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JoaoCorvina
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Not a homework... simple curiosity by trying to know this a bit better in order to learn and understand possible effects of sound to marine mammals auditory systems.
In sea water, at distance of 1m from a localized sound source, you measure the intensity level as 237 dB.
How far away from the source must you be for the intensity level to fall to 180/170 dB? I am trying to do this but i come up with distances that don't seem right to me...
Been using this equation taken from http://www.underwaternoise.org.uk/measuring_noise/source_level.shtml
SPL = 237 - 25.35 log(R)
by replacing SPL with 180 dB, R comes up with a ow value for the distance which shouldn't be that low... it should be around 500m, distance that we consider to be safe for marine mammals.
Am I doing it right?
Would appreciate some help and some explanations!
In sea water, at distance of 1m from a localized sound source, you measure the intensity level as 237 dB.
How far away from the source must you be for the intensity level to fall to 180/170 dB? I am trying to do this but i come up with distances that don't seem right to me...
Been using this equation taken from http://www.underwaternoise.org.uk/measuring_noise/source_level.shtml
SPL = 237 - 25.35 log(R)
by replacing SPL with 180 dB, R comes up with a ow value for the distance which shouldn't be that low... it should be around 500m, distance that we consider to be safe for marine mammals.
Am I doing it right?
Would appreciate some help and some explanations!