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Comparison of Sound Transmission Loss of Panels Used in Ship Cabins for Field and Laboratory Measurements

  • Kim, Hyun-Sil (Acoustics and Noise Research Lab., Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Seung (Acoustics and Noise Research Lab., Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials) ;
  • Kang, Hyun-Ju (Acoustics and Noise Research Lab., Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Ki (Acoustics and Noise Research Lab., Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Ryul (Acoustics and Noise Research Lab., Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
  • Published : 2009.03.31
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Abstract

In this paper, FSTL (Field Sound Transmission Loss) measured in a mock-up simulating ship cabins is studied. A mock-up is built by using 6 mm steel plate, and two identical cabins are made where 25 mm or 50 mm sandwich panel is used to construct wall and ceiling inside the steel structure. Various wall panels and ceilings are tested, where effects of wall and ceiling panel thickness, and presence of a unit toilet on FSTL are investigated. It is found that the effect of unit toilet on FSTL is at most 1 dB. From the comparison of FSTL for panels of the same thickness of 50 mm, it is observed that panel having inside air cavity of 10 mm shows higher STL than that of the panel without air cavity. Comparison of FSTL for panels of 50 mm and 25 mm thickness shows that dependency on surface density predicted by mass law is not observed. The sandwich panels act as a mass-spring system, which shows a resonant mode that cannot be explained by the mass law. It is also found that STL from laboratory test is higher than FSTL by 5- 10 dB, which can be explained by flanking structure-borne noise transmission path such as ceiling, floor and corridor-facing wall.

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