| CODE | EVD3502 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Advanced Acoustics Studies | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Environmental Design | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is part of a series that address the environmental performance of buildings. The acoustical performance of building enclosures is a very important component of the environmental comfort within a building. The study-unit will consist of a series of lectures, laboratory experimental work, and simulation software demonstration sessions, intended to inculcate into students the importance of a scientific approach to acoustics. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit takes students into the more advanced, scientific aspects of acoustics and sound insulation, including room acoustic prediction models, and design of sound insulation systems. The study-unit will address the characteristics of sound insulation materials, the different sources of sound penetration that need to be addressed to achieve appropriate acoustic protection, as well as strategies that can be adopted to modify room acoustics, and to mitigate sound transmission. Students will use software to predict reverberation time within spaces, and to design noise transmission mitigation systems. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Predict the effect of different surfaces and materials on the acoustics of rooms, including reverberation; - Understand the mechanisms of sound transmission, through the structure, and through the air, so as to be able to adopt the appropriate mitigation strategies; - Understand the nature and characteristics of noise, including traffic noise, machine noise, environmental or community noise; - Identify the sound control systems that are available and apply them to specific design problems. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use software to predict room acoustic characteristics; - Use software to predict noise levels from traffic, construction operations and environmental sources; - Design noise transmission mitigation strategies; - Calculate the reverberation characteristics of spaces, and design systems to control reverberation; - Use a sound level meter to measure noise levels; - Specify the characteristics of the materials and assemblies required for sound transmission mitigation systems, and room acoustics modifying systems. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Text: - Mommertz, E., Muller-BBM, Acoustics and Sound Insulation, Detail Practice, Birkhauser, (2009). - Pfundstein, M., Gellert, R., Spitzner, M.H., Rudolphi, A., Insulating Materials, Detail Practice, Birkenhauser, (2007). - Smith, B., Acoustics and Noise Control, (2011). - Leland K., Richards, I.,Richards, R., Acoustics and Noise Control Handbook for Architects and Builders, (1998). - Hermond, C.J., Engineering Acoustics and Noise Control, (1983), - Thomas, R., Environmental Design of Buildings - An introduction for Architects & Engineers. (various editions). Supplementary Readings: - Hyde, R., Climate Responsive Design. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Fieldwork, Ind Study, Lecture, Practical & Project | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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