “Sound level meters – Part 1: Specification” |
1)Sakae Morita: New edition – Noise and Noise Abatement, Ohmsha
2)Jun’ichi Saneyoshi: Electroacoustics, CORONA PUBLISHING
3)The Acoustical Society of Japan: Noise and Vibration (Part 1/2), CORONA PUBLISHING
4)The Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry: Industrial Pollution Control Technologies and Laws - Noise
5) L.E. Kinsler and A.R. Frey: Fundamental of acoustics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
6) P.M. Morse: Vibration and sound, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
7)Ono Sokki Sound Level Meters Technical Notes (LA-200, LA-1200 and LA-5000 series)
Ono Sokki "LA-3260/3560/3570 & LA-1400/4400 Series Sound Level Meters"
Ono Sokki "DS-0233 1/1 & 1/3 Real-time Octave Analysis Software for DS-2000 Series"
Ono Sokki "Sound and Vibration Real time Analysis System DS-3000 Series ‘ESUFEEL’
Ono Sokki "OS-2000 series" "OC-1300 series"
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