ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTIC
ACOUSTIC
 BRANCH OF PHYSICS CONSIDERED
W/SOUND
 DEALS W/ PRODUCTION ,CONTROL,
TRANSMISSION RECEPTION, EFFECTS OF
SOUND
 3 ELEMENT
 SOURCE
 TRANSMISSION
 RECEIVER – listener 20-
20,000 hz
 TYPES OF ACOUSTIC
 PHSYCO ACOUSTICS
– reaction of human being
audible sound
 ENVIRONTMENTAL
ACOUSTICS
– deals w/ effects of the
environment upon audible
sound waves
 Architectural
Acoustics
– defined as the
technology of
designing spaces,
structure &
mechanical
systems to meet
hearing need
 Landscape
Acoustics
 ELECTRO ACOUSTICS
-deals w/ generation &
detection of audible sound
 SONICS
-deals with technical
application of mechanical
waves in basic scientific
research, industry &
medicine.
SOUND
 SENSATION STIMULATED IN THE ORGANS
OF HEARING
 A VIBRATION IN A ELASTIC MEDIUM SUCH AS
AIR, WATER, MOST BLDG. MATERIAL
3 ASPECT OF ACOUSTICAL DESIGN IN BLDG.
 PLANNING TO KEEP NOISE SOURCES AS
FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM QUIET AREA
 INTERNAL ACOUSTIC OF ROOMS
 STRUCTURAL PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE
NOISE PENETRATION
SOUND
 PHYSICAL WAVE OR A MECHANICAL
VIBRATION OR SIMPLY A SERIES OF
PRESSURE VARIATIONS IN AN ELATIC
MEDIUM
 FOR AIRBORNE SOUND – THE
MEDIUM IS AIR
 FOR STRUCTURAL-BORNE SOUND
– THE MEDIA ARE CONCRETE,
STEEL, WOOD GLASS.
SOURCES OF SOUND
 SPEECH , MUSIC , NOISE
TYPES OF SOUND
 WANTED SOUND ( SPEECH, MUSIC)
- HEARD PROPERLY
 UNWANTED SOUND (NOISE)
- ANNOYANCE
- NOT DESIRED OR
OBJECTIONABLE
CHARACTERISTIC OF SOUND
 AUDIBLE
 INAUDIBLE
PROPERTIES OF SOUND
- SOUND MUST ALWAYS HAVE A SOURCE,
PATH, AND A RECEIVER
DECIBEL
- SCIENTIFIC UNIT MEASURES INTENSITY OF
SOUND
FREQUENCY
- CYCLE OF SOUND
- NO. OF PRESSURE, DISPLACEMENTS OR
OSCILLATION THAT A PARTICLE UNDERGOES
IN ONE (1) SEC
HERTZ
- UNIT MEASURE OF FREQUENCY
- THE FREQUENCY THE HIGHER PITCH
- HIGH OR LOW FREQUENCY
TONE
- SOUND SENSATION HAVING PITCH
LOUDNESS
- VOLUME CONTROL OF RADIO IS SUDDENLY
TURNED UP
- MEASURING NOISE LEVEL IS THE DECIBEL
PERIOD
- TIME REQUIRED WAVELENGHT TO PASS CERTAIN
POINT
AMPLITUDE
- THE HEIGHT OF WAVE
NOISE AND MUSIC
 NOISE SOUND W/ IRREGULAR WAVEFORM
 MUSICAL NOTE SOUND W/ REGULAR WAVEFORM
DAMPED WAVES
- DIES OUT WHEN ENERGY IS NOT REPLENISHED
VELOCITY OF SOUND
- EQUAL TO SQUAREROOT OF FREQUENCY
- SOUND TRAVEL FASTER LIQUID AND SOUND
SOUND DENSITY
- ALSO KNOWN ACOUSTIC INTENSITY DEFINED
SOUND POWER
ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTIC
- STUDY OF SOUND WAVE
SOUND
- SENSATION OF ACOUSTIC WAVES
ACOUSTICS
 INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE W/ STUDY OF
ALL MECHANICAL WAVES IN GASES, LIQUIDS
 & SOUNDS. INCLUDING VIBRATION, SOUND, - THE BACK AND FOURTH MOTION
ULTRASOUND & INFRASOUND.
 “ AKOUSTIKOS “ GREEK WORD CYCLE
 “ SONIC “ LATIN SYNONYM OF ACOUSTICS & PERIOD
WATER BRANCH ACOUSTICS
 FREQUENCY ABOVE AND BELOW THE
AUDIBLE RANGE ARE CALLED “ULTRASONIC”
20 TO 20,000 HZ
& “ INFRASONIC
- APPROX AUDIO FREQUENCY RANGE OF HUMAN
o HEARING – MEANS SURVIVAL HEARING
o SPEECH – DISTANCE OF CHARACTERISTIC HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE 600 TO 40,500 HZ

