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An inter-comparison of laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of lightweight plasterboard walls.
  This paper describes the results of the European Inter-Laboratory Test (ILT) program, conducted for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility values for the laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of walls. A total of 24 laboratories took part in this ILT, 21 belonging to the European Community. Two test structures were constructed; a double lightweight wall and a single lightweight wall, both built of plasterboard. The sound reduction index values were measured. The main result of the ILT was the significant difference obtained for the reproducibility value, R , for the double lightweight wall with values up to 12 dB at middle-highfrequencies. On the contrary, the reproducibility value for the single wall was very similar to the tentative values indicated in Annex A of ISO 140-2. Good agreement between laboratories was found for both structures in the computed repeatability values, r.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    31 May 1999

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd.

  • DOI:

    10.1260/1351010991501329

  • ISSN:

    1351-010X

  • Library of Congress:

    TH Building construction

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    729 Design & decoration

Citation

Pompoli, R., Fausti, P. & Smith, S. (1999). An inter-comparison of laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of lightweight plasterboard walls. Building Acoustics. 6, 127-140. doi:10.1260/1351010991501329. ISSN 1351-010X

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Keywords

European Inter-Laboratory Test; airborne sound insulation; double lightweight wall; single lightweight wall; sound reduction; insulation;

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