Automotive Sound Quality – Accessories, BSR, （汽车的声音质量,配件、BSR、）.pdf

Automotive Sound Quality – Accessories, BSR, and Brakes Gabriella Cerrato, Sound Answers Inc., Troy, Michigan In this third article in the series, I describe the sound quality criteria for automotive BSR (buzz, squeak and rattle), accessories, Compressor ON brakes and door open/close. The previous article discussed the sound quality of powertrain, wind and road noise, while the objective of this article is to provide a brief summary of objective parameters or metrics that are used for the other main subsystem/ components in a vehicle. The description of the techniques used to derive either of these metrics (signal processing) or their correla- tion to customer perception (jury studies) is outside the scope of this article. However, an extensive list of references is provided, Figure 1. Example of noisy compressor (growl) inside vehicle. where these methods are described in detail. Engine-Powered Accessories These are the accessories driven by the engine through a ser- pentine belt – alternator, power steering pump, air conditioning compressor. The sound quality attributes induced in the vehicle cabin are tonal components derived from the fundamental frequen- cies of the prime movers (the compressor for the HVAC system, the power steering pump for the hydraulic-assist steering system, etc.). The perceived attributes are typically classified as: • Moan, whine and hiss for the power steering system. Moan is the term typically used for a tone in the low frequency range Figure 2. Example of exterior idle noise with whine (narrow-band frequency (typically 200 to 400 Hz). Whine is used for tones in the higher component around 1500 Hz). frequency range (up to 2 kHz), and hiss is a few narrow-band components (each one is wider than a tone but typically not broader than 100 Hz or so). • Moan and growl for the AC compressor. Growl is