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The ability of a material to minimise the transmission of acoustic energy through the material. Capability of any boundary to restrict/limit any sound movement through its boundary is defined as a sound insulation. Good sound insulation are obtained with materials which are reasonable to heavy mass, and are impervious.

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If one wishes to contain water (sound).

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If one wishes to absorb water (sound).

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Noise treatment with sound insulation and sound absorption

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The difference in average sound pressure levels between two rooms at any given frequency Sound Insulation = L1 L2 dB where L1 = SPL in the sound source room L2 = SPL in the adjacent receiving room

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A sound reduction index quantifying the sound insulation performance of a material, building element or partition. TL = L1 L2 + 10 log10 (S/A2) dB where TL L1 L2 S A2 = Transmission Loss = SPL in noise source room = SPL in receiving room = Area of partition = Absorption in receiving room.

Transmission loss performance varies with sound frequency.

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Weight (mass) Homogeneity and uniformity Stiffness Discontinuity or isolation

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The performance is governed by mass and stiffness

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Transmission Loss Data Sheet

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TL and SRI are produced from the sound transmission directly to the partition.
partition

100 dB TL 10 dB

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However, the sound also transmitted in various possible direction to other rooms. This is called as flanking or indirect sound transmission.

Room B
Room C

Room A Sound Source

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The sound transmission occurs when the room wall A or divider, vibrates due to the sound source which subsequently moves the sound to the other rooms. Normally, the sound (energy) transmitted through the wall (flanking) is insulate-limited to 50 55 dB between the two rooms.

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Sound Pressure Level in A Receiving Room The resulting reverberant SPL in the adjacent room is given by: SPL 2 = SPL 1 TL + 10 log Sp + 10 log (1/R) where R Sp TL SPL1 SPL2 = Room constant = Area of partition = Transmission Loss = SPL in noise source room = SPL in receiving room

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For a quick and simplified estimate, many practical applications could be approximated as SPL 2 = SPL 1 TL Example : Plant room SPL TL of Brick wall Approx. SPL outside

= 100 dBA = 45 dBA = 100 45 = 55 dBA

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A foremans office is located inside a workshop of 3000m3 volume and reverberation time of 2 s. The workshop reverberant sound pressure level was 72 dB. The office is to be constructed with demountable metal construction pressure level inside the office. The office has room dimension of 4m length x 3m width x 2.5 height. The 4m length wall is the common part wall with the workshop. The average room absorption coefficient a is 0.1 Determine the receiving room (office) correction factor

1. 2. 3.

Determine a partition transmission area

Calculate transmitted noise SPL in receiving room

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a) Determine the receiving room (office) correction factor.

S (total surface area) V (room volume)

= 2(4x3) + 2(4X2.5) + 2(3x2.5) = 59 = 4 x 3 x 2.5 = 30m3

R (room constant)
Room correction

= (59)(0.1)/(1-0.1) = 6.59
= 10log10 (1/R) = 10log10(1/6.56) = -8

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b) Determine Partition Transmission Area Sp = 4 x 2.5 = 10 m2 Noise radiation = 10log Sp = = 10log10(10) = +10 dB c) SPL in receiving Room SPL 2 = SPL 1 TL + 10 log Sp + 10 log (1/R) SPL 2 = 72 35 + 10 + (-8) = 39 dBA.

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In practice a partition may have a weaker element (door, window) that would de-rate the overall sound insulation. In such case it would be necessary to obtain the overall performance of the composite partition.

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A partition has a total area of 10 m2. The partition is metal, with TL of 35 dB. Of the partition, the door is 2 m2 with a TL of 20 dB, and glazing of 4 m2, and TL 27 dB. Find the overall TL of the partition. Material Metal Door Glass Area (m2) 4 2 4 TL (dB) 35 20 27

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Ratio Metal : Glass Difference in TL

4:4 35 - 27

=1:1 = 8 dB

From graph, loss of insulation = 6 dB Combined Metal+Glass TL = 35 6 = 29 dB Ratio Door : Metal+Glass 2:8 =1:4 Difference in TL 29 - 20 = 9 dB

From graph, loss of insulation = 4 dB Combined Door+Metal+Glass = 29 4 = 25 dB

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Consider previous example of the Foremans Office in the factory.. With metal partition only TL metal = 35 dB With metal + door + glass TL overall = 25 dB With metal only : SPL inside office = 72 35 + 10 8 = 39 dBA With metal plus door and glass : SPL inside office = 72 25 + 10 8 = 49 dBA

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