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CONTENTSvii4.3 Measuring <strong>the</strong> acoustic absorption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.3.1 Reverberation time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704.3.2 Measuring <strong>the</strong> absorption in a reverberation room . . . 754.3.3 Measuring <strong>the</strong> absorption in <strong>the</strong> Kundt tube . . . . . . 754.4 The direct and diffuse sound field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 Sound Insulation 815.1 Measuring sound insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815.1.1 Measuring airborne sound insulation . . . . . . . . . . 815.1.2 Measurement <strong>of</strong> impact sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845.1.3 Single number rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.2 Airborne sound insulation <strong>of</strong> a wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865.2.1 Simple law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865.2.2 Effect <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wall stiffness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885.2.3 The coincidence effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905.2.4 Insulation <strong>of</strong> double wall constructions . . . . . . . . . 925.2.5 Insulation <strong>of</strong> a composite wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945.3 The acoustical barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 Noise control 996.1 Origin <strong>of</strong> noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996.2 Reducing noise at <strong>the</strong> level <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sound source . . . . . . . . . 1026.2.1 Aerodynamic noise sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1026.2.2 Sources <strong>of</strong> hydrodynamic noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1056.2.3 Sources <strong>of</strong> structure-borne noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1086.3 Tackling noise transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1106.3.1 Transmission <strong>of</strong> aerodynamic noise . . . . . . . . . . . 1106.3.2 Hydrodynamic noise transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126.3.3 Structure-borne noise transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 1136.4 Radiation noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115III Noise directives 1197 Directive 2000/14/EG : ’Machines in open air’ 1238 Noise on <strong>the</strong> work floor 1278.1 Previous guideline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1278.2 Present guideline: directive 2003/10/EG . . . . . . . . . . . . 1298.3 Risk <strong>of</strong> hearing damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1328.4 The audiometric examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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