Course - Building Acoustics - TBA4167
Building Acoustics
About
About the course
Course content
The course will deliver competence in building acoustics for design of buildings and rooms in buildings so that the acoustic environment fulfills the requirements from community and users. Competence should include understanding the effect of noise loads from internal and external sources and the use of theoretical and empirical methods to design buildings with satisfying sound insulation against noise. The student will also develop skills on room acoustics, i.e. develop understanding of how sound spreads in volumes and what it takes to achieve desired sound quality in rooms by using modeling and analysis. Finally, the course will give knowledge of measuring technique for room acoustics and sound insulation
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of basic theory and practical principles of room acoustics and sound insulation in buildings
- Knowledge of sound propagation in rooms, sound perception, acoustic regulation and sound absorbents
- Knowledge of noise absorption, vibration insulation, noise from technical installations and measurement of sound.
Skills:
- Be able to measure and analyze acoustic data in buildings
- Be able to design relevant solutions for separating structures with respect to impact sound and airborne sound including flank transmission and the effect of composite structures
- Be able to design furnishing and surfaces in rooms to get good room acoustic conditions in all building types.
General competence:
- Have developed the ability of critical analysis of the design, material use and design of building structures
- Collaborate and contribute to interdisciplinary interaction
- Have developed the ability to understand and adopt new theory that will be needed in the future.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, study groups, written exercises.
If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.
Recommended previous knowledge
The courses TBA4160 Building Physics and TTT4180 Technical Acoustics.
Course materials
Building Acoustics, by Tor Erik Vigran.
Subject areas
- Building and Material Technology
- Build Acoustics