Psychoacoustic quantification of noise, vibration and
harshness in vehicle compartments

Abstract: This report describes a thesis work performed at Luleå University of
Technology in collaboration with Icemakers AB in Arjeplog. The goal of the
thesis was to investigate if rattle in the vehicle compartment could be
quantified with psychoacoustic parameters. Sound has been recorded in the
vehicle compartment with an artificial head and analysis of the recordings
has been performed in the program ArtemiS.
Analysis showed that the psychoacoustic parameter Roughness best describes
the rattle in the vehicle compartment produced under these conditions