TY - RPRT A1 - Mahn, Jeffrey A1 - Quirt, David A1 - Höller, Christoph A1 - Müller-Trapet, Markus T1 - Addendum to RR-335: sound transmission through Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT) assemblies N2 - This report is published as an addendum to NRC Research Report RR-335 “Apparent Sound Insulation in Cross-Laminated Timber Buildings." It is intended that this addendum will be merged with RR-335 in the future as a report for predicting the sound insulation in buildings using mass-timber constructions including NLT assemblies. This report presents the results from experimental studies of airborne sound transmission through assemblies of nail-laminated timber (NLT) with various linings. To put the data presented in this report in the proper context, this report begins with a brief explanation of calculation procedures to predict the apparent sound transmission class (ASTC) between adjacent spaces in a building whose structure is a combination of mass-timber assemblies such as nail-laminated timber (NLT) or cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4224/40000417 PB - National Research Council of Canada. Construction ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Höller, Christoph A1 - Müller-Trapet, Markus A1 - King, Frances A1 - Bradley, John T1 - Evaluation of the communication performance of the C4 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear mask N2 - The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are using chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) general service respirators (GSRs) to defend against CBRN threats and hazards to protect personnel and ensure that they can safely and successfully carry out missions. The CBRN GSR currently in use by the CAF is the C4 respirator. The National Research Council of Canada assessed the communication performance of the C4 respirator. This report presents the results of the performance test. The method for assessing the communication performance used in this study was the NIOSH standard test procedure TEB-CBRN-APR-STP-0313 [1]. Other methods exist to evaluate the communication performance of respirators, but historically the NIOSH standard test procedure has been used. This report details the implementation and results of the tests conducted at the National Research Council of Canada, following the NIOSH standard test procedure. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4224/23003981 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Höller, Christoph A1 - Quirt, David A1 - Zeitler, Berndt A1 - Sabourin, Ivan T1 - Apparent sound insulation in cold-formed steel-framed buildings N2 - This Report presents the results from substantial experimental studies of sound transmission, together with an explanation of calculation procedures to predict the sound transmission between adjacent spaces in a building whose walls and floors have cold-formed steel (CFS) framing. This first edition contains mainly data for loadbearing steel framing formed from sheet steel with thickness from 1.37 mm (16 gauge) to 0.94 mm (20 gauge). Non-loadbearing CFS studs formed from thinner steel (nominally 0.54 mm) are also commonly used but these are not included in the data tables for sound transmission through wall assemblies in this Report. KW - concrete block walls KW - floor KW - sound insulation KW - sound transmission Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4224/23001843 PB - National Research Council of Canada. Construction ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Bresinsky, Markus A1 - Petzke, Jan T1 - Russland 2030+ BT - Wege in eine ungewisse Zukunft N2 - Der Bericht "Russland 2030+: Wege in eine ungewisse Zukunft" präsentiert mögliche Szenarien für die politische, wirtschaftliche, militärische und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung Russlands bis über das Jahr 2030 hinaus. Er basiert auf einem interdisziplinären Ansatz und verwendet Foresight-Methoden, darunter eine PMESII-Analyse. Diese wurde von Studierenden der OTH Regensburg unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Markus Bresinsky in Zusammenarbeit mit Vertretern der Bundeswehr durchgeführt. Der Bericht stellt fünf Zukuntsbilder vor, die sich jeweils auf unterschiedliche Schlüsselfaktoren und Annahmen stützen: von einer Fortführung der autoritären Herrschaft (Putin's Tsardom) über gewaltsame Machtwechsel (Moscow Meltdown) bis hin zur zunehmenden Abhängigkeit von China (Dragon eats Bear). Ziel der Untersuchung ist es, mögliche Entwicklungen und deren Implikationen für internationale Akteure aufzuzeigen, um eine fundierte Entscheidungsgrundlage für vorausschauendes Handeln zu schaffen. Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-78395 PB - OTH Regensburg ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Höller, Christoph A1 - Quirt, David A1 - Mahn, Jeffrey A1 - Müller-Trapet, Markus T1 - Guide to calculating airborne sound transmission in buildings N2 - In recent years, the science and engineering for controlling sound transmission in buildings have shifted from a focus on individual assemblies such as walls or floors, to a focus on performance of the complete system. Standardized procedures for calculating the overall transmission, combined with standardized measurements to characterize sub-assemblies, provide much better prediction of sound transmission between adjacent indoor spaces. The International Standards Organization (ISO) has published a calculation method, ISO 15712-1 that uses laboratory test data for sub-assemblies such as walls and floors as inputs for a detailed procedure to calculate the expected sound transmission between adjacent rooms in a building. This standard works very well for some types of construction, but to use it in a North American context one must overcome two obstacles – incompatibility with the ASTM standards used by our construction industry, and low accuracy of its predictions for lightweight wood or steel frame construction. To bypass limitations