TY - GEN
T1 - Aircraft sound transmission in homes categorized by typical construction type
AU - Thomas, Ashwin
AU - Irizarry, Javier
AU - Ryherd, Erica E.
AU - Castro-Lacouture, Daniel
AU - Porter, Rick
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Increasing trends toward urbanization can lead to increased exposure to transportation noise from automobiles and aircraft. Interestingly, current aircraft noise guidelines primarily are based on outdoor sound levels even though most people spend the majority of their time indoors. A research project is being conducted that provides insight into how typical residential envelopes affect indoor sound levels, with a focus on noise from commercial aircraft overflights. A pilot, single-room "test house" has been built using typical mixed-humid climate region construction techniques, and the outdoor-to-indoor transmission of sound is being directly measured. The test house results are being used to validate and improve computer models that can be used to simulate outdoor-to-indoor transmission of sound. These models will allow for flexibility in future work to simulate a wide range of construction types for other U.S. climate regions, as well as effects of acoustic and energy retrofits. The improved models developed through this project, therefore, will help improve understanding of expected acoustic performance for typical construction types around the United States including design alterations that can help insulate homes from aircraft noise.
AB - Increasing trends toward urbanization can lead to increased exposure to transportation noise from automobiles and aircraft. Interestingly, current aircraft noise guidelines primarily are based on outdoor sound levels even though most people spend the majority of their time indoors. A research project is being conducted that provides insight into how typical residential envelopes affect indoor sound levels, with a focus on noise from commercial aircraft overflights. A pilot, single-room "test house" has been built using typical mixed-humid climate region construction techniques, and the outdoor-to-indoor transmission of sound is being directly measured. The test house results are being used to validate and improve computer models that can be used to simulate outdoor-to-indoor transmission of sound. These models will allow for flexibility in future work to simulate a wide range of construction types for other U.S. climate regions, as well as effects of acoustic and energy retrofits. The improved models developed through this project, therefore, will help improve understanding of expected acoustic performance for typical construction types around the United States including design alterations that can help insulate homes from aircraft noise.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784413517.0162
DO - 10.1061/9780784413517.0162
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904678012
SN - 9780784413517
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2014: Construction in a Global Network - Proceedings of the 2014 Construction Research Congress
SP - 1586
EP - 1595
BT - Construction Research Congress 2014
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 2014 Construction Research Congress: Construction in a Global Network, CRC 2014
Y2 - 19 May 2014 through 21 May 2014
ER -