Browsing RPI Theses Online (Complete) by Subject "Architectural sciences"
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A binaural model for predicting speech intelligibility in enclosed spaces using noise and reverberation suppression mechanisms
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A binaural model with head motion to resolve front-back confusions
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A broadband implementation of a coupled-chamber method for measuring air-flow resistivity
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A comparison of the effects of varied bandwidth specular and diffusive reflections on the precedence effect
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A dynamical pitch model constructed from arrays of adaptive elements
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)A dynamical model of pitch perception is presented. The model is constructed from parallel arrays of tuned, nonlinear, adaptive elements. An outer layer of filters and phase-locked loops provides continuous estimates of ... -
A high-resolution goniometer to measure sound diffraction patterns
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-08)Surface scattering and diffuse reflections from acoustic diffusers have recently become a significant topic of research for room acoustics. An acoustical goniometer can be implemented to create a circular microphone array ... -
A localization model to localize multiple sources using Bayesian inference
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-08)Accurate localization of a sound source in a room setting is important in both psychoacoustics and architectural acoustics. Binaural models have been proposed to explain how the brain processes and utilizes the interaural ... -
A method for multi-source localization in real time using spherical harmonic decomposition
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-08)By taking advantage of the spherical harmonic transform, spherical microphone arrays are able to decompose three-dimensional sound fields into their basic components, which enables detailed analysis and efficient spatial ... -
A modified method for measurement in reverberation rooms
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-08)Unwanted noise within the built environment present a growing number of concerns for building users. Sound absorbers are frequently utilized to address these concerns. However, the characterization of their absorption ... -
A parametric approach for building-integrated wind energy incorporating passive and active flow control techniques
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A quantitative analysis of uncertainties within transfer function based impedance tube methods
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-08)Measuring the acoustical properties of materials including the surface impedance, the propagation coefficient and the characteristic impedance within a controlled, testable environment is essential to understanding and ... -
A solar cooling strategy for net-zero energy buildings
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-08)Within the commercial building sector, the largest consumption of primary energy is driven by cooling and ventilation requirements. Renewable cooling strategies utilizing solar energy could present an attractive alternative ... -
A solar thermal system with seasonal storage for a net-zero energy school
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2012-05)The solar collection area and the capacity of the thermal storage determine the portion of a building demand for energy that can be met with solar energy produced by a STS. The fraction of the total energy requirement ... -
A study of modifications to the geometry of an interior envelope and the effect on mean radiant temperature and occupant thermal comfort
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-05)As designers of the built environment, we are challenged to understand the potential to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of these systems through architectural solutions. As the primary goal of thermal regulation ... -
A time-varying reverberation algorithm influenced by source directivity modulation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-08)A directivity pattern characterizes the radiation of a given sound source in space as a function of source characteristics. Traditional methods quantify directivity patterns of sources by impulse response measurements at ... -
A vibrotactile music system based on sensory substitution
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Acoustic absorption properties of granulated aerogel composites
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Acoustic and Bayesian analyses of n-tuple coprime arrays
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-12)Owing to number theory which holds that pairwise coprime sets can have more than two numbers, this work also derives frequency-dependent coprime functions for multiple subarrays (more than two), denominated n-tuple coprime ... -
Acoustic intensity and directivity of the modern concert harp
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Acoustical analysis of coupled spaces based on spatial parameters
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)In the field of Architectural Acoustics, there has been a significant focus on binaural hearingand the way room design impacts a listener’s experience within that space. Up to this point, the Interaural Cross-correlation ...