EN 1793-1:2025

Road traffic noise reducing devices - Test method for determining the acoustic performance - Part 1: Intrinsic characteristics - Sound absorption under diffuse sound field conditions EN 1793-1:2025

Publication date:   Feb 17, 2026

Scope

This document specifies the laboratory method for measuring the sound absorption performance of road traffic noise reducing devices in reverberant conditions. It covers the assessment of the intrinsic sound absorption performance of devices that can reasonably be assembled inside the testing facility described in EN ISO 354.
This method is not intended for the determination of the intrinsic characteristics of sound absorption of noise reducing devices to be installed on roads in non-reverberant conditions.
The test method in EN ISO 354 referred to in this document excludes devices that act as weakly damped resonators. Some devices will depart significantly from these requirements and in these cases, care is needed in interpreting the results.