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    To prevent the transmission of airborne sound, a solid barrier impervious to air is required. Common effective barrier materials include gypsum board, plywood, and concrete. In the laboratory, sound transmission loss is measured by generating noise in one room and measuring sound levels in both rooms placed on either side of a test specimen, with the only connection being through the specimen. The difference in measured sound levels between rooms is the transmission loss, with higher values indicating less sound is transmitted through the barrier. Standard test methods have been established to rate sound insulation using a single number system called Sound Transmission Class.

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    To prevent the transmission of airborne sound, a solid barrier impervious to air is required. Common effective barrier materials include gypsum board, plywood, and concrete. In the laboratory, sound transmission loss is measured by generating noise in one room and measuring sound levels in both rooms placed on either side of a test specimen, with the only connection being through the specimen. The difference in measured sound levels between rooms is the transmission loss, with higher values indicating less sound is transmitted through the barrier. Standard test methods have been established to rate sound insulation using a single number system called Sound Transmission Class.

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    Airborne Sound Transmission Loss

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    To prevent the transmission of airborne sound, a solid barrier impervious to air is required. Common effective barrier materials include gypsum board, plywood, and concrete. In the laboratory, sound transmission loss is measured by generating noise in one room and measuring sound levels in both rooms placed on either side of a test specimen, with the only connection being through the specimen. The difference in measured sound levels between rooms is the transmission loss, with higher values indicating less sound is transmitted through the barrier. Standard test methods have been established to rate sound insulation using a single number system called Sound Transmission Class.

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    Topreventthepassageofsoundrequiresasolidbarrierthatisimpervioustoair.
    Commonbarriermaterialsaregypsumboard,plywood,concreteetc.Softporous
    materials,likerockorglassfibreontheirowndonotpreventthepassageofsound.
    Theyare,however,beneficialwhenplacedinsideproperlydesignedcavitywallsor
    floors.
    STC(soundtransmissionclass)ismeasuredinalaboratoryaccordingtoASTME90,
    StandardTestMethodforLaboratoryMeasurementofAirborneSoundTransmissionLoss
    ofBuildingPartitions.Specimensareconstructedintheopeningbetweentwospecial
    reverberationroomsconstructedsothattheonlysignificantsoundpathisthroughthe
    specimen.Transmissionlosses(TL)aremeasuredatfrequenciesfrom125Hzto
    4000HzandSTCiscalculatedaccordingtoASTME413,ClassificationforRatingSound
    Insulation.

    Inalaboratory,specimenstobemeasuredareplacedbetweentworoomsthatare
    isolatedfromeachothersothereisnotransmissionofvibration.Oftentheroomsare
    supportedonsprings.Thesketchshowsanidealizedfacilityformeasuringwallsound
    transmission.Suchfacilitiesarealsousedforevaluatingwindows,doorsandother
    elementsthatarebuiltintowalls.Afacilityfortestingfloorshasoneroomabovethe
    other.
    http://www.alfwarnock.info/sound/transmission_loss.html

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    Notethatinalaboratorytest,theonlypathbetweenroomsisthroughthewallorfloor
    beingtested.Thisisoftennottrueinbuildings.
    Noiseisgeneratedinoneroomandthesoundpressurelevelsindecibelsaremeasured
    inbothatseveraldifferentfrequencies.Thebandwidthforthemeasurementisonethird
    ofanoctave.Thedifferenceinlevelsiscorrectedtoaccountfortheacoustical
    propertiesofthereceivingroom.
    Thequantitythatresultsisthetransmissionlossindecibels(dB).Thisrepresentsthe
    lossinsoundpowerduetotransmissionthroughthespecimen.Thehigherthe
    transmissionloss,thelesssoundpassesthroughthewall.
    TheASTMstandardgoverningthesetestsisASTME90,StandardTestMethodfor
    LaboratoryMeasurementofAirborneSoundTransmissionLossofBuildingPartitions.

    Sampletransmissionlossresultsforsinglelayerwalls
    constructedusingcommonmaterials
    Thedipinthecurveforgypsumboardinthefigureiscausedbythestiffnessofthe
    board.Thestifferorthickerthematerial,thelowerthefrequencywherethisdipoccurs.
    Thinorlimpmaterialsdonotshowsuchdipsintheusualfrequencyrange.Thedipfor
    theconcreteisnotobviousbutoccursaround100Hz.Plywoodandorientedstrandboard
    (OSB)havedifferentstiffnesspropertiesdependingontheaxisforbending.Thismeans
    thecoincidencedipisbroadandnotwelldefined.

    http://www.alfwarnock.info/sound/transmission_loss.html

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    SoundTransmissionClass
    Plotsofsoundtransmissionlossdataarecomplexandareusuallyreducedtosingle
    numberratings.InNorthAmericathesoundtransmissionclass,STCistheusual
    rating.ThisiscalculatedfromtransmissionlossdataaccordingtoASTME413
    ClassificationforRatingSoundInsulation.Thischartshowsanexampleofthefitting
    process.
    TheSTCcontourextendsfrom125to4000Hz.Themeasured1/3octaveband
    transmissionlossesarefittedtothecontourasshown,subjecttothefollowingrules:
    Deviationsoccurwhenameasuredvalue(redbars)islessthanthecontour(blueline).
    Thecontourisadjusteduntilsumofdeviations<=32andnoindividualdeviation>8dB.
    TheSTCvalueisreadfromthecontourvalueat500Hz.
    AsforTL,thehighertheSTC,thebetterthesoundinsulation.

    http://www.alfwarnock.info/sound/transmission_loss.html

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