- CRITICAL FREQUENCY FOR SPEECH

o ROBERT BRUCE LINDSAY’S COMMUNICATION
- WHEEL OF ACOUSTICS
TONE

- COMPOSED OF HUMAN FUNDAMENTAL

2 TYPES OF WAVES
A. MECHANICAL WAVES – PROPAGATE THROUGH
MATERIAL MEDIUM ( SOLID, LIQUID OR GAS )
DEPENDS ON THE ELASTIC.
2 TYPES OF WAVE MOTION FOR MECHANICAL
WAVES :
 LONGITUDINAL WAVES
- CAN PASS THROUGH LIQUID AND GASES
 TRANSVERSE WAVES
- REQUIRE MATERIAL TO BE SOLID
B. NON-MECHANICAL / ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES –
DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY MEDIUM TO TRAVEL
TERMINOLOGIES
GENERATION
- SOUND IS GENERATED, OBJECT VIBRATES
- CAUSING THE ADJACENT AIR TO MOVE
FREQUENCY W/ MULTIPLY OF THE
FUNDAMENTAL, CALLED HARMONICS
PURE TONE
- SOUND COMPOSED ONLY 1 FREQUENCY
MUSICAL SOUNDS
- COMBINATION
VELOCITY
- VARIES ACCORDING TO THE MEDIUM OF
TRANSMISSON APPROX 1100 FPS IN AIR AT
NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE.
WAVELENGTH
- DISTANCE BETWEEN SIMILAR POINTS ON
SUCCESSIVE WAVES
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WAVELENGTH,
FREQUENCY, & VELOCITY.
LOW FREQUENCY SOUNDS
- CHARACTERIZED BY LONG WAVELENGTHS
- HIGH FREQUENCY SOUNDS : CHARACTERIZED
BY SHORT WAVELENGTHS
- SOUND W/ WAVELENGTH RANGING

MAGNITUDE

WAVE o SOUND POWER – AMOUNT OF ENERGY

PRODUCED BY SOURCE
- A DISTURBANCE OR OSCILLATION THAT o INTENSITY – DESCRIBES THE ENRGY
TRANSFER ENRGY PROGRESSIVELY FROM
LEVEL ; WHAT IS WATTS / CM
POINT TO POINT IN AMEDIUM SPACE W/O
o LOUDNESS
ADVANCE.

