Airium Acoustic

Acousys
2017-04-19
Airium - Acoustic
Basics of acoustics
• Pysicals phenomena
• Sound definition
• Systems performances
• Airbone sound insulation – Sound reduction index
• Impact sound Insulation- Impact sound pressure level
• Sound Absorption

• Building performances

Systems studies
• Absorption
• Partition wall single frame 72/48
• Thermal lining
• Floating screed floor
1. Systems with thermal insulation
2. Systems without thermal insulation
• Wood framed Wall

Calculations
Acousys v3 software

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Airium – Basics of Acoustic - Pysicals phenomena
What is a sound ?
Vibration of air Molecules
Acoustic wave resulting from the vibration of the air due to pressure and
depressions
5
A=3 Pa
3

Air Pressure
1
F= 2 Hz A= 3 Pa
-1
-3
F=2 Hz
-5
0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0
Time (s)

Sound is a combination of different waves

The sound level (Pressure in Pa) & the Frequency (Hz) are the 2 most important
parameters when talking about Acoustic
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What Decibels stands actually for ?
P2 (Pressure)
L = 10 Log
P20 (Pressure of reference)

Air craft jet Threshold of pain

Loud music Dangerous noise

Tiring noise
Subw ay traffic
Lively street
Annoying noise
Speech
Quiet Office
Apartment
Light noise
Wind on t he forest
Desert

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Airium – Basic of Acoustic - Systems performances in laboratory

 Airborne sound insulation

Sound reduction index (Rw, STC)

Emission Room Reception Room

There are several calculation methods.

- System W : RW(C,Ctr) Europe
- Sound Transmission Class (USA ; Korea...).

Sound transmission loss can be measure or predict ( Acousys).

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Material ex Rw
 Airborne sound insulation (dB)

Sound reduction index (Rw) ex Wood chipboard 25mm 25

Bad
Plaster block 70mm 30
Rw (C, Ctr) = 44 (-3, -9) dB
Solid bricks 50mm 35
Hollows blocks 100mm 36
(plastered on one side)
Rw + C= 41dB Rw + Ctr = 35dB Solid blocks 120mm 47
(plastered on one side)
Solid Concrete 160mm 55
Good
(Origin : CEBTP)
 R W : Sound reduction index with reference curve
 Rw + C : Sound reduction index + a weighted correction response of the ear
 Rw + Ctr : Sound reduction index + a weighted correction of a traffic(road) noise

The higher the Rw or STC number the better the performance

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 Impact sound insulation

Impact sound pressure level (Lnw, IIC)
Measurements : An impact noise is create in the upper
Emission Room room with standardised machine and we measure directly
the sound level in the room

Predictions : Acousys Material ex Lnw

(dB)
Solid Concrete 140mm 77
Mortar screed on EPS 57
(Concrete support 140mm)

(Origin :Acoubat CSTB)

The lower the Lnw or IIC number the better the

Reception Room performance

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 Sound Absorption
Definition
Absorption of the sound consist of reduced the
sound coming from the same rooms
w or NRC are the part of the sound not reflected
by the material

Perfect reflecting w is around 0

Example is marble

Perfect absorbent w is around 1

open door (no sound back)

Predictions : Acousys
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 Airium – Basic of Acoustic – Building performances
How the sound is transmitted inside a building?

AIRBORNE :
Speech, radio, télévision

In building the noise is coming & is IMPACTS :

transmitted
walk, impacts…
from everywhere by every thing

EQUIPEMENTS :
Plumbing, furnace, fan

Performances in situ is different than laboratory measurement

(flanking tramission in building)
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Airium – Basic of Acoustic – Building performances indexs

Performance of Performance of Performance of

Airborne impact noise absorption into a
Performance

insulation insulation room

Product &

Rw; Rw+C;Rw+Ctr Lnw; IIC αw; α s

system

STC NRC; SAA

Dnf, Dnew

L’nW
Performance of

Dntw FIIC RT;

FSTC;NIIC NR;NC
a building

STI,D50;C50

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 Airium- System absorption (one layer) –Sound absorption index

