ACOUSTICAL PERFORMANE IN LECTURE ROOMS AT

BLOCK G3, B1 AND B6, UNIVERSITY TUN HUSSEIN ONN

MALAYSIA(UTHM)
BFC43402 PROPOSAL FINAL YEAR PROJECT 1

BY
FARAH NUR IZUWANA BINTI MUHAMADI SAIFULIZAN

SUPERVISOR: Ts. Dr. TONG YEAN GHING

PANEL
S
Dr. JUNAIDAH BINTI JAILANI

CIK NUR AMALINA BINTI HANAPI

 Problem statement
Acoustical
quality

Enclosed size
of lecture Environment
rooms

Effect to the Effect to the

lecturer students
 Objective

To identify the background noise and reverberation

times of the lecture rooms
To evaluate the sound reduction index of wall
between the lecture rooms
 Literature review

Sound
Background Reverberation
Reduction Index
Noise (BN) Time (RT)
(SRI)
Factor and effect of background
noise

Sources: John et al., (2016).

Background Noise

Country Classroom(dB)

Brazil 35-45

Source: Dongre et al. (2019)

 Setup of Omni-directional sound source, amplifier and sound level meter Setup of equipment inside lecture rooms for background noise

Setup of the equipment for measure reverberation time at source room. Setup of equipment for measure sound reduction index
Scope Of Study
Expected Results
Country Noise descriptor Year of definition Classroom(dB)
Brazil LAeq 1987 35-45 Country Reverberation time (s) Volume classrooms (m3)
France LAeq, LnAT 2002 33 Brazil 0.4 < RT ≤ 0.6 120 < V ≤ 300
Germany LAeq 1987 30-40 French (cited in 0.4 < RT < 0.8 V ≤ 250
USA LAeq 2002 35-45 WHO) 0.4 < RT < 1.2 V > 250
India LAeq 2007 40-45
Germany RT between 0.8 and 1.0 250
Belgium LAeq,nT,stat - ≤ 35
RT between 0.8 and 1.1 500
Denmark LAeq - ≤ 30 RT between 0.8 and 1.2 750

RJapan RT=0.6 V ~200

Recommended value for BN
RT=0.7 V~ 300

Country Insulation between Insulation classroom x UK RT=Tmfa < 0.6 -

classrooms (dB) corridor (dB0 RT=Tmfb < 0.6

Brazil DnT,w 50 DnT,w 35 USA RT=0.6 V < 283

Belgium DnT,w + C ≥44     RT=0.7 283 < V ≤ 566

Denmark R’w H: ≥48 R’w ≥44 India 0.75 – 1.25 -

V: ≥49 Belgium ≤ 0.8 -

France DnT,w ≥43 DnT,w+C ≥40 Denmark ≤ 0.6 -

Italy DnT,w ≥45 DnT,w ≥45 Italy 0.7 ≤ T ≤ 0.8 -
Spain DnT,w ≥50 R’w ≥50 (wall) Spain T ≤ 0.7 -
T ≤ 0.5
R’w ≥30(door and
window) Switzerland T ≤ 1.2 -

Recommended value for SRI Recommended value for RT

 THANK YOU

ACOUSTICAL PERFORMANE IN LECTURE ROOMS AT

BLOCK G3, B1 AND B6, UNIVERSITY TUN HUSSEIN ONN
MALAYSIA(UTHM)
 PROBLEM STATEMENT

– Bad acoustic quality classrooms have interrupted the students and lecturers in the teaching-
learning process
– The high level of noises and echo of the speech will make the students reduce the ability to
concentrate and understanding the lecture
– In a noisy environment, lecturers have to raise up their voices, so the lecturer can easily get
health problem such as sore throat
– The students feel uncomfortable with higher noises whether from internal or external lecture
rooms.