Volume 6 - Volume 6
SEMI-EMPIRICAL SIMULATIONS IN ACOUSTIC: TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TO PREDICT SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS INSIDE OF EDIFICATIONS
Abstract
Noise pollution is a pervasive problem that borders on intolerable, causing damage to health of people and the environment. Thus, among the strategies to assess and combat noise pollution stand out computer simulations. In this research, the Enhaced Acoustic Simulator for Engineers-EASE program was first used in conjunction with experimental data in order to simulate the sound pressure level (SPL) in two rooms of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Goiás (IFG) - Campus Goiânia, whereas, in educational environments, the noise pollution can cause damage both to teachers and to students. The simulations were compared with experimental results, which they have been proven effective for predicting the SPL indoors, with the parameters only the sound pressure levels of outdoor area. Therefore, the EASE may be used as a useful tool to determine NPS with data from experimental measurements thus reducing operating costs and therefore investigating innovations in the acoustic area.
Paper Details
PaperID: p 3128-3142
Author's Name: Jhonatha Junio Lopes Costa and Lucas Nonato de Oliveira
Volume: Volume 6
Issues: Volume 6
Keywords: Noise Pollution, Environmental Monitoring, Technologic Innovation, Environmental Modeling.
Year: 2016
Month: June
Pages: 3128-3142