System -Physical parameters

Name Resistivit Tortosity Porosity Caracteristic Caracteristic Density Poisson E dyn Loss
y (Pa.s viscous lenght temperature (kg/m3) ratio Mod rate
/m2) Ʌ ʹ(µm) lenght Ʌ(µm) (MPa)

Glass Wool 25000 1 0,95 60 150 25 0 0,12 0,11

Airium
dens78kg/m3
82600 1,94 0,93 53 59 78 0,1 70 0,05
3
Airium dens313kg/m
984100 1,23 0,88 4 248 313 0,1 400 0,05

Parameters not avialable - hypothesis

• Absorption calculated with Acousys for each layer at 3 differents thickness (10, 100, 300mm)
• All Calculations without spacial windowing

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 Airium - System absorption (one layer) –Sound absorption index
Results 2 conditions :
• Normal incidence case (related to impedance tube measurement )
• Diffuse field case (related to reverberant room measurement)
Normal Incidence case Diffuse field case
(without spacial windowing) (without spacial windowing)
Thickness of
material (mm)
type of material αn Classe NRC SAA αw Classe NRC SAA

10 Glass Wool 0,15 E 0,1 0,11 0,25 E 0,25 0,24

100 Glass Wool 0,95 A 0,9 0,89 0,95 A 0,9 0,89
300 Glass Wool 0,95 A 0,9 0,88 0,95 A 0,9 0,92

10 Airuim - 0,15 E 0,2 0,19 0,2 E 0,25 0,24

100 density 0,6 C 0,6 0,59 0,75 C 0,7 0,71
300 78kg/m3 0,6 C 0,6 0,6 0,75 C 0,7 0,71

10 Airuim - 0,25 E 0,2 0,21 0,35 D 0,3 0,32

100 density 0,25 E 0,2 0,22 0,4 D 0,35 0,34
300 313kg/m3 0,25 E 0,25 0,22 0,35 D 0,35 0,34

Mains results:
• Airium dens 78kg/m3 better than Airium dens 313kg/m3 but lower than Glass wool
• 100mm thickness is enough to have good caracteristics

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 Airium – Systems Partition wall 72/48 – Sound reduc index

System -Physical parameters

Name Resistivity Tortosity Porosity Caracteristic Caracteristic Density Poisson E dyn Loss
(Pa.s /m2) viscous lenght temperature (kg/m3) ratio Mod rate
Ʌ ʹ(µm) lenght Ʌ(µm) (MPa)

Glass Wool 25000 1 0,95 5 150 25 0 0,12 0,11

Airium
dens78kg/m3 82600 1,94 0,93 53 59 78 0,1 70 0,05

• Frame Parameters not avialable - hypothesis

• Multilayer composition

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 Airium - System Partition wall 72/48 – Sound reduc index

Results – Sound reduction index

Sound reduction index

Rw + C Rw + Ctr
System Rw (dB) STC (dB)
(dB) (dB) Insulation

Partition wall single frame -Glass Wool 42 36 29 35

Partition wall single frame -Airium 78kg/m3 42 37 31 37

Gypsum
board

Mains results:
• No significantly difference

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Airium – System Thermal lining – Sound reduc index
System -Physical parameters
Name Resistivity Tortosity Porosity Caracteristic Caracteristic Density Poisson E dyn Loss
(Pa.s /m2) viscous lenght temperature (kg/m3) ratio Mod rate
Ʌ ʹ(µm) lenght Ʌ(µm) (MPa)

Glass Wool 25000 1 0,95 60 150 25 0 0,12 0,11

EEPS
10,94 0,2 0,24 0,067
Airium
dens78kg/m3 82600 1,94 0,93 53 59 78 0,1 70 0,05

Parameters not avialable - hypothesis

Multilayers composition

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 Airium – System Thermal lining – Sound reduc index
Results – Sound reduction index

Sound reduction index

System Rw (dB) Rw + C (dB) Rw + Ctr (dB) STC (dB)

