2. Pickleball Sound
Spendiarian & Willis has prepared many noise abatement plans for pickleball courts. This chapter summarizes some of the knowledge gained over the years of working with this sound source. 2.1 Acoustical Characteristics The sound produced by the impact between a pickleball and paddle is characterized by a rapid onset and brief duration, typically on the order of two milliseconds for the direct path sound. This classifies it as impulsive sound. Figure 2.1 shows a time trace of a pickleball paddle impact measured near Phoenix, Arizona. The main part of the direct sound impulse can be seen to be less than two milliseconds followed by a rapid decay and some later reverberant arrivals.
Figure 2.1. Pickleball Paddle and Ball Impact Sound Pressure Trace
1 millisecond (ms) = 0.001 seconds.
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