ACOUSTICAL CONTROL

SYSTEM
IN BUILDING
Acoustic
DEFINITION:
The word Acoustics is generally derived from
a Greek word meaning to hear, refers to
generation, detection, transmission, absorption
and control of sounds.

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 Two different units for expressing the energy of sound is
employed.
• The intensity of sound is expressed in decibel.
• Phon is the unit used for measuring the loudness
sensation in the ear.
There are three characteristics of audible sound
• Pitch: The pitch of a sound is the frequency of its
vibration .
• Loudness:It is the strength of the sensation
received through ear.
• Tone quality:It is the characteristic of the sound
which distinguishes it from another sound of same
loudness & pitch.
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BUILDINGS
Generally, the designer would consider the following
elements:

• Surrounding environment
• Arrangement and layout of rooms
• Shape of rooms
• Reflecting surfaces
• Isolation of vibration
• Isolation of impact
• Isolation of sound
• Background noise
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Surrounding Environment

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 Arrangement and layout of
rooms
Noisy rooms should be separated from quiet rooms by as great a
distance as possible. The building layout should be designed so
that rooms that are not as susceptible to noise act as buffers
between those areas that contain
noise sources and those that require quiet.

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Absorbing Surfaces

Sound is absorbed when it encounters a

material that will convert some or all of it into
heat, or that allows it to pass through not to
return. All walls, floors, ceilings, and furnishings
have sound-absorbing characteristics that
control the amount of sound they reflect and
absorb.

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Sound Masking
- is the addition of natural or artificial sound of a
different frequency into an environment to mask
or cover-up noise. Sound masking reduces or
eliminates awareness of existing noise in a
specific area. It can make a work environment
more comfortable and more productive by
creating speech privacy and making workers
less distracted.

- reduces or eliminates awareness of existing

noise in a specific area.