Noise Control in Building Services

Encompasses all up-to-date aspects of noise and vibration control in building services in one simple and convenient volume. It provides the necessary background in acoustics and, more importantly, practical advice in the evaluation and control of noise and vibration, with extensive use of tables, illustrations and actual examples. The book's contributors, the senior engineering staff of SRL Ltd, have more than 150 years' collective experience in acoustics, involving design and remedial work on noise and vibration aspects of building services.

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(partial) "A sound basis". Noise and people. Sound in rooms. Design targets. Sound insulation. Vibration isolation. Ductborne noise - transmission. Ductborne noise - flow generated. Ductborne noise - breakout. Noise from room units. Noise to the exterior. Construction site noise and vibration. Laboratory testing. Other building services plant. Suggested further reading. Index.300 illus.