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Acoustics in Architecture

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge about acoustic terms and acoustic calculation of the spaces within a building
  • Course Goals
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Life Below Water

Requirements

PHM121s

Description

  • English Description

    Sound behavior, architectural acoustics, definition of architectural acoustics, its importance in building, main terminologies, behavior of sound waves in enclosures, sound absorption and reflection, sound isolation, the main acoustical defects, the methods of correction, auditorium acoustics, noise control, outdoor sound propagation, outdoor noise propagation Modeling, prediction and strategic mitigation theories.
  • Arabic Description

    Sound behavior, architectural acoustics, definition of architectural acoustics, its importance in building, main terminologies, behavior of sound waves in enclosures, sound absorption and reflection, sound isolation, the main acoustical defects, the methods of correction, auditorium acoustics, noise control, outdoor sound propagation, outdoor noise propagation Modeling, prediction and strategic mitigation theories.
  • Department
    Architecture Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Student Activities (40 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 15% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 25% ) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 1, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    75
  • Equivalent ECTS
    3
  • Essential books (text books):
  • -Egan, M. David, ''Architectural Acoustics'', McGraw Hill book company, 1988.
  • Recommended books:
  • -Jacobsen, Finn & Poulsen, Torben & Rindel, Jens & Gade, Anders & Ohlrich, Mogens. (2011). Fundamentals of Acoustics and Noise Control.
  • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292150038_Fundamentals_of_Acoustics_and_Noise_Control
  • https://physicsworld.com/a/acoustics-in-architecture/ February 2020
  • -The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design Hardcover – Illustrated, January 17, 2017
  • by Edward Allen (Author), Joseph Iano (Author)
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars 197 ratings
  • Master Handbook of Acoustics, Sixth Edition 6th Edition
  • by F. Alton Everest (Author), Ken Pohlmann (Author) 2020