Solid borne noise in buildings: how does one cope?

Maud Serra (1) , Marc Asselineau (2)

1 PEUTZ & Associés Conseil en acoustique
2 Peutz & Associés

In France there are regulations regarding the sound isolation of the façade with regards to road and rail noise. However, there are no provisions regarding structure borne noise from such sources. For example, should there be a tunnel by the building, on what basis does one decide what the applicable noise level target value should be? Should it really be expressed as a sound level or should it be described as a velocity level? Furthermore, is the end user aware of the problem and ready to implement some solid borne noise control measures? This paper aims to address those matters through a couple of case studies.

Mots clés: noise; vibration; regulation; standard

Domaines: Acoustique [physics.class-ph]

Maud Serra, Marc Asselineau. Solid borne noise in buildings: how does one cope?. Acoustics 2012, Apr 2012, Nantes, France. ⟨hal-00810561⟩