promote international cooperation within different specific fields of acoustics, provide assistance in organizing EAA events, suggest special issues for Acta Acustica or Acoustics in Practice, initiate studies and prepare documents such as strategies, policy statements, state-of-the-art assessments, reports, etc, within its defined technical field.

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Architectual Acoustics

Technical University of Denmark

Docent
  • Anders Gade
Type
Lecture
Term
spring semester
Subject type
Optional
Study path
International MSc in Engineering Acoustics
Specialisation/branch
Keywords
The reflection and absorption of sound. Panel absorbers, resonance absorbers and porous absorbers. Theoretical and subjective room acoustics. Acoustics in new and old theatres, churches and concert halls. Room acoustic parameters. Designing of rooms for speech and music. The use of scale models and computer models as design tools. Variation of room acoustics by physical changes and by electronic means. The sound insulation of buildings and building elements from external and internal noise, including forced and resonant transmission, and single and double walls. Sound radiation from vibrations in walls. Introduction to structure borne sound and statistical energy analysis (SEA). Floating floors and impact sound insulation. Flanking transmission and sound propagation in building constructions. Sound insulation of older buildings and of modern lightweight constructions. Building acoustic test measurements. About one third of the time is used on a building project in which the acoustical conditions are solved by using the knowledge gathered during the course.
Total ECTS credit
10.0
Examination
Written examination (4 hours) and reports
Language
Webpage
http://www.act.elektro.dtu.dk/Education/Courses?view=2&lang=en-gb&code=31240
Last modified
Nov. 30, 2024, 1:43 p.m.

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