Noise & Vibration Treatment Technology27428
- Centre
- Faculty of Engineering - Bilbao
- Degree
- Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering
- Academic course
- 2024/25
- Academic year
- 4
- No. of credits
- 4.5
- Code
- 27428
TeachingToggle Navigation
Teaching guideToggle Navigation
Description and Contextualization of the SubjectToggle Navigation
Elective course oriented to specialists in Environmental Engineering, in order to give them a strong grasp on how to measure and control noise and vibration problems. The course has a practical focus and is lectured by specialists of the Department of Mechanical Engineering with a deep industrial experience in the field.
Skills/Learning outcomes of the subjectToggle Navigation
Knowing more deeply part of science, technologies, tools and techniques in the field of environmental engineering, which are the major or deepening line in noise and vibration control.
Theoretical and practical contentToggle Navigation
Lesson 1 NOISE PARAMETERS. EMISSION AND IMMISSION. SCALES. HUMAN RESPONSE TO NOISE. PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. FREQUENCY BANDS, OCTAVES AND 1/3-OCTAVES. FREQUENCY WEIGHTING. LIMITS
Lesson 2 NOISE AND VIBRATION SOURCES. NOISE GENERATION MECHANISMS. PROPAGATION: POINT SOURCES AND LINEAR SOURCES. TRANSMISSION LOSS. NOISE ABSORPTION. NOISE DIFFRACTION AND NOISE BARRIERS CALCULATION.
Lesson 3 INSTRUMENTATION FOR NOISE AND VIBRATION MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS. MEASURING NOISE PRESSURE AND MESURING NOISE INTENSITY.
Lesson 4 TRAFFIC NOISE, CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTROL. ACOUSTIC IMPACT CALCULATION. NOISE STANDARDS.
Lesson 5 INDUSTRIAL NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL.
Lesson 6 VIBRATIONS. MAGNITUDES AND SCALES. MESURING, RECORDING AND ANALYSING VIBRATIONS. BIOMECHANICS OF VIBRATION AND HUMAN RESPONSE TO VIBRATION. VIBRATION EXPOSURE CRITERIA AND LIMITS.
MethodologyToggle Navigation
Theoretical lectures and practical training
Assessment systemsToggle Navigation
- Final Assessment System
- Tools and qualification percentages:
- Written test to be taken (%): 90
- Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 10
Ordinary Call: Orientations and DisclaimerToggle Navigation
WRITTEN EXAM (90% OF FINAL GRADE)
TESTS OF EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS(10% OF FINAL GRADE)
Extraordinary Call: Orientations and DisclaimerToggle Navigation
Identical to those of the ordinary call.
Compulsory materialsToggle Navigation
HANDOUTS.
BibliographyToggle Navigation
Basic bibliography
Harris, C.M., Manual de medidas acústicas y control del ruido, 3ª edición, Mc Graw Hill. 2003.
Crocker, Malcolm J., Handbook of Acoustics. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1998
Llinares, J.: "Acústica Arquitectónica y Urbanística. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1996.
G. Kiely. Ingeniería Ambiental: Fundamentos, Entornos, Tecnologías y Sistemas de Gestión. Mc Graw-Hill. Madrid. 1999
In-depth bibliography
Recuero, M., Ingeniería Acústica Ed. Paraninfo. Madrid, 1994.
Acústica en la edificación. Manual AENOR, 2002
Beranek, Leo L., Noise and Vibration Control. Institute of Noise Control Engineering. Washington, 1988
Recuero López, M., Acondicionamiento Acústico. Ed. Paraninfo, 2001
Journals
Journal of Sound and Vibration
Journal of The Acoustic Society of America
Web addresses
www.ia.csic.es/Sea/index.html Sociedad Española de Acústica
www.asa.aip.org Acoustical Society of America
www.bksv.com/bksv Brüel &Kjaer Sound & Vibration
www.eaa.essex.ac.uk European Acoustics Association
www.fia.ufsc.br/frames-esp.htm Federación Iberamericana de Acústica
www.ia.csic.es Instituto de Acústica CSIC
www.iiav.org International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration
www.olemiss.edu/depts/ncpa National Center for Physical Acoustics
www.who.int/peh/noise/noiseindex.html OMS Noise
http://www.consumer.es/web/es/medio_ambiente/urbano/2006/11/03/156934.php Mapas de ruido en las ciudades
http://www.cedex.es/egra Centro de Ensayos y Experimentación
http://www.ruidos.org Contaminación Acústica