| Download | - View final version: Controlling the transmission of impact sound through floors (PDF, 634 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40002834 |
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| Author | Search for: Warnock, A. C. C.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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| Format | Text, Issue |
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| Physical description | 6 p. |
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| Subject | Floors |
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| Abstract | It is bad enough not being invited to the party upstairs; worse yet is having to endure the sound of stiletto-heeled shoes keeping time to up-tempo music. Something can be done, however, to reduce such annoying impact noise from above. That something entails the installation of either an impact-absorbing, i.e., resilient, layer on the floor such as a carpet, or a floating floor. Increasing the thickness of the concrete slab can also improve the impact insulation. It is a matter of impact insulation increasing with an increase in mass. That applies just as much to the gypsum board ceiling suspended resiliently from a concrete slab. Overall, the control of impact noise differs greatly from that of airborne noise. |
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| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRC-IRC-10072 |
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| NPARC number | 20327833 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | c7cbd4a9-e310-4139-88aa-d2d559eeebf2 |
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| Record created | 2012-07-18 |
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| Record modified | 2022-11-07 |
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