Sound exposure energy average calculator

Calculate energy-equivalent sound level and total duration with your own figures.

Your numbers

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Use energy-equivalent sound level and total duration to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Sound levels (dB)
70,80,75
Exposure durations (minutes)
30,15,45
Energy-equivalent sound level (dB)
75.540212
Total duration (minutes)
90

Try another scenario

Sound levels (dB)
71.0,80.0,75.0
Exposure durations (minutes)
30,15,45
Energy-equivalent sound level (dB)
75.643639
Total duration (minutes)
90
Calculation method

Calculation method

Energy-equivalent sound level (dB)

Leq=10log10(sum(t 10^(L/10))/sum t), stabilized by largest level.

Total duration (minutes)

Leq=10log10(sum(t 10^(L/10))/sum t), stabilized by largest level.

Symbols and units
a
Sound levels (dB)
b
Exposure durations (minutes)

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Calculation steps and notation

sum(list) adds all entries in the list.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Energy average only; no occupational dose or legal compliance classification. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Energy average only; no occupational dose or legal compliance classification.
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