Mirror Sources in Convex Rooms

Abstract

As we have agreed previously, we call a corner (wedge) between two flanking walls convex when the included angle Θ between the flanks (measured over the interior side of the wedge) exceeds the value π. If two flanks of a room include such an angle we also call the room a convex room. As it was shown previously, the mirror source method in its classical form is not suited for application in convex rooms in general because it cannot model the scattered field at convex corners. Therefore we now are leaving the range of application of the mirror source method, strictly speaking, at least in its classical form.