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With this intent, the analysis of several scenarios is usually performed individually, and then an acceptable solution, that may be adapted to several situations, is selected. One way of providing a more appropriate acoustic performance for each function of the auditorium is using variable sound absorption techniques to control reverberation and other relevant acoustic phenomena associated to sound perception. In this paper, the acoustic behavior of a perforated system that may be suitable for achieving a variable acoustic solution for room acoustic design is addressed. In the design of a cost-effective solution, the surface appearance is kept unchanged, while variable acoustic behavior is achieved either by closing the holes in the back face of the perforated panel or by placing a porous material in varying positions inside the backing cavity, thus accomplishing different acoustic requirements within a multipurpose auditorium. An analytical approach, based on the transfer matrix method is employed for preliminary acoustic sound absorption assessment provided by the system and to develop optimized solutions. Diffuse sound absorption is then computed and used to simulate, by the ray-tracing method, the acoustic behavior of a multipurpose auditorium to demonstrate efficient acoustic performance for different types of use.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/buildings11110543","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,15]],"date-time":"2021-11-15T20:46:47Z","timestamp":1637009207000},"page":"543","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["On the Use of Perforated Sound Absorption Systems for Variable Acoustics Room Design"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Andreia","family":"Pereira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, ISISE, University of Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Gaspar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, ISISE, University of Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2989-375X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lu\u00eds","family":"Godinho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, ISISE, University of Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Paulo","family":"Amado Mendes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, ISISE, University of Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4130-4786","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Diogo","family":"Mateus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, ISISE, University of Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jesus","family":"Carbajo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"System Engineering and Signal Theory, Department of Physics, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jaime","family":"Ramis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"System Engineering and Signal Theory, Department of Physics, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain"}]},{"given":"Pedro","family":"Poveda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"System Engineering and Signal Theory, Department of Physics, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Barron, M. 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