SOUND WAVE
ROOM ACOUSTICS
- A LONGITUDINAL PRESSURE WAVE IN AIR OR AN
ELASTIC MEDIUM. SOUND INDOORS – ACOUSTIC OF ROOM
FREQUENCY o SOUND ABSORPTION
- THE NO. OF TIMES THE CYCLE OF
- SOME ABSORB LOW FREQUENCY ENERGY:
COMPRESSION AND RAREFACTION OF AIR
SOME ABSORB HIGH FREQUENCY ENERGY
OCCURS IN A UNIT GIVEN OF TIME
E.G 1,000 CYCLE IN THE PERIOD OF 1 SEC.
o NOISE REDUCTION BY ABSORPTION
= 1,000 CPS = 1,000 HZ
- THE NO. OF CYCLES PER UNIT TIME OF A WAVE
OR OSCILLATION - NOISE LEVELS IN A ROOM ARE HIGHEST FOR A
- THE RATE OF OSCILLATION OF MOLECULES BY GIVEN SOURCE IN THE ROOM
SOUND ( FREQUENCY OF VIBRATION)
o REFLECTIONS
MEASURED IN CYCLES PER SECOND (HERTz) - SOUND FOR / DIFFFUSED

PITCH o REVERBERATION
- FREQUENCY OF SOUND - PROLONGATION OF SOUND : PERSISTIVE

VIBRATION
 ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS SPEAKER LISTENER

 SOUND - AUDIBILITY DECREASE

- MECHANICAL WAVE UNDERGO OSCULATION
- ABOUT 6DB DROP
- TRANSMIT THROUGH SOLID, LIQUID OR GAS
COMPOSE FREQUENCY WITHIN RANGE OF - 60 TO 65 DB AT A DISTANCE 1M/3FT
HEARING
- CREATE SENSATION OF VIBRATION REVERBERATION
 ACOUSTICS
- MECHANICAL WAVES IN GASES AND LIQUID - PERSISTENCE OF SOUND PARTICULAR SPACE
- INCLUDING VIBRATION, SOUND, ULTRASOUND & AFTER ORIGINAL SOUND REMOVE
INFRASOUND
- EVERYTHING RELATED TO HEARING - LARGE NUMBER ECHOES BUILDUP THEN
SLOWLY DECAY AS THE SOUND
- CAUSES PROLONGATION OF SOUND
WHAT HAPPENS TO SOUND HITS BARRIER?
- LONGER REVERBERATION THE MORE “SMEAR”
A. TRANSMITTED (PASS THROUGH) OF SPEECH SOUND
B. ABSORPTION
C. REFLECTED
 DIFFRACTED
 DIFFUSION REVERBERATION TIME

SOUND SURFACE INTERACTION - TIME TAKES SOUND TO STOP REFLECTING

A. TRANSMISSION
- TIME IN SECOND SOUND REDUCE 60 DB
 PASSING THROUGH
- HARD ROOM = LONG RT TIME
- RT AT ROOM AUTER EFFECT OF THE SPEAKER-
B. ABSORPTION
 ABSORB LISTENING DISTANCE UPON SOUND INTENSITY

C. REFLECTION FALSE CEILING

 STRIKE SURFACE & CHANGE
DIRECTION - DECREASE VOLUME ROOM
D. DIFFUSION
 STRIKE SURFACE & SCATTERED MANY CARPETING FLOOR
DIRECTION
- ABSORPTION REVERSE SOUND

HEAVY FABRIC ON WINDOWS

ACOUSTIC AND CLASSROOM

IMPORTANCE OF HEARING / LISTENING MIC & SPEAKER SYSTEM

 45 % LISTENING ACOUSTIC MAKE BIG IMPACT ON ANY VOCAL ORIENTED

 30% SPEAKING
 16% READING OPERATION
 9% WRITING

 ELEMENTS OF LISTENING

 DETECTION
– IDENTIFICATION SOUND
 DISCRIMINATION
– DIFFRENTIATING VARIOUS WORD
 RECOGNITION
– CATCHING EXACT WORD
 COMPREHENSION
– NOTHING CORRECT THING
 PROBLEMS IN CLASSROOM
 ROOM NOISE
 SPEAKER LISTENER
 ROOM REVERBERATION

ROOM NOISE

- ACOUSTICALLY NOISE ANY UNWANTED SOUND

- EXTERNAL / INTERNAL
- INCLUDE WHISPHER, SHUT NOISES
- NOISE 55-60 DB IN CLASSROOM