ANSI S2.

16-1997

3.5 structure-borne vlbratory acceleratlon
level (La). The acceleration level La in dB is 20
times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of
the measured structure-borne vibratory accelera­
tíon to ao; that ís,
La in dB=20 10glO {[measured acceleration in
}J.m/s 2 (rms)]/[1 }J.m/s 2 (rms)])
3.6 tlme-bandwidth producto The product of the
analysis bandwidth in Hz and the total sample time
in seconds.
4 Structure-borne sound acceptance
criterla
4.1 Acceptance crlterla
The vibratory acceleration levels La of the equip­
ment, measured at the locations defined in 5.2 and
in accordance with the procedures of 5.1, shall not
exceed the level curves given in figure 1 for the
equipment type specified; note that these criteria
are expressed as one-third-octave-band levels.
Equipment which fails to meet the acceptance cri­
teria should not be installed in the ship unless the
appropriate authority has accepted the defícient
equipment or directed a specific course of action.
4.2 Correctlon factors to crlterla from figure 1
Certain correction factors to the curves in figure 1
are shown in table 1 and apply only for sorne spe­
cific equipment, anticipated shipboard mounting
and system connection configurations, or combi­
nations thereof. For example, 15 dB shall be sub­
tracted from the Type 11 curve for solidly mounted
non-sea connected pumps. No correction factor
shall be applied for reasons other than the specific

TYPEI
en
§
'"<.l
~ 130
E
::1.

o
1­ TYPEIt
~ 120
I ~
-'
UJ
I
a:
(/)
TYPEIII

u:i 110
al
Ü TYPEIV

W
O
?;
(/) 100
-'
w
I >
w
-'
I O
Z 90
~
W
>
¡::
(.)
O
g 80

70

1I3-OCTAVE-BAND CENTER FREQUENCY IN HERTZ

Figure 1 ­ Structure vlbratory acceleration acceptance criteria.

2 © 1998 Acouslical Society 01 America