Thursday, August 20, 2015

Techniques To Reduce Noise In Buildings Florida

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By Shawn Hunter


Most of the current economic activities contribute to increase in the levels of noise. There have been increases in traffic on railways and roads, in working of the machines and in the airstrips. When such noise exceeds the normal levels, they bring about many problems to the listeners. The effects may even lead to deafness.to avoid this, start reduce noise in buildings Florida to bearable levels.

Noise has been classified in two levels. There is the impact and airborne noise. The airborne disturbance becomes transmitted on air. The impact type results from impact among large structures. Both forms have many effects on human health. Such effects become worse to individuals who live in closer environment.

Noise is dangerous to people of Jacksonville city. It has many effects on their health. These effects are more when the sound is very loud. Such noise will result in a loss of efficiency, fatigue, irritation, tiredness and even permanent losses in abilities to hear. The results from experiments performed have shown that if the sound levels go beyond 90dB, there is some reduction in the efficiency of workers. Levels going beyond 150db will result in instant rupture of the eardrums.

Individuals having plans of establishing their homes should consider settling in areas that are far from louder noises. It should be the same case for the hospitals, auditoriums, residential, schools and the auditoriums. They should know the areas where they will position the doors and the windows. It is not good to locate them in areas places where direct sounds will get in.

Machines known to produce a lot of disturbance should have beds of rubber or cork. If they are placed in sound proof rooms, there will be some insulation against the disturbance. When resilient materials like the cork, rubber and glass wool are fitted between the sound source and where people are, there is a considerable reduction of harmful vibrations and disturbance.

The behavior of sound waves is very important in building construction. The moment sound waves are produced, they will spread to too many directions making use of different mediums. It will proceed to strike the walls, floors and the ceilings. These structures will absorb some of this sound. The rest sound becomes reflected to sources. Such kind of reflection leads to echoes, reverberations and some acoustical defects. Reflected sound ought to be controlled to avoid disturbances.

People who do building construction should consider some factors before deciding to design the buildings. Those designing the auditoriums, stations of broadcasting, lecture theaters and cinemas should follow the rules of designing them. Sound produced in these rooms must have some adequate intensity. It should be heard in all corners in the same intensity. There should not be distorted sounds in the lecture theaters.

In music halls and dance houses of Jacksonville city, the sound should spread with same intensity to all areas in the rooms. The outer parts of the hall should have minimal movements and activities. People will enjoy music when there is no disturbance. People outside should not be disturbed.




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