The influence of the thermo-phono-insulating glazing structure configuration of some PVC profile windows on the airborne sound insulation – case study

• Main Authors: Marta Cristina ZAHARIA, Ioana Mihaela ALEXE
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National R&D Institute URBAN-INCERC, INCERC Bucharest Branch 2012-12-01
• Series: Constructii: Journal of Civil Engineering Research
• Subjects: acoustics; airborne sound insulation; thermo-phono-insulating glazing; window
• Online Access: http://constructii.incerc2004.ro/Archive/2012-2/Constructii_2012_Vol.13_No.2_ID2012130208.pdf

After conducting laboratory acoustic measurements of airborne sound insulation for several windows with the same type of PVC profiles, equipped with different types of phono- and thermal - insulating glazings, the influence of the window’s glazed part (glass) structure configuration on airborne sound insulation was analyzed. The configuration of the structure’s glazed part requires its composition of glass sheets with different thicknesses or intermediate layers of air with different thicknesses. This configuration has an important influence on the acoustic response of windows, namely on the index of air noise sound insulation, Rw, and on the behavior of the entire measurement frequency range.