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Table 2

The materials and their scaled absorption coefficients used in the scale model.

Part Material (thickness) Absorption coefficients at octave bands (Hz)
125 250 500 1k 2k 4k
Floor Varnished MDF (12 mm) 0.05 0.10 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.17
Stage Varnished MDF (12 mm)
Seats PVC foam board (2 mm), felt 0.13 0.15 0.21 0.41 0.48 0.58
Audience Unvarnished MDF (12 mm), felt, paper mass 0.23 0.33 0.52 0.76 0.88 0.79
Ceiling Acrylic (5 mm)
Side walls Unvarnished MDF (9 mm) 0.04 0.07 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.18
Front/Back wall Unvarnished MDF (9 mm), acrylic (5 mm)

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