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http://dx.doi.org/10.5050/KSNVE.2014.24.7.501

Reduction of Floor Impact Noise and Impact Force for PVC Floor Covering and Floor Mat  

Mun, Dae-Ho (Department of Architecture, Seoul National University)
Song, Guk-Gon (Korea Conformity Laboratories)
Lee, Cheol-Seung (Korea Conformity Laboratories)
Park, Hong-Gun (Department of Architecture, Seoul National University)
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Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering / v.24, no.7, 2014 , pp. 501-508 More about this Journal
Abstract
Floor finishing materials such as floor coverings and floor mats can reduce floor impact noise easily. When an impact was applied to the floor, its finishing material is deformed and the impact force that was applied to the concrete slab is changed. The softer finishing materials were, the more impact force decreased. An experimental study was performed using 14 PVC floor coverings and 16 floor mats to capture the characteristics of impact force and impact noise in the residential buildings. The test results show that the impact force spectrum and the floor impact noise spectrum have a linear relationship in the case of a bare concrete slab, and the characteristics of impact force reduction are the same as those of floor impact noise reduction.
Keywords
Floor Covering; Floor Mat; Floor Impact Noise; Heavy-weight Floor Impact Noise; Light-weight Floor Impact Noise; Impact Force Spectrum; Rubber Ball; Tapping Machine;
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