- Author
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Chrisler, V. L.
- Title
- Sound Insulation of Wall and Floor Construction.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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BMS 17
March 28, 1939
33 p.
- Keywords
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insulation
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walls
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floors
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building construction
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partitions
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noise (sound)
- Abstract
- This report summarizes the data obtained in tests at the NationalBureau of Standards on the sound transmission of wall, partition, and floor panels and gives a general discussion of the principles of sound insulation. Attention is called to the desirability of constructing buildings, in which quiet conditions are essential, in locations where the noise level is not high and of locating rooms intended to be especially quiet in parts of the building where there will be the least distrubance from the usual noises in the building. A gneral discussion is given of the factors which determine the transmission of sound through partitions. Impact noises and methods of insulating against them receive special mention. The importance of eliminating small openings, which may alsmo completely destroy the sound insulating value of a wall, is illustrated by examples. It is pointed out that the required sound insulation is less, the greater the normal noise level within the room.