Projeto e construção de câmaras reverberantes em escala reduzida para o estudo das características de perda de transmissão de divisórias confeccionadas a partir de materiais regionais

Abstract

To project and build reverberant chambers, in scaled model, for the determination of materials transmission loss used for noise control purposes was the objective of this research. Besides, the research seeks to establish a methodology of analysis and interpretation of the acoustic parameters starting from the theory of scaled models, in such way that one can infer the transmission loss of the studied materials. The necessity of this construction occurs due to the non availability of real scale reverberant chambers (only available in some regions of Brazil), making it difficult and raising the costs of material performance tests in other Brazilian regions. Therefore, reverberant chambers were constructed in a reduced scale of 1:6, in order to allow the transmission loss study of party walls, developed with regional materials, confronting their performances and, simultaneously, their use in academic activities. Despite the fact of the chambers have been constructed in reduced scale, the scale factor (1:6) was not considered, meaning that measurements had been carried through in the real octave bands between 125 Hz and 8 kHz. Party walls had been assayed for the determination of the acoustic parameters, based on ISO 140 and 354. Finally, from experimental results, it was possible to prove the efficiency of materials used in the construction of partitions, which could be used for noise isolation purposes in buildings and industrial enclosures. Apart from the experimental assays, analytical calculations had been fulfilled according to the formulation of Analysis Energy Statistics (SEA) in order to provide evidence and validation of the results.