B.Sc. in Civil Engineering – Noise Protection in Civil Engineering

Acquiring knowledge about principles of sound protection and elements of sound protection in buildings.

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• identify and examine real noise and vibration issues;
• recognize noise and vibration sources and phenomena and evaluate them through measurements;
• measure airborne and impact sound,
• suggest measures to solve noise and vibration problems;
• understand the principal human and structure responses to vibrations induced by traffic and other human-induced sources, as well as human responses to noise;
• understand the principles of protection against structural sound and other elements relevant to sound protection
• understand the existing engineering solutions in the areas of room acoustics and construction acoustics,
• recognize and select appropriate standards, recommendations, or regulations that apply to particular environments;
• define the acoustic quality of the building elements in accordance with the requirements of the standards and other legislation;

Physical concepts of noise and vibrations, noise measurement, indoor noise, elements of sound protection in buildings, principles for resolving sound protection in buildings, acoustic quality of building elements, design documentation and procedure of technical acceptance from the point of view of sound protection.

Students in the laboratory or in the field perform measurements of sound pressure, sound intensity, reverberation time, insulating power of all types of bulkheads. Broadband noise measurement and analysis, time and frequency domain noise analysis.

Lectures; Tutorial classes; Laboratory classes; Assignments.

Laboratory and practical work is performed in the Laboratory for Acoustics and Technical Diagnostics and in field conditions.

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• Mijić M., Acoustics in Architecture, Nauka, 2001, ISBN 86-7621-042-X
• Praščević M., Cvetković D., Environmental noise, Faculty of Occupational Safety, University of Niš, Niš, 2005, ISBN 86-80261-53-X
• Malcolm J. Crocker, Handbook of Noise and Vibration Control, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007, 978-0-4713-9599-7
• J.E.F. Foreman, Sound Analysis and Noise Control, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1990, ISBN: 978-1-4684-6679-9
• D.A. Bies et al, Engineering Noise Control, CRC Press, 2018, ISBN 9789-1-138-30690-5