Acoustic

Dr. Mohd Hafizal Bin Mohd Isa

Definition of acoustic
-Related to sound or the sense of
hearing
- Acoustics is the interdisciplinary
science that deals with the study of
all mechanical waves in gases,
liquids, and solids.

Noise location
commercial

residentia
l

Gymnasiu
m
Educational
facilities

auditoriu
m
Recording studio
Exterior

People
talking/discuss

Walking/foot steps

Announcement in
the
airport/supermarket

Roti..!
!
Roti..!
!

GBI Sound Quality

To reduce noise pollution between
spaces
To ensure that building walls and floors
system is design with adequate noise
absorption properties to maintain good
acoustical quality for the neighborhood
How to achieve:
Wall-heavy mass or sound insulation
Floor underlay

Acoustic measurement
Sound level meter (SLM)
Sounds are measured in
dBA
(Decibles)

Decibel
- is a logarithmic unit used to describe the ratio
of the signal level - power, sound pressure,
voltage or intensity or several other things.
The decibel can be expressed as:
decibel = 10 log(P / Pref )

(1)

where
P = signal power (W)
Pref = reference power (W)
A decibel is one-tenth of aBel
- named after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone

The decibel A filter is

widely used. dB(A)
roughly corresponds to
the inverse of the40
dB(at1 kHz) equalloudness curve for the
human ear

The decibel C filter is

practically linear over several
octaves and is suitable for
subjective measurements at
very highsound pressure
levels. The decibel B filter is
between C and A. The B and
C filters are seldom used

The main advantages withdBA

- the A weighting in noise
measurements are;
-adapted to the human ear
response to sound
-possible to measure with low
cost instruments

Location

Effects

MaximumLeq
(dBA)

Time (hours)

sleep
Bedroom
disturbance,
30
annoyance
annoyance,
Living area
speech
50
interference
Outdoor living
moderate
50
area
annoyance
Outdoor living
serious
55
area
annoyance
sleep
Outdoor living disturbance,
45
area
with open
windows
speech
School
interference,
35
classroom
communication
disturbance
sleep
Equivalent
Sound
Hospitals
disturbance,
quantifies
thecommunication
noise
environment
as -a35
single value
LevelLeq 30
patient
rooms

Time of day

night

16

day

16

day

16

day

night

day

8 sound level
day for
andany
night
of

Equivalent Sound Level -Leq- can be

expressed as
Leq = 10 log [(1/T) pA2 dt/pref2]

(1)

where
Leq = equivalent sound level (db)
T = time period (s)
pA = sound pressure (Pa, N/m2)
pref = reference sound pressure ( 20 10 -6 Pa,
N/m2)

Ecotect

Simulation tool

Acoustic in large spaces

Sound insulation

Soft
Hard

vs

Foam does not stop sound, it stops echo

Because sound is transmit, absorb and
reflect

There are products

thatabsorb echo within a
roomand there are
products that willblock or
stop a sound. (There are
some panels that will do
both. These are generally
called composites

Sound insulation
Absor
b
Products that
are designed
and intended
toabsorb echo
within a
roomare soft,
light, fluffy
products
Reduce transmit

Block
Products that
are designed
toblock sound
from entering or
leaving a
spaceare
almost always
found inside the
wall

The energy from the ball was

absorbed into the room, more
specifically, the foam. A sound
wave inside this room is just like
that super bouncy ball. It will
reflect, or bounce, of any hard
surface but will be absorbed by a
soft surface

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v

c
v

These shorter walls, along

with the hard surfaces,
allow sound to
reverberate throughout
the space. pinta
acoustics willtec triangle
baffles are attractive and
absorb sound to make
these areas more
productive environments
with greater speech
intelligibility.

superior acoustics were achieved in

the open office environment.

the PLANO absorbers made by

Pinta acoustic, which are
suspended beneath the ceiling
and flow into the space

External Acoustic

highly effective aluminium (noise

absorbent) barriers and
methacrylate (noise reflective)
barriers in different densities
which readily blend with the
surrounding environment

Thank you