AISC Design Guide 30 – Sound Isolation and Noise Control in Steel Buildings (KET0050)

AISC Design Guide 30 – Sound Isolation and Noise Control in Steel Buildings, Contents:

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2 ROAD MAP: HOW TO PROCEED WITH A DESIGN

CHAPTER 3 SOME BASICS

3.1 NOISE, SOUND, SOUND PRESSURE

3.2 FREQUENCY, SPECTRA, FREQUENCY BANDS

3.3 SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS, DECIBELS

3.4 WAVE PROPAGATION, SPEED OF SOUND, WAVELENGTH

3.5 SOUND FIELDS IN ROOMS

3.6 SOUND PERCEPTION AND METRICS

3.7 CONTROL OF NOISE IN ROOMS

3.7.1 Sound Absorption of Materials

3.7.2 Reverberation Time

CHAPTER 4 ACOUSTICAL CRITERIA FOR ROOMS

4.1 STEADY-STATE CRITERIA: NC RATINGS

4.2 CRITERIA FOR TRANSMITTED TRANSIENT SOUND

4.3 PRIVACY

4.3.1 Electronic Sound Masking

4.3.2 Levels of Privacy and Privacy Metrics

CHAPTER 5 SOUND ISOLATION CODES AND STANDARDS

5.1 INTRODUCTION

5.2 OFFICES

5.3 MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS

5.3.1 National Model Code Requirements

5.3.2 HUD Guidelines

5.4 SCHOOLS

5.5 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

5.6 COURTS

5.7 OTHER REFERENCES AND GUIDES

5.7.1 International Code Council Guideline G2‑2010

5.7.2 “Green Building” Standards and Guidelines

CHAPTER 6 SOUND SOURCES

6.1 AIRBORNE SOUND SOURCES

6.1.1 Typical Interior Sound Sources

6.1.2 Typical Exterior Sound Sources

6.2 IMPACT SOUND SOURCES

6.3 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

6.3.1 Converting Sound Power Level to Sound Pressure Level

6.3.2 Estimating Mechanical Equipment Sound Power Levels

6.3.3 Plumbing Noise

6.4 CALCULATING SOUND LEVELS FROM SEVERAL SIMULTANEOUS SOURCES

6.5 SAMPLE CALCULATION: MECHANICAL NOISE IN A ROOM

CHAPTER 7 AIRBORNE SOUND ISOLATION

7.1 BASIC CONCEPTS

7.1.1 Transmission Coefficient and Transmission Loss

7.1.2 Multi-Component Constructions

7.1.3 Noise Reduction

7.2 METRICS

7.2.1 The Sound Transmission Class Metric

7.2.2 Outdoor–Indoor Transmission Class and Other Ratings

7.2.3 Field-Based Metrics of Airborne Sound Isolation

7.3 CONSIDERATIONS FOR AIRBORNE SOUND ISOLATION IMPROVEMENT

7.3.1 Mass per Unit Area, Stiffness and  Damping

7.3.2 Separation

7.3.3 Minimizing Gaps, Leaks and Flanking

7.3.4 Matching Sound Transmission Through Constructions

7.3.5 Absorption in the Receiver Space

CHAPTER 8 BUILDING ASSEMBLIES

8.1 ISOLATION OF AIRBORNE SOUND FOR HORIZONTAL ADJACENCIES AND FAÇADES

8.1.1 Metal Stud Walls

8.1.2 CMU Walls, Combination CMU/Metal Stud Walls, and Shaft Walls

8.1.3 Façades

8.2 ISOLATION OF AIRBORNE SOUND FOR VERTICAL ADJACENCIES

8.2.1 Floor/Ceiling Assemblies

8.2.2 Suspended Ceilings and Floating Floors

8.2.3 Roof/Ceiling Sound Isolation Data

8.3 IMPACT SOUND INSULATION

8.3.1 Metrics

8.3.2 Test Data and Guidelines

8.4 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES

8.5 ACOUSTICAL DECK

CHAPTER 9 EQUIPMENT NOISE ISOLATION

9.1 INTRODUCTION

9.2 NOISE CRITERIA

9.2.1 Hearing Damage Limits

9.2.2 Community Sound

9.3 ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT NOISE CONTROL

9.3.1 Airborne Sound Through Roof and Wall Structures

9.3.2 Structure-Borne Noise

9.4 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ROOMS

9.4.1 Sound Isolation

9.4.2 Vibration Isolation

AISC Design Guide 30 – Sound Isolation and Noise Control in Steel Buildings

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