Thermal lining - Glass Wool 74 71 64 73

Thermal lining - EEPS 65 60 53 63

Thermal lining - Airium 78kg/m3 56 55 51 56

Mains results:
• Glass wool > EEPS > Airium 78kg/m3

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 Airium –System Floating screed Floor (a)- sound reduct
index & impact sound
Systems with thermal insulation
Name Resistivity Tortosity Porosity Caracteristic Caracteristic Density Poisson E dyn Loss
(Pa.s /m2) viscous lenght temperature (kg/m3) ratio Mod rate
Ʌ ʹ(µm) lenght Ʌ(µm) (MPa)

STC XPS70 40 0 24 0,08

SCAM1 fIber asphalt 450 0,4 15 0,25
SCAM1 fIber 25000 1 0,95 100 100 230 0 0,03 0,4
Airium
Dens 313kg/m3 984100 1,23 0,88 4 248 313 0,1 400 0,05

Parameters not avialable - hypothesis

Multilayers composition
• Without viscoelastics (fiber asphalt ) and porous materials (fiber ) -SCAM
• With SCAM materials

Airium (CM326) or
313 kg/m3
Airium (CM326) or
313 kg/m3

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Results –With thermal insulation

Sound reduction index Impact sound pressure level
Rw + C Rw + Ctr
System Rw (dB) STC (dB) Ln,w (dB) IIC (dB)
(dB) (dB)
Floating Floor XPS 57 56 51 57 59 50

Floating Floor Airium 313kg/m3 59 57 53 59 68 47

Floating Floor XPS + SCAM 66 62 55 63 51 55

Floating Floor Airium 313kg/m3 + SCAM 75 70 63 72 42 60

• Sound reduction Index :

1. Without SCAM : No difference (XPS / Airuim 313kg/m3)
2. With SCAM : XPS > Airuim 313kg/m3

• Impact sound pressure level:

1. Without SCAM : XPS > Airuim 313kg/m3
2. With SCAM : Airuim 313kg/m3 > XPS

Note :Thermal resistance of Airium 313kg/m3 system is less than XPS system
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Airium –System Floating screed Floor (b)
- Sound reduct index & impact sound
Systems without thermal insulation ( ex in intermediate floor)
Same Physical parameters as Floating sreed floor (a)

Objectives : comparaison of system with SCAM and systems differents thickness of

Airium 313 kg/m3 ( 20, 40 , 70 mm)

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 Airium –System Floating screed Floor (b)-
sound reduct index & impact sound
Results –without thermal insulation
( ex in intermediate floor)
Concrete SCAM screed

Impact sound pressure

Sound reduction index level
Thickness
Rw + Ctr
System Airium Rw (dB) Rw + C (dB) STC (dB) Ln,w (dB) IIC (dB)
313kg/m3 (dB)
Floating Floor SCAM without thermal
insulation- ref 65 61 55 64 51 55
Floating Floor Airium 313 kg/m3 CM326 20
ep20mm 59 58 53 60 72 44
Floating Floor Airium 313 kg/m3 CM326 40
ep40mm 59 58 53 59 69 48
Floating Floor Airium 313 kg/m3 CM326
ep70mm
70 59 57 53 59 68 47

• Sound reduction Index :

1. Whatever thickness , systems with Airium are less efficient -Thick 70mm Rw+C : 57 / 61 dB

• Impact sound pressure level:

1. Whatever thickness ,systems with Airium are less efficient - Thick 70mm Lnw : 68 / 51 dB

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 Airium- System Wood framed wall –Sound red index &
Absorption

System -Physical parameters

• Multilayer composition ( MWool / AiriumCM292 dens 78kg/m3 / AiriumCM426 dens 81kg/m3 )

• Calculations
Ref / Ref opposite source/ without BA13 / without BA13 opposite source
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 Airium –System Wood framed wall –Sound red index &
Absorption
Results

Best result AiriumCM292 vs CM426

Airium CM292 (dens 78kg/m3)

• Sound reduction Index :
Complete system ,MWool vs Airium : Not many change
If BA13 removed , MWool vs Airium : 8 dB Loss

• Absorption:
Best case : BA13 removed and emission source opposite MWool vs Airium (dens 78kg/m3) : α w 1,00 / 0,90
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