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AIRBORNE SOUND INSULATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Acoustics (Physics)
CONT

Insulation ... of airborne sound provided by a barrier is usually expressed as its sound transmission class STC. For a specific construction, STC is determined from a sound-transmission loss curve obtained from a standardized test of a large-scale specimen in a recognized laboratory. This curve is compared with a standard contour, and a numerical rating is assigned to the specimen ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Acoustique (Physique)
OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «isolation des bruits aériens», terme qui s'applique aux techniques mises en œuvre pour former obstacle au bruit, alors que «l'isolement» est un résultat quantifiable obtenu grâce à ces techniques.

Spanish

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