First in-situ experience with impact ball on wood construction

Nicolas Balanant

Surfing on sustainable development, the wood construction is developing in France. Environmental and economics benefits are widely promoted, but the acoustics quality needs to be clarified, regarding to comfort and French regulation. We are currently carrying out measurements in-situ on 35 buildings, especially with the impact ball used in Japan and Korea. This impact source is more adapted to lightweight construction than the international tapping machine, and is more correlated to footstep noise or children running or jumping. The purpose of the conference is to show the first results of in-situ measurements with the impact ball, regarding both values and practice aspects.

Mots clés: impact ball; in-situ; lightweight floor; wood

Domaines: Acoustique [physics.class-ph]

Nicolas Balanant. First in-situ experience with impact ball on wood construction. Acoustics 2012, Apr 2012, Nantes, France. ⟨hal-00811125⟩