EN 16205:2013

Laboratory measurement of walking noise on floors

This European Standard specifies a laboratory measurement method to determine noise radiated from a floor covering on a standard concrete floor when excited by a standard tapping machine.

Messung von Gehschall auf Fußböden im Prüfstand

Diese Europäische Norm legt ein Verfahren zur Messung der bei Anregung durch ein Norm-Hammerwerk von einer Deckenauflage auf einer Bezugs-Betondecke abgestrahlten Geräusche im Prüfstand fest.

Mesurage en laboratoire du bruit des pas sur les planchers

La présente Norme européenne spécifie une méthode de mesurage en laboratoire pour déterminer le bruit rayonné par un revêtement de sol sur un plancher en béton normalisé lors d'une excitation par une machine à chocs normalisée.

Laboratorijsko merjenje hrupa pri hoji po podu

Ta evropski standard določa metodo z laboratorijskim merjenjem za določevanje hrupa, ki prihaja iz talne obloge na standardnih betonskih tleh, ko se uporabi standardni stopalni stroj.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 18-Jun-2013
• Withdrawal Date: 20-Mar-2018
• ICS: 91.120.20 - Acoustics in building. Sound insulation
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 126 - Acoustic properties of building products and of buildings
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 126/WG 1 - Methods for measuring the sound insulation of building elements and the acoustic performances of buildings
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 21-Mar-2018
• Ref Project: SIST EN 16205:2013 - Laboratory measurement of walking noise on floors

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 16205:2013+A1:2018 - Laboratory measurement of walking noise on floors
• Effective Date: 21-Feb-2018
• Amended By: EN 16205:2013/FprA1 - Laboratory measurement of walking noise on floors
• Effective Date: 25-Jun-2014

Standards Content (Sample)

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Laboratorijsko merjenje hrupa pri hoji po poduMessung von Gehgeräuschen auf Fußböden im PrüfstandMesurage en laboratoire du bruit des pas sur les planchersLaboratory measurement of walking noise on floors91.060.30Stropi. Tla. StopniceCeilings. Floors. Stairs17.140.01Acoustic measurements and noise abatement in generalICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 16205:2013SIST EN 16205:2013en,de01-oktober-2013SIST EN 16205:2013SLOVENSKI
STANDARD
EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 16205
June 2013 ICS 91.120.20 English Version
Laboratory measurement of walking noise on floors
Mesurage en laboratoire du bruit des pas sur les planchers Messung von Gehschall auf Fußböden im Prüfstand This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1 May 2013.
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Presentation of the walking noise spectrum with uncertainty bars (example) . 11 Annex B (normative)
Reference spectrum for laboratory bare floors . 12 Annex C (informative)
Fixing the pads below the tapping machine . 13 Annex D (informative)
Background of the measuring method . 15 Bibliography . 17
Note 1 to entry: In case of uncertainty the testing laboratory will decide, which size is sufficient. 3.2 pads pieces of the flooring under test, which are as large as the hitting areas of the tapping machine hammers Note 1 to entry: Quadratic pads should be the smallest possible including the whole hitting area. 3.3 walking sound pressure level (in third-octave band i) Ln,walk,i normalised impact sound pressure level in the upper (walking) room with a standardised contribution of the concrete bare floor underneath the floor covering under test Note 1 to entry: It is calculated according to Formula (1): SIST EN 16205:2013

The walking sound pressure level is then calculated according to Formula (1) from the sound power directly radiated from the floor covering into the upper room plus the sound power from the bare floor under the floor covering, which radiates back into the upper room. Finally the A-weighted walking sound pressure level is calculated from the measured average sound pressure levels. In Formula (1) the radiation from the bare floor through the floor covering is corrected for deviations of the actual laboratory floor from the reference spectrum in Annex B. Furthermore, the tapping machine self noise theoretically cancels out and therefore is not needed explicitly. However, because of the uncertainty of the measured quantities, the resulting walking sound pressure level in the second line in Formula (1) may become very uncertain and even complex, in particular when a loud tapping machine is used and the flooring doesn't radiate much itself. Complex values are avoided by setting the inner bracket to zero as a minimum (first line in Formula (1)). To detect unreliable results, the uncertainty of Ln,walk shall be calculated for each third octave band and stated in the test report.
All details like test facility requirements, tapping machine characteristics, positioning of tapping machine and microphones, averaging etc. are kept as close as possible to the requirements of laboratory measurements of impact noise as given in EN ISO 10140. 5 Test arrangement 5.1 Test facilities A room arrangement for impact and airborne sound pressure level measurements according to EN ISO 10140 shall be used. 5.2 Equipment See EN ISO 10140. 5.3 Mounting of the specimens The floor coverings or the corresponding pads shall be mounted according the instructions of EN ISO 10140 and Annex C. 6 Test procedure All specifications of EN ISO 10140, concerning:  generation of the sound field;  measurement of impact sound pressure levels;  measurement of reverberation time;
 correction for background noise; and  additional measures to be regarded at low frequencies (EN ISO 10140-4:2010, Annex A) SIST EN 16205:2013
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