Acoustics+Vocabulary


 * ROOM ACOUSTICS**

Room acoustics are about the way in which sound behaves in a room. Sound transmission, sound absorption, sound reflection and sound diffusion are all aspects that are important here. Room acoustics also include how we as humans perceive different acoustic phenomena. The field of building acoustics covers sound insulation too, where the route that the sound takes from the room to other areas is included

If partitions do not reach the structural soffit a horizontal transmission path for the sound via the void over the suspended ceiling is created. Therefore, traditional acoustic ceilings often provide insufficient sound insulation. In these cases special acoustic ceiling systems are required which offer additional sound insulating properties.
 * ROOM TO ROOM INSULATION**


 * ONE WAY SOUND INSULATION**

Installations in the void between the structural soffit and the suspended ceiling, such as piping and ductwork systems, can give rise to noise. In such cases, a sound insulating suspended ceiling system can be used to reduce the noise to acceptable levels in the room below.


 * FLUTTER ECHO**

Occurs when noise bounces between parallel surfaces in a room


 * SABINE**

The physicist Wallace Clement Sabine (1869-1919) created in Riverbank, west of Chicago, the well known Sabine formula (T=0,16V/A), showing the relationship between reverberation time (T s), room volume (V m³) and the amount of absorption (A m²). (image): (Sabine's formula)


 * SOUND INSULATION**

The ability of a building element or building structure to reduce the sound transmission through it. The sound insulation is measured at different frequencies, normally 100-3150 Hz. Airborne sound insulation is expressed by a single value, //D// n,f,w, //R// w or //R'// w. Impact sound insulation is expressed by a single value //L// n, w or //L'// n,w