Sound transmission loss analysis through a multilayer lightweight concrete hollow brick wall by FEM and experimental validation

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2373-2386

  del Coz Diaz J J ^a   Alvarez Rabanal F P ^a   Garcia Nieto P J ^a   Serrano Lopez M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Finite element modelling; Fluid structure interaction; Hollow brick wall; Lightweight concrete

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; AIRBORNE SOUND INSULATION; EIGEN FREQUENCIES; EXCITATION SOURCES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; HOLLOW BRICKS; MANUFACTURING TIME; MULTILAYER WALLS; NEW PRODUCT; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; SOUND PRESSURES; SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS; STRUCTURAL BUILDINGS; TEST CHAMBERS; TRANSMISSION LOSS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VERTICAL PLANE;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; GYPSUM; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL LOSSES; SOUND INSULATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WAVE TRANSMISSION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SOUND PROPAGATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WALL;

EID: 77954218541     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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