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Designing within a Concrete Structure
17 Sound Isolation: Walls, Floors, and Ceilings
Walls as Effective Noise Barriers
The Role of Porous Absorbers
The Mass Law and Wall Design
Separation of Mass in Wall Design
Wall Design Summary
Improving an Existing Wall
Flanking Sound
Gypsum Board Walls as Sound Barriers
Masonry Walls as Sound Barriers
Weak Links
Summary of Wall STC Ratings
Floating Floors
Floating Walls and Ceiling
Resilient Hangers
Floor/Ceiling Construction
Footfall Noise
Floor/Ceiling Structures and Their IIC Performance
Floor/Ceilings in Frame Buildings
Floor Attenuation with Concrete Layers
Plywood Web versus Solid Wood Joists
18 Sound Isolation: Windows and Doors
Single-Pane Windows
Double-Pane Windows
Acoustical Holes in Glass: Mass-Air-Mass Resonance
Acoustical Holes in Glass: Coincidence Resonance
Acoustical Holes in Glass: Standing Waves in the Cavity
Glass Mass and Spacing
Dissimilar Panes
Laminated Glass
Plastic Panes
Slanting the Glass
Third Pane
Cavity Absorbent
Thermal Glass
Example of an Optimized Double-Pane Window
Construction of an Observation Window
Proprietary Observation Windows
Sound-Insulating Doors