The prediction of flanking sound transmission below the critical frequency.

J Acoust Soc Am

School of Applied Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, GPO Box 2476 V Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.

Published: October 2012

Although reliable methods exist to predict the apparent sound reduction index of heavy, homogeneous isotopic building constructions, these methods are not appropriate for use with lightweight building constructions which typically have critical frequencies in or above the frequency range of interest. Three main methods have been proposed for extending the prediction of flanking sound transmission to frequencies below the critical frequency. The first method is the direct prediction which draws on a database of measurements of the flanking transmission of individual flanking paths. The second method would be a modification of the method in existing standards. This method requires the calculation of the resonant sound transmission factors. However, most of the approaches proposed to calculate the resonant sound transmission factor work only for the case of single leaf homogeneous isotropic building elements and therefore are not readily applicable to complex building elements. The third method is the measurement or prediction of the resonant radiation efficiency and the airborne diffuse field excited radiation efficiency which includes both the resonant and the non-resonant radiation efficiencies. The third method can currently deal with complex building elements if the radiation efficiencies can be measured or predicted. This paper examines these prediction methods.

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