of ISO 15712-1, this Guide explains how to merge ASTM and ISO test data in the ISO calculation procedure, and provides recommendations for applying extended measurement and calculation procedures for specific common types of construction. This Guide was developed in a project established by the National Research Council of Canada to support the transition of construction industry practice to using apparent sound transmission class (ASTC) for sound control objectives in the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC). However, the potential range of application goes beyond the minimum requirements of the NBCC – the Guide also facilitates design to provide enhanced sound insulation, and should be generally applicable to construction in both Canada and the USA. This publication contains a limited set of examples for several types of construction, to provide an introduction and overview of the ASTC calculation procedure. Additional examples and measurement data can be found in the companion documents to this Guide, namely NRC Research Reports RR-333 to RR-337. Furthermore, the calculation procedure outlined and illustrated in this Guide is also used by the software web application soundPATHS, which is available for free on the website of the National Research Council of Canada (see the references in Section 7 of this Guide for access details). Au cours des dernières années, les scientifiques et les ingénieurs ont fait porter leurs efforts en matière d’atténuation de la transmission du son dans les bâtiments davantage sur le rendement du système dans sa totalité que sur les ensembles de construction individuels. Les méthodes normalisées de calcul de la transmission globale, combinées à des mesures normalisées de caractérisation des sous-ensembles, permettent de mieux prédire la transmission du son entre des espaces intérieurs adjacents. L’Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) a publié une méthode de calcul, la norme ISO 15712-1, qui utilise des données d’essai en laboratoire pour les sous-ensembles, comme les murs et les planchers, comme données d’entrée en vue d’une méthode détaillée de calcul de la transmission du son prévue entre des pièces adjacentes dans un bâtiment. Cette norme fonctionne très bien pour certains types de construction, mais pour l’utiliser dans un contexte nord-américain, il faut surmonter deux obstacles – l’incompatibilité avec les normes ASTM utilisées par notre industrie de la construction et la faible exactitude de ses prévisions pour la construction à ossature de bois ou d’acier légère. Pour contourner les limites de la norme ISO 15712-1, le présent guide explique comment fusionner les données d’essai de l’ISO et de l’ASTM dans la méthode de calcul de l’ISO, et formule des recommandations relativement à l’application de méthodes élargies de mesure et de calcul pour des types de construction courants. Le présent guide a été élaboré dans le cadre d’un projet mis sur pied par le Conseil national de recherches du Canada afin d’appuyer la transition de la pratique de l’industrie de la construction vers l’utilisation d’un indice de transmission du son apparent (ITSA) satisfaisant aux objectifs de réduction rigoureux du Code national du bâtiment du Canada (CNBC). Toutefois, l’éventail potentiel d’applications va au-delà des exigences minimales du CNBC – le Guide facilite aussi une conception visant à améliorer l’insonorisation et devrait s’appliquer de façon générale à la construction tant au Canada qu’aux États-Unis. La présente publication contient un ensemble limité d’exemples pour plusieurs types de construction, afin de fournir une introduction et un aperçu de la méthode de calcul de l’ITSA. On trouvera d’autres exemples et données de mesure dans les documents d’accompagnement du présent guide, à savoir, les rapports de recherche RR-333 à RR-337 du CNRC. De plus, la méthode de calcul décrite et illustrée dans le présent guide est également utilisée par l’application Web soundPATHS, disponible gratuitement sur le site Web du Conseil national de recherches du Canada (voir les références à la section 7 du présent guide pour les détails d’accès). KW - airborne sound KW - apparent sound transmission class KW - ASTC KW - building KW - building acoustics KW - CLT KW - concrete KW - cross-laminated timber KW - Delta STC KW - flanking KW - hybrid KW - impact noise KW - ISO 12354 KW - ISO 15712 KW - Kij KW - linings KW - masonry KW - National Building Code Canada KW - NBCC KW - precast KW - sound KW - sound transmission KW - sound transmission class KW - STC KW - steel-framed KW - structure-borne sound KW - timber KW - transmission KW - wood-framed KW - ΔSTC KW - ΔTL Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4224/40001814 PB - National Research Council of Canada. Construction ET - 5th edition ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Höller, Christoph A1 - Quirt, David A1 - Mueller-Trapet, Markus T1 - Apparent sound insulation in wood-framed buildings N2 - This Report presents the results from substantial experimental studies of sound transmission, together with an explanation of calculation procedures to predict the sound transmission between adjacent spaces in a building with wood-framed walls and floors. This Report presents two types of experimental data for wood-framed constructions: - Test data for direct sound transmission through typical wood-framed wall assemblies and wood-framed floor assemblies, plus a summary of trends for such constructions and references to compilations of additional data - Test data for flanking sound transmission measured following the procedures of ISO 10848 for coupled wall/floor junctions and wall/wall junctions Worked examples for calculating the apparent sound transmission class (ASTC) rating between adjacent dwelling units are presented to illustrate how the experimental data can be applied. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4224/23002820 PB - National Research Council of Canada. Construction ER -