Acoustic Design and Noise Protection Course code: 161107 | 6 ECTS credits

Basic information

Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies

Year of Study: 2

Semester: 4

Requirements:

Goal: The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the acoustic characteristics of the rooms as well as the possibilities and ways of controlling their acoustic parameters in order to reduce the noise level, ensure the optimal time of reverberation, diffusion, ineligibility of speech and the fullness of the music signal. Acquiring the necessary knowledge for designing sound insulation and acoustic of rooms for various purposes such as: living rooms, classrooms, conference rooms, theaters, concert and cinemas, studios and control rooms.

Outcome: After the course, the students are able to apply the acquired knowledge to design sound insulation and acoustic, as well as settings of various rooms for the preparation, recording and reproduction of audio signals.

Contents of the course

Theoretical instruction:

Basic concepts and definitions of physical acoustics
The phenomena that accompany the propagation of sound waves
Sound field in the closed spaces
Measurement and prediction of speech intelligibility
Acoustic elements (reflectors, absorbers and diffusers)
Principles of sound protection against air and structural noise
Criteria and standards for noise protection
Acoustic division of rooms and basic parameters of their quality
Speech rooms
Premises for musical performances
Music halls
Studio and control room acoustics
Church acoustics
Acoustic measurements
Practice examples

Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):

Time of reverberation - procedures for calculation and practical measurement. Impulse characteristic of the room - measurement and analysis., Criteria of noise (curves) and practical examples of spectral noise analysis., Understanding of speech in the premises. - Determination of comprehensibility using logos and measurement over the impulse characteristics of the room. Realization of the acoustic design of the target space

Textbooks and References

W.J. Cavanaugh, J.A. Wilkes, Architectural Acoustics, John Wiley and Sons. Inc., New York,1999.
M. Barron, Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design, Taylor and Francis, London, 2000
M. Long, Architectural Acoustics, Elsevier Academic Press, 2006
D.A. Bies, C.H. Hansen, Engineering Noise Control, Third edition, Spon Press, 2003
H. Kurtović, Osnovi tehničke akustike, Naučna knjiga, Beograd, 1982
T. Jelaković, Zvuk, sluh i arhitektonska akustika, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1978.
D. Drinčić, Akustički dizajn prostorija, Viša elektrotehnička škola (u elektronskoj formi), 2014.

Number of active classes (weekly)

Lectures: 3

Practical classes: 2

Other types of classes: 0

Grading (maximum number of points: 100)

Pre-exam obligations

Points

activities during lectures

activities on practial excersises

seminary work

colloquium

Final exam

Points

Written exam

Oral exam

Lecturer

PhD Dragan Novković

Associate

Eng. appl. Momčilo Timotijević

PhD Filip Pantelić

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