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	Tube d'impédance	BEM Acoustics
Domaine	Acoustique	Acoustique
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1866	1971
Auteur d'origine	August Kundt	Carlos Brebbia, Robert Butterfield
Type	Acoustic absorption measurement	Computational simulation for acoustics
Source fondatrice	ASTM E1050-19 (2019). Standard Test Method for Impedance and Absorption of Acoustical Materials Using a Tube, Two Microphone and a Digital Frequency Analysis System. American Society for Testing and Materials.	Burton, A. J., & Miller, G. F. (1971). The application of integral equation methods to the numerical solution of some exterior boundary-value problems. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 323(1553), 201–210.
Alias	kundt tube, resonance tube, acoustic absorption, sound absorption coefficient	BEM, boundary element method, indirect BEM, direct BEM
Apparentées	5	5
Résumé	An impedance tube (or Kundt tube) is a laboratory apparatus for measuring the acoustic absorption coefficient and surface impedance of materials. Originally developed by August Kundt in 1866, the technique has been standardized by ASTM and ISO for characterizing noise-control and acoustic-treatment materials. The impedance tube method is simple, portable, and cost-effective, making it the industry standard for pre-design acoustic material selection and quality control.	The Boundary Element Method (BEM) is a numerical technique for solving acoustic wave equations in complex geometries. Unlike finite element methods (FEM) that mesh entire volumes, BEM discretizes only the acoustic boundaries (surfaces), reducing computational cost and memory. First applied to acoustics by Burton and Miller in 1971, BEM is widely used for predicting room acoustics, exterior noise radiation, and acoustic scattering without the need for volumetric meshing.