Edited by: Barry Gibbs, John Goodchild, Carl Hopkins and David Oldham
Publication date: August 2009 • ISBN 978-1-907132-10-0 • iv
+ 452pp • £69
This book contains a collection of papers on the measurement,
prediction and control of sound transmission. It is in five sections: sound
transmission in buildings; measurement methods, sources of sound and vibration,
vibration isolation, lightweight building structures. The range of topics
included cannot be exhaustive, because of the book page limit, but the editors
believe the papers reflect important interests and concerns of contributors
and readers. The relationship between the subjective and objective assessment
of noise and of building performance remains an important topic. The requirement
for acceptable sound insulation in lightweight buildings is even more urgent,
with increasing use of timber-frame and timber composites. More sophisticated
methods are required for the specification and design of vibration isolation
for control of noise and vibration from external sources (rail, underground)
and also internal sources in modern mechanically serviced spaces. There is
a requirement for estimates of the uncertainty of measurement and prediction
of sound insulation. These topics are addressed with many authors offering
practical ways forward.
Although topicality has been considered in the selection, the emphasis has
been on quality and importance. Papers were selected because of their rigor,
citation history and contribution to the science and practice of building
acoustics. This book brings together, for the first time in one set of covers,
twenty five papers on the subject, a convenient corpus of knowledge. The book
will be of interest to practising civil and construction engineers, as well
as to researchers working in the specific area of building acoustics and related
disciplines. The editors are members of the Acoustics Research Unit at the
University of Liverpool.
Preface
Sound transmission in buildings
Acoustic Quality and Sound Insulation Between Dwellings
Jens Holger Rindel
A Study of Vibration Transmission in a Framed Building
J.A. Steel, R.J.M. Craik and R. Wilson
Airborne Sound Level Difference Between Dwellings at Low Frequencies
B.M. Gibbs and S. Maluski
Analysis of Sound Transmission Loss of Double-Leaf Walls in
the Low-Frequency Range Using the Finite Element Method
Peter Davidsson, Jonas Brunskog, Per-Anders Wernberg, Göran Sandberg
and Per Hammer
Classification of Human Induced Floor Vibrations
Tomi Toratti and Asko Talja
Dynamic and Subjective Analysis of a Lightweight/ Semi-heavyweight
Floor in a Laboratory
Fredrik Ljunggren and Anders ågren
Sound Transmission Via the Foundation of a Cavity Wall
R. Wilson and R.J.M. Craik
The Effect of Foundation Details and Soil Types on the Airborne
Sound Insulation of Masonry Cavity Walls
C. Hopkins
Measurement methods
Sound Insulation of Acoustic Louvres and Open Screens
Richard Lyons
Survey Test Methods for Acoustic Measurements in Buildings
Michael Vorländer
Application of Total Loss Factor Measurements for the Determination
of Sound Insulation
A. Meier and A. Schmitz
An Intercomparison of Laboratory Measurements of Airborne Sound Insulation of Lightweight Plasterboard Walls
Patrizio Fausti, Roberto Pompoli and R. Sean Smith
Inter-Laboratory Test of Sound Insulation Measurements on Heavy
Walls: Part I – Preliminary Test
A. Schmitz, A. Meier and G. Raabe
Inter-Laboratory Test of Sound Insulation Measurements on Heavy
Walls: Part II – Results of Main Test
A. Meier, A. Schmitz and G. Raabe
Using Round Robin Test Results for the Accreditation of Laboratories
in the Field of Building Acoustics in Germany
Wieland Weise and Volker Wittstock
Sources of sound and vibration
The Liquid Drop Impact as a Source of Sound and Vibration
B.A.T. Petersson
Sound Radiation Characteristics of Lightweight Roof Constructions
Excited by Rain
Hiromi Suga and Hideki Tachibana
Structure-borne Sound Sources in Buildings
B.M. Gibbs
Vibration isolation
On the Performance of Base-Isolated Buildings
J.P. Talbot and H.E.M. Hunt
Transmission of Structure-borne Sound in Buildings above Railway
Tunnels
O. A. B. Hassan
Isolation of Buildings from Rail-Tunnel Vibration: A Review
J.P. Talbot and H.E.M. Hunt
Lightweight building structures
Vibration Response of Lightweight Wood Frame Building Elements
T.R.T. Nightingale and Ivan Bosmans
Vibration Isolation on Lightweight Floor Structures
P Hammer and J Brunskog
Prediction Method Adapted to Wood Frame Lightweight Constructions
Catherine Guigou-Carter, Michel Villot and Roland Wetta
Measurement Methods Adapted to Wood Frame Lightweight Constructions
Michel Villot and Catherine Guigou-Carter
Worship, Acoustics, and Architecture
The Effects of Low-Frequency Noise and Vibration on People
Train-Induced Groundborne Vibration and Noise in Buildings
Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control
International Journal of Aeroacoustics
Collected Papers in Building Acoustics: Room Acoustics and Environmental Noise