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A comparative analysis of the index assessment of church acoustics using RASTI and STI

Publication date: 30.06.2017

Technical Transactions, 2017, Volume 6 Year 2017 (114), pp. 5 - 19

https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.099.6575

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Krzysztof Kosała
AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanics and Vibroacoustics
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A comparative analysis of the index assessment of church acoustics using RASTI and STI

Abstract

The article presents modified global assessment indices, developed in previous studies, for measuring the acoustic quality of Roman Catholic churches: the four-parameter Gap index and the Gi index based on five acoustic parameters. The replacement of RASTI, previously used in the acoustic assessment of churches, with STI has broadened the scope of church assessment and contributed to an improvement in the accuracy of the proposed method. Verification of new calculation procedures was performed on the 12 churches included in the calculation model and, additionally, on another church.

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Information: Technical Transactions, 2017, Volume 6 Year 2017 (114), pp. 5 - 19

Article type: Original article

Titles:

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A comparative analysis of the index assessment of church acoustics using RASTI and STI

English:

A comparative analysis of the index assessment of church acoustics using RASTI and STI

Authors

AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanics and Vibroacoustics

Published at: 30.06.2017

Article status: Open

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