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ARCHITECTURAL

ACOUSTICS
ARCH 5710
LECTUTURE OVERVIEW AND
ASSIGNMENTS
Lecture 01 & 02

PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOR OF SOUND

• Environmental factors Vs human comfort


• Fundamentals of acoustics
• Why do we study acoustics?
• Basic theory of sound
• Sound production & propagation
• Characteristics of sound wave (wavelength , frequency velocity…
• Attributes of sound – sound power & sound pressure
• Sound fields (free field, reverberant field..
• How do we measure sound ..acoustic quantities , decibel
Lecture 03
PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOR OF SOUND

• SOUND ABSORPTION mechanisms


• SOUND TRANSMISSIONS mechanisms
• what are Airborne, Impact and Flanking Sound Transmissions ?
• Sound reduction mechanisms
• Noise and building
• Noise sources and classifications
• Noise source in buildings
• Noise rating & acceptable levels
Lecture 04

• Noise protection : BUILT ENVIRONMENT


• Planning level
• Building level
• Building element level

• Impact sound insulation


• Mechanical and plumbing noise protection
• Acoustic treatment
Lecture 05
• Room acoustics
• Requirements
• considerations
• Pattern and distribution of sound in an enclosure
• Ray diagram analysis
• Diffusion
• Diffraction
• Reflection
• Absorption

• Sound path in auditoriums


• Effete of room shape & volume
• Auditorium Space Design/Criteria and Considerations
LECTURE 06
ACOUSTIC DISTORTIONS
• Loudness
• Reverberation
• Room resonance
• Echo
• Flutter echo
• Resonance
• Curved surfaces
• Sound focusing
• Acoustical creep
• resonance
LECTURE 07
ACOUSTICS FOR PERFORMANCE SPACES & CONCERT HALLS
• Loudness
• Reverberation
• Room resonance
• Echo
• Flutter echo
• Resonance
• Curved surfaces
• Sound focusing
• Acoustical creep
• resonance
Reading Assignment - 1

Read on the following from the course book; chapter 2

▪ Reflection, Absorption & Transmission of Sound

▪ Air Born, Impact and Flanking Sound Transmissions

▪ Masking Effect and Resonance

Always remember to refer and read your course book for better understanding, it’s
prepared for your reference and further reading.
Assignment 01 Arch-5710

• Bring in furnished floor plan and section of your project.


• Site plan showing immediate neighborhood
• Floor plans
• Sections
• Write a brief project description (max 300words)
• Project type
• Spatial relationships of the programs
• building materials (floor , wall, roof ,slab, glazing……

• International case study (example )


• Related to your project type
Reading Assignment - 2

Noise and building

• Acceptable noise levels

• Check list for acoustical work


Assignment 02 Arch-5710
Building Acoustic - Noise control

▪ Problem identification /noise source identification & mapping


▪ Site level
▪ Building level
• Classify noise sources/ factors
▪ Based on level,
▪ position,
▪ size…
▪ Classify based on location
▪ External noise sources/ factors
▪ Internal noise sources
▪ Quantifying noise
• Frequency content:
• Time of occurrence:
Reading Assignment - 3

• NOISE CONTROL DURING CONSTUCTION

• ACOUSTICAL SPECIFICATION

N.B: Further reading of the course book is expected from everyone.


Assignment 03 Arch-5710

NOISE CONTROL
• Acoustical design or Acoustical treatment at different levels
• Planning level (macro/micro)
o Building level
o Building Element level
Reading Assignment - 4

Reading Assignment:

• Reverberation time : Sabin’s formula


• Reverberation sound level
• Room Resonance
• General listening conditions and echo
• Auditorium Space Design/Criteria and Considerations
• Electronic Sound Reinforcement
N.B: Further reading of the course book is expected from everyone.
Assignment 04 Arch-5710

NOISE CONTROL
• Specification

• Specify Materials (STC of materials)


• Sample materials performance vs Acceptable noise levels
• provide detail drawings of walls, floors, ceiling and openings
Assignment 05 Arch-5710

Room acoustics
• Guidelines, strategies, criterias or acoustic requirements for your specific
project
• Ray diagram analysis
• Select One specific room from you project and show distribution and decay of sound
• calculate the distance difference between direct & reflected sounds
• Show areas with high sound distortions(ECHO,LOUDNESS,REVERBRATION TIME…)
Assignment 06 Arch-5710

Room acoustics
• Specification
• Specify Materials (absorptive, reflective…) surfaces on plans and sections
• provide detail technical drawings of walls, floors, ceiling and openings

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