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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

A Comparative Sound Intensity Method for Measuring the Increase in Sound Insulation of Small Acoustic Metamaterial Samples.

Polaczek Agata, Baruch-Mazur Katarzyna, Ziarko Bartłomiej, Lewińska-Maresca Mirosława, Młynarczyk Dorota, Dusza Katarzyna

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Polaczek AgataFaculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9058-565X
Baruch-Mazur KatarzynaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland.
Ziarko BartłomiejFaculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland.
Lewińska-Maresca MirosławaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland.
Młynarczyk DorotaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland.
Dusza KatarzynaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland.

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National Centre for Research and Development LIDER13/0030/2022
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Abstract

This paper presents a method for determining the reduction in noise transmission provided by small samples of acoustic metamaterials, based on comparative sound intensity measurements. The proposed approach offers an alternative to conventional laboratory methods that require large specimens and controlled acoustic conditions, which limit the rapid testing of prototypes. As part of this study, a mobile and modular measurement setup was developed in the form of a cubic enclosure with replaceable panels, enabling experiments to be conducted under near-real conditions. The measurement methodology is based on determining the difference in sound intensity level, ΔLI, between a reference configuration and a configuration with an installed metamaterial lining, which allows for the direct evaluation of the increase in sound insulation of the tested partition. To verify the method, a locally resonant metamaterial structure was designed and numerically tuned to a frequency of approximately 460 Hz. Physical samples were then fabricated using 3D printing technology and experimentally tested for two variants of base partitions with different sound insulation performance. The obtained results showed a clear noise transmission reduction in the vicinity of the tuning frequency, reaching approximately 17 dB for the partition with a lower baseline sound insulation and approximately 10 dB for the more insulating partition. A dependence of the metamaterial effectiveness on the properties of the base partition was also observed. The results confirm that the proposed method enables a reliable assessment of the influence of metamaterial structures on the noise transmission reduction of partitions using small samples and a simplified measurement setup.

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acoustic metamaterialsinsertion lossscale measurementssmall-scale measurementssound insulationsound intensity measurementtransmission loss

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