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Environmental and Building Acoustics |
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2th year course - M.Sc. in
Civil Engineering
College
of Engineering -
Professor: A. P. Oliveira de Carvalho
Tel: +351.225081931, Fax:
+351.225081940
Email
OBJECTIVES
- To
transmit basic knowledge in Environmental Acoustics, Building Acoustics
and Noise Control giving attention to the Portuguese and International
laws, codes and standards.
NUMBER OF CLASSES/WEEK
- N. Lectures - 1h+1h
- N. Lab/Tutorial hours - 1.5h
- Total = 3.5 h/week
CONTENTS
- Historical
background (some brief notes)
- Acoustics
fundamentals, definitions and terminology (some elements for study, list of definitions, directivity)
- Sound generation and propagation
- sound
screens ex: wood-ex: acrylic
- highway and aircraft noise
- construction sites noise example
- Building acoustics
- sound
absorption (theory, calculation, example of materials)
- airborne sound (notes)
- structureborne noise
- plumbing and equipment noise
- Architectural
acoustics (large spaces) (examples, Carnegie Hall) (Effects of Rooms on Voice and Music)
- Hearing and voice
(physiological effects, psycho-acoustics,
speech intelligibility).
- Vibration analysis and control
- Community noise and its effects
- legislation
- standards
- environmental impact assessments studies
- Acoustical measuring instruments
- Fundamentals
of musical acoustics (examples:
*.MID)
- The future
of Acoustics(example: antinoise)
PERFORMANCE
ASSESSMENT
- Exam
90% +10% pratical work
Notes:
After the end of classes there are two two-hour written
examinations of
similar difficulty level (1st call and 2nd call) (0h40 theoretical part,
closed
book + 1h20 practical part, open book but only the official textbook).
The access to these exams are
only open
to the students that were regularity registered in the course and have
got
"frequency".
A student has frequency to
this course having been regulary registered to it did not missed more
than 3
classes and fulfilled the minimum requirements.
The access to the 2nd exam
will be limited to the students that having fulfilled the above have
failed in
the 1st exam or missed it. except for trying to increase the
classification (a
special application will be needed). Will be also accepted to exam the
students
that are under special provisions (of the Normas
Gerais de
Avaliação approved by the Pedagogical Council).
BIBLIOGRAFY
- Compulsory:
- LEGISLAÇÃO SOBRE O RUÍDO - Colecção Construção Civil nº 14, Ed. Rei dos Livros (or Porto Editora edition);
- SEBENTA DA DISCIPLNA, A. P. Oliveira de Carvalho 2024 (new edition v8.20).
- Other references:
- Fundamentals
of Acoustics,
- Architectural
acoustics, M. David Egan, McGraw
Hill, 1988;
- Acustica arquitectonica, Manuel Recuero Lopez, 1993;
- The
Master Handbook of Acoustics, F.
Alton Everest, 1994;
- Other important (*.pdf):
- Measuring Sound (1,0 Mb) or here
- Environmental Noise (4,9 Mb) or here
- Measurements in Building Acoustics (0,9 Mb) or here
- Classroom acoustics (0,7 Mb)
- Directiva Europeia sobre o ruído ambiente, 2002 (0,3 Mb)
- Sofware (basic):
Schedule of
exams
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1st exam - ??.01.2025, ?am
2nd exam - ??.01.2025, ?pm
Other similar
courses in Portugal
- University of Coimbra (Portugal)
- MSc in Acoustics (Denmark)
- M.Sc. in Acoustics (Chalmers -
- Acoustics
(LAUM, Université du Maine, Le Mans, França)
- M.Sc. (DEA) (U.Marselha, França)
- M.Sc./Ph.D. - Rensselear Pol. Institute (
- M.Sc./PhD. - Pennsylvania State University (EUA)
- University
of Hartford (CT, EUA)
- M.Sc. in Audio Acoustics (Diploma in Acoustics and Noise Control) (
- List of schools with Acoustics Programs
- Courses at the USA
- Courses in Europe
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Acoustics
in Historical Sites
Bioacoustics
Some
interestings Sounds
Acoustical companies in the world
European Union work in Acoustics
Research
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