Sound Insulation Evaluation of High-Performance Wood-Frame Party Partitions under Laboratory and Field Conditions

Abstract

Several building codes require airborne and impact sound insulation of Sound Transmission Class (STC) and Impact Insulation Class (IIC) greater than or equal to 50, 5 points higher than minimum property standards. This report describes lab and field data for wood-frame party walls and floors well in excess of the higher requirements. To explain and justify the high transmission loss (TL) performance, a combination of recent improvements in approximate TL theory and lab-field technologies is used. This combination proves a powerful tool in providing new insights into previous and current data. An abbreviated summary of these technologies is provided in the appendix.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA060654

Entities

People

  • Robert E. Jones

Organizations

  • Forest Products Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Acoustic Insulation
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Construction
  • Environment
  • Field Conditions
  • Field Tests
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Glass Fibers
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Sound Pressure
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transmission Loss
  • Wood

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Business Analytics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics