Course Details

Noise and vibrations in buildings

Academic Year 2024/25

NHA059 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-EVB Winter Semester 1st year

Principles of noise and vibrations, criteria of room acoustic comfort, sound insulation properties of building materials and constructions, principles of noise reduction in buildings, calculation methods and software.

Credits

5 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Structures

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Fundamentals in architectural acoustics.

Aims

General overview about problems of noise and vibrations in building constructions. 


Reports of building acoustics. Tasks from reports will be applicable in study projects.

 

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281649

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, repetition of fundamentals in room acoustics from previous study.
  • 2. Problems of sound insulation properties of buildings constructions – airborne and impact sound insulation.
  • 3. Acoustic measurements and solution of sound insulation deficiencies –– Part I.
  • 4. Acoustic measurements and solution of sound insulation deficiencies –– Part II.
  • 5. Fundamental calculation methods, determination of sound insulation properties, selection of convenient building materials
  • 6. Problems in buildings with respect of stationary noise sources
  • 7. Measurements of noise from stationary sources, optimisation of sound sources in buildings and outdoors
  • 8. Prevention of noise and vibrations from stationary and other sources
  • 9. Room acoustics – materials and measurement methods
  • 10. Room acoustics – calculation methods
  • 11. -13. Comprehensive solution of selected buildings for sound insulation, room acoustics and noise sources

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, repetition of fundamental principles
  • 2. Set of tasks for consolidation of knowledge from previous study.
  • 3. Assignment of a selected building for practical solution of lectured problems – sound insulation properties, noise sources, room acoustics
  • 4. Assessment of sound insulation properties in the selected building in accordance with catalogues and calculations.
  • 5. Solution of building construction details
  • 6. Stationary sound sources, fundamental calculations, introduction to software assessments
  • 7. Software simulations
  • 8. Solution of problems of stationary sound sources in the building including building construction details
  • 9. Consultations, task completion
  • 10. Room acoustics, fundamentals, calculations procedures, task instructions
  • 11. Assessments, computer simulations
  • 12. Consultations
  • 13. Credit