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Acoustical Damping

The assemblies that separate suites in multi-family buildings, be it demising walls or floor-ceiling assemblies, have minimum acoustic requirements in the building code so that occupants can expect a reasonable degree of privacy and quiet in their space. These requirements are minimum ratings that are applied to both walls and floor-ceiling assemblies. The rating that...
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In order to gain a basic understanding of ‘Acoustical Damping’, there are a number of equally basic principles that one should first understand. From Vibration comes Airborn Energy; Sound We know that all airborne ‘Sound’ (airborne energy to which the human ear is responsive) is created by vibration. Acoustic energy is simply converted from one...
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