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Design Guide 30: Sound Isolation and Noise Control in Steel Buildings, 2015
- Steel Design Guide 30
- Copyright
- Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Road Map: How to Proceed with a Design
- Chapter 3 Some Basics [Go to Page]
- 3.1 NOISE, SOUND, SOUND PRESSURE
- 3.2 FREQUENCY, SPECTRA, FREQUENCY BANDS
- 3.3 SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL, DECIBELS
- 3.4 WAVE PROPAGATION, SPEED OF SOUND, WAVELENGTH
- 3.5 SOUND FIELDS IN ROOMS
- 3.6 SOUND PERCEPTION AND METRICS
- 3.7 CONTROL OF NOISE IN ROOMS [Go to Page]
- 3.7.1 Sound Absorption of Materials
- 3.7.2 Reverberation Time
- Chapter 4 Acoustical Criteria for Rooms [Go to Page]
- 4.1 STEADY-STATE CRITERIA: NC RATINGS
- 4.2 CRITERIA FOR TRANSMITTED TRANSIENT SOUND
- 4.3 PRIVACY [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1 Electronic Sound Masking
- 4.3.2 Levels of Privacy and Privacy Metrics
- Chapter 5 Sound Isolation Codes and Standards [Go to Page]
- 5.1 INTRODUCTION
- 5.2 OFFICES
- 5.3 MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS [Go to Page]
- 5.3.1 National Model Code Requirements
- 5.3.2 HUD Guidelines
- 5.4 SCHOOLS
- 5.5 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
- 5.6 COURTS
- 5.7 OTHER REFERENCES AND GUIDES [Go to Page]
- 5.7.1 International Code Council Guideline G2-2010
- 5.7.2 “Green Building” Standards and Guidelines
- Chapter 6 Sound Sources [Go to Page]
- 6.1 AIRBORNE SOUND SOURCES [Go to Page]
- 6.1.1 Typical Interior Sound Sources
- 6.1.2 Typical Exterior Sound Sources
- 6.2 IMPACT SOUND SOURCES
- 6.3 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT [Go to Page]
- 6.3.1 Converting Sound Power Level to Sound
Pressure Level
- 6.3.2 Estimating Mechanical Equipment Sound
Power Levels
- 6.3.3 Plumbing Noise
- 6.4 CALCULATING SOUND LEVELS FROM SEVERAL SIMULTANEOUS SOURCES
- 6.5 SAMPLE CALCULATION: MECHANICAL NOISE IN A ROOM
- Chapter 7 Airborne Sound Isolation [Go to Page]
- 7.1 BASIC CONCEPTS [Go to Page]
- 7.1.1 Transmission Coefficient and Transmission Loss
- 7.1.2 Multi-Component Constructions
- 7.1.3 Noise Reduction
- 7.2 METRICS [Go to Page]
- 7.2.1 The Sound Transmission Class Metric
- 7.2.2 Outdoor–Indoor Transmission Class and Other Ratings
- 7.2.3 Field-Based Metrics of Airborne Sound Isolation
- 7.3 CONSIDERATIONS FOR AIRBORNE SOUND ISOLATION IMPROVEMENT [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1 Mass per Unit Area, Stiffness and Damping
- 7.3.2 Separation
- 7.3.3 Minimizing Gaps, Leaks and Flanking
- 7.3.4 Matching Sound Transmission Through Constructions
- 7.3.5 Absorption in the Receiver Space
- Chapter 8 Building Assemblies [Go to Page]
- 8.1 ISOLATION OF AIRBORNE SOUND FOR HORIZONTAL ADJACENCIES AND FAÇADES [Go to Page]
- 8.1.1 Metal Stud Walls
- 8.1.2 CMU Walls, Combination CMU/Metal Stud Walls, and Shaft Walls
- 8.1.3 Façades
- 8.2 ISOLATION OF AIRBORNE SOUND FOR VERTICAL ADJACENCIES [Go to Page]
- 8.2.1 Floor/Ceiling Assemblies
- 8.2.2 Suspended Ceilings and Floating Floors
- 8.2.3 Roof/Ceiling Sound Isolation Data
- 8.3 IMPACT SOUND INSULATION [Go to Page]
- 8.3.1 Metrics
- 8.3.2 Test Data and Guidelines
- 8.4 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES
- 8.5 ACOUSTICAL DECK
- Chapter 9 Equipment Noise Isolation [Go to Page]
- 9.1 INTRODUCTION
- 9.2 NOISE CRITERIA [Go to Page]
- 9.2.1 Hearing Damage Limits
- 9.2.2 Community Sound
- 9.3 ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT NOISE CONTROL [Go to Page]
- 9.3.1 Airborne Sound Through Roof and Wall Structures
- 9.3.2 Structure-Borne Noise
- 9.4 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ROOMS [Go to Page]
- 9.4.1 Sound Isolation
- 9.4.2 Vibration Isolation
- Glossary of Terms
- Symbols
- Abbreviations
- References [Go to Page]
