ses spaced at 15m apart along both sides of the road. The expected noise by the factory is 125 dB at a frequency of 250OHZ. The ground locally will uation of the noise and no other barriers are proposed at this stage in cal background noise level is 55 dBA. SWL at any house must not exceed 60DBA, determine how many houses

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There is a proposal to construct a factory 80m West from a long residential road which runs from
North to South and has houses spaced at 15m apart along both sides of the road. The expected noise
level which will be created by the factory is 125 dB at a frequency of 250HZ. The ground locally will
provide no substantial attenuation of the noise and no other barriers are proposed at this stage in
the planning. The existing local background noise level is 55 dBA.
i)
If the maximum SWL at any house must not exceed 60DBA, determine how many houses
will require sound insulation work. State clearly any assumptions you make in your
calculation.
A barrier is to be erected 20m from the factory and parallel to the road. Calculate the
sound attenuation of this barrier if no house will be subject to an SPL of greater than
ii)
60DBA.
The possibility of constructing a second identical factory unit due South of the planned
one is also being considered. The above barrier can be assumed to be continued through
both sites. Calculate how far this site should be from the first factory to ensure that the
iii)
noise level on the road equidistant from the two factories does not exceed 62dBA.
Transcribed Image Text:Question 4 There is a proposal to construct a factory 80m West from a long residential road which runs from North to South and has houses spaced at 15m apart along both sides of the road. The expected noise level which will be created by the factory is 125 dB at a frequency of 250HZ. The ground locally will provide no substantial attenuation of the noise and no other barriers are proposed at this stage in the planning. The existing local background noise level is 55 dBA. i) If the maximum SWL at any house must not exceed 60DBA, determine how many houses will require sound insulation work. State clearly any assumptions you make in your calculation. A barrier is to be erected 20m from the factory and parallel to the road. Calculate the sound attenuation of this barrier if no house will be subject to an SPL of greater than ii) 60DBA. The possibility of constructing a second identical factory unit due South of the planned one is also being considered. The above barrier can be assumed to be continued through both sites. Calculate how far this site should be from the first factory to ensure that the iii) noise level on the road equidistant from the two factories does not exceed 62dBA.
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