COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUILDING ACOUSTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5043 BUILDING ACOUSTICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜL YILMAZ KARAMAN

Offered to

Structural Construction Design
Structural Construction Design

Course Objective

Increasing noise levels in daily life makes the building and building component design more important to obtain places, which have acoustical comfort conditions. In this context, the aim of the course is to define the terms sound and noise and to emphasize the importance of noise control and sound insulation. In addition it is aimed to define noise control policies and solutions within the open and enclosed environment by considering national and international regulations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to define terms sound, noise and noise pollution.
2   to recognize effects of noise.
3   to recognize required regulations and criteria to obtain optimum aural comfort conditions.
4   to identify necessary noise control solutions of open and enclosed spaces depending on the function.
5   to identify the effects of architectural design and material selection on aural comfort conditions of buildings.
6   to interpret contemporary examples in the meaning of how architectural design effects the sound insulation design.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course; Definition of aim, objectives and expectations
2 Sound and auditory perception, Sound related terms and definitions Some articles will be given this week.
3 Definition of terms noise, noise pollution, noise sources, noise control
4 Principles of noise control in buildings/ National and International Noise Control Policies and Standards Some articles will be given this week.
5 Physical properties of sound, Sound transmission through building components, Air-borne and Structure-borne sounds
6 Sound insulation and evaluation, Sound insulation calculation methods, national and international sound insulation criteria.
7 Term paper submission Discussion on the individual study subjects, definition of the study.
8 Space and Building Element Design that can Resist Different Sound Effects to Provide Optimum Noise Levels in Buildings -1 Exterior noise sources and basic rules of noise control in urban scale.
9 Space and Building Element Design that can Resist Different Sound Effects to Provide Optimum Noise Levels in Buildings -2 Building shell from the point of exterior noise, building components from the point of interior noise.
10 Presentation of Selected subjects/ buildings for the study
11 Individual study - Determination of required criteria according to the function of the building(s).
12 Individual study - Design of the building components according to defined criteria
13 Individual study - Design of the building components according to defined criteria
14 Presentation of the studies

Recomended or Required Reading

References:
Appleton, I. (1996). Building for the Performing Arts a Design and Development Guide. Great Britain: Butterworth Architecture.
Bradley, J. (2002). Acoustical Design of Rooms for Speech. Construction Technology Update . Canada.
Bradley, J. (1986). Predictors of Speech Intelligibility in Rooms. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 80 (3), 837-845.
Long, M. (2006). Architectural Acoustics. U.S.A.: Elsevier Academic Press
Lord & Templeton, P&D.(1996). Detailing For Acoustics. (3rd ed.).U.K: E&FN Spon
Mehta, M., Johnson, J., & Rocafort, J. (1999). Architecural Acoustics Principles and Design. U.S.A.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Moore, J. (1988). Design for Good Acoustics and Noise Control. Hong Kong: Macmillan Education Ltd.
Olin, H.B., Schmidt, J.L., Lewis, W.H., (1995). Construction, Principles, Materials and Methods. U.S.A : Van Nostrand Reinhold

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, individual research and discussion format.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

There will be a term paper submission on the 7th week. This will affect the grade by 25%. There will be a submission of the students individual study on the 14th week and also this will affect the grade by 25%. The submission of revised study will be accepted as the final exam which will affect the grade by 50%.

Assessment Criteria

Term paper % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Presentation of individual study % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6 )
Submission of individual study % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6 )

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozgul.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Seminar Presentations 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 3 6
Preparing individual assignments 2 25 50
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Final - Individual Study Submission 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511
LO.611

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