8–12 Sept 2026
Europe/Vienna timezone

Acoustic Characterization of the Theatre Diogo Bernardes (Ponte de Lima)

FA2026/46
8 Sept 2026, 16:40
20m
Halle A (Messe Congress Graz)

Halle A

Messe Congress Graz

Speaker

Afonso Pires (Faculty of Enginnering U. of Porto)

Description

This paper provides an acoustic characterization of the Theater Diogo Bernardes (Ponte de Lima, Portugal). The main results of the measured acoustic parameters were: LAeq(HVAC) at 26 dB, Speech Transmission Index ranging from 0.56 to 0.71, Reverberation Time (avg 500-1k Hz) of 0.99 s, C80 (avg 500-1k Hz) of 4.7 dB, D50 avg 500-1k Hz) of 0.59, and Center Time (avg 500-1k Hz) of 63 ms. A comparison is made with 19 Portuguese halls and five international horseshoe-type theaters.

Authors

Afonso Pires (Faculty of Enginnering U. of Porto) Antonio Carvalho (Faculty of Enginnering U. of Porto) Antonio Costa (Faculty of Enginnering U. of Porto)

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