SOUND INSULATION

SOUND AND NOISE

SOUND IS A MECHANICAL WAVE THAT IS AN OSCILLATION OF PRESSURE TRANSMITTED THROUGH A SOLID, LIQUID, OR GAS, COMPOSED OF FREQUENCIES WITHIN THE RANGE OF HEARING AND OF A LEVEL SUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO BE HEARD, OR THE SENSATION STIMULATED IN ORGANS OF HEARING BY SUCH VIBRATIONS.

NOISE IS DEFINED AS UNWANTED SOUND AND MAY BE DUE TO FREQUENCY OF SOUND OR INTENSITY OF SOUND OR BOTH. NOISE DUE TO HIGH FREQUENCY IS MORE UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNWANTED AS COMPARED TO LOW FREQUENCY SOUND.

TYPES OF NOISE BASED ON ORIGIN

NOISE WITH REFERENCE TO THE ORIGIN IS OF TWO TYPES :

1) OUTDOOR NOISE 2) INDOOR NOISE

OUTDOOR NOISE
NOISES WHICH HAVE THEIR SOURCE OR ORIGIN OUTSIDE THE ROOM OR BUILDING SUCH AS ROAD TRAFFIC RAILWAYS AEROPLANES LOUD SPEAKER MOVING MACHINERY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

NOISES WHICH HAVE THEIR SOURCE OF ORIGIN INSIDE A ROOM OR BUILDING SUCH AS
CONVERSATION OF OCCUPANTS FOOT STEPS BANGING OF DOOR SHIFTING OF FURNITURE OPERATION OF THE CISTERN WORKING OF TYPEWRITERS PLAYING OF RADIOS

INDOOR NOISE

TYPES OF NOISE BASED ON INSULATION NEEDS

FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE ANAALYSIS OF SOUND INSULATION PROBLEMS, NOISES ARE CLASSIFIED AS UNDER : AIR BORNE NOISES STRUCTURE BORNE NOISES OR IMPACT NOISES OR IMPACT SOUNDS

AIR BORNE NOISES OR SOUNDS

SOUND WHICH IS GENERATED IN THE AIR AND TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE AIR DIRECTLYTO THE HUMAN EAR. THIS TYPE OF SOUND TRAVELS THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF AIR FROM ONE PART TO THE OTHER.

IMPACT NOISES OR SOUNDS

NOISES WHICH ORIGINATE AND PROGRESS IN THE BUILDING MEDIUM ARE CALLED IMPACT NOISES OR STRUCTURE NOISES. THESE NOISES ARE CAUSES DUE TO STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS DUE TO ANY ACTIVITY AT, AROUND, ABOVE OR BELOW THE STRUCTURE. THIS NOISE IS CAUSED BY IMPACT AND TRANSMITTED AS AIR-BORNE NOISES.

TRANSMISSION OF NOISE
NOISE IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FOLLOWING THREE WAYS: THROUGH THE AIR BY THE VIBRATION OF STUCTURAL MEMBERS THROUGH THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

TRANSMISSION THROUGH AIR

SOUND GETS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF AIR,THROUGH OPENING IN WALLS, CRACKS, KEYHOLES, WHEN THE SOUND WAVES GET A PASSAGE AND REACH THE INSIDE OF THE OTHER ROOM

TRANSMISSION THROUGH STUCTURAL VIBRATION

SOUND WAVES IMPINGE OR STRIKE ON THEIR PARTITION AND MEMBRANE WALLS WHICH VIBRATE AND IN THEIR TURN AGAIN SET UP THE SOUND WAVEON THE OTHER SIDE , AND THUS THE SOUND IS TRANSMITTED.

STRUCTURES VIBRATE LIKE DIAPHRAMS RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF SOUND WAVES ON THE OTHER SIDE.

TRANSMISSION THROUGH STUCTURAL MEMBERS

AN ELASTIC WAVE MOTION IS SET IN WHICH COMPRESSIONS AND RAREFACTIONS OF THE SOUND ARE TRANSMITTED FROM PARTICLE TO PARTICLE IN THE WALL ( IN THE FORM OF PRESSURE IMPULSES) AND THE SAME IS TRANSFERRED THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE , TO START A NEW WAVE.

SOUND INSULATION VS SOUND ABSORPTION

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF SOUND ABSORPTION IS TO PREVENT REFLECTION OF SOUND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF SOUND INSULATION IS THE PREVENTION OF SOUND TRANSMISSION.

NOISE CONTROL AND SOUND INSULATION

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ISOLATION AT SOURCE PROPER POSITIONING AND ORIENTATION PLANNING OF FUNCTIONS PROVISION OF SUITABLE FINISHES DESIGN OF ENCLOSING STRUCTURE DISCONTINUITY IN PATH PERSONAL PROTECTIVE DEVICES

NOISE CONTROL AND SOUND INSULATION

CONSTRUCTIONAL MEASURES WALLS AND PARTITIONS FLOORS AND CEILING WINDOWS AND DOORS INSULATING SANITARY FITTINGS MACHINE MOUNTING OR INSULATION OF MACHINERY