Studies on the Acoustical Design and Performance of Multipurpose Halls in the Indian Context

Abstract

The Acoustical requirements of multipurpose halls are of varying nature. The newlinetypes of programmes that are carried out in these halls are quite varied ranging from newlinemusic, to dramas and lectures. Especially the demands for such halls are quite high in newlinemany educational and premier institutes of importance. In this context this thesis is newlinedealt with taking into consideration the Acoustics of multipurpose halls. A few of these newlinehalls have been chosen from different locations and organizations. In situ experimental newlinestudies have been made in all these auditoria. Reverberation test is carried out newlineaccording to the standard of ISO 3743-2. An impulsive signal has been taken as a newlinesource of excitation and recording the reverberation decay in different points of newlineaudience floor as well as on the stage. Simulation studies have been made using the newlineOdeon software. Initially the modeling of the auditorium has been done using Google newlinesketch up and hence exporting to the Odeon software as input newline