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Investigation of the sound insulation performance of walls and flanking noises in classrooms using field measurements

현장실험을 통한 학교교실의 벽체 차음성능 및 측로전달소음 조사

  • Received : 2017.05.23
  • Accepted : 2017.09.28
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

In USA and UK, the standards of both reverberation time and background noise level have been established for the appropriate aural environment in classrooms. In order to realize this, guidelines for architectural planning and interior finishing have been also suggested. However, in Korea, there has hardly been any guidelines for satisfying background noise criteria and investigation about sound insulation performance of current walls of classrooms. The present study investigates the structure of outer wall and walls between classrooms of two middle schools in order to analyze the sound insulation performance against both exterior and interior noises. Acoustic parameters including transmission loss, standardized sound level difference, and signal to noise ratio have been measured and analyzed for sound insulation performance of walls and flanking noises. As a result, concerning the walls in between classrooms, it was found that walls of dry construction have greater sound insulation performance rather than the walls of wet construction especially in mid and high frequency bands. Also, It was revealed that thermopane, insulated pair glass, of outer walls, has greater sound insulation performance than the double window consisted of two single pane glass. Regarding flanking noises, the standards were exceeded when all windows, or windows and doors front onto corridor were opened. It denotes that students could be disturbed with the sound transmission by the interior noises.

미국과 영국에서는 교실의 적정한 음환경을 제공하기 위하여 잔향시간 및 배경소음에 대한 기준이 수립되어 있다. 또한 이를 실현하기 위한 건축계획방법 및 실내마감재 적용에 대한 가이드라인을 제시하고 있다. 그러나 대한민국의 경우 학교 교실의 배경소음 기준을 만족하기 위한 가이드라인이 부족할 뿐만 아니라 이에 기초가 되는 교실 벽체의 차음성능에 대한 실태조사가 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 학교 교실의 실내외 소음에 대한 차음성능을 조사하기 위하여 대한민국 청주시 소재 중학교 2개소의 외부벽체와 실간벽체의 구조를 조사하였다. 실내외 벽체의 차음성능 및 측로전달소음을 비교분석하기 위하여 투과손실, 가중 표준화 음압레벨차, 음향 감쇠 계수, 신호대잡음비 등을 측정하였다. 연구결과 실간벽체의 경우 건식벽으로 건립된 학교의 차음성능이 습식벽보다 높게 나타났으며, 특히 중고파수대역에서 높은 차음성능을 나타내었다. 외부벽체의 경우 각 학교 별로 차음성능을 비교하였을 때 단창을 이중으로 배치한 학교보다 복층유리를 사용한 학교의 성능이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 측로전달소음의 경우 창문을 모두 개방하거나 복도 측 창문과 문을 연 경우 기준을 초과하는 것으로 나타나 내부 소음에 의해 학생이 음성전달에 방해를 받을 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

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