BS EN ISO 16283-2:2015

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Instrumentation
5 Frequency range
6 General
7 Default procedure for sound pressure level
   measurement
8 Low-frequency procedure for sound pressure level
   measurement for the tapping machine as impact source
9 Background noise (default and low-frequency procedure)
10 Reverberation time in the receiving room (default
   and low-frequency procedure)
11 Conversion to octave bands
12 Expression of results
13 Uncertainty
14 Test report
Annex A (normative) - Impact sources
Annex B (normative) - Requirements for loudspeakers
        used for reverberation time measurements
Annex C (informative) - Forms for the expression of results
Annex D (informative) - Additional guidance
Annex E (informative) - Horizontal measurements - Examples
        of suitable impact source and microphone positions
Annex F (informative) - Vertical measurements - Examples
        of suitable impact source and microphone positions
Bibliography

Gives procedures to determine the impact sound insulation using sound pressure measurements with an impact source operating on a floor or stairs in a building.

This part of ISO16283 specifies procedures to determine the impact sound insulation using sound pressure measurements with an impact source operating on a floor or stairs in a building. These procedures are intended for room volumes in the range from 10m 3 to 250m 3 in the frequency range from 50Hz to 5000Hz. The test results can be used to quantify, assess and compare the impact sound insulation in unfurnished or furnished rooms where the sound field might, or might not approximate to a diffuse field. Two impact sources are described: the tapping machine and the rubber ball. These impact sources do not exactly replicate all possible types of real impacts on floors or stairs in buildings. The tapping machine can be used to assess a variety of light, hard impacts such as footsteps from walkers wearing hard-heeled footwear or dropped objects. A single number quantity can be calculated using the rating procedures in ISO717‑2 . This single number quantity links the measured impact sound insulation using the tapping machine to subjective assessment of general impacts in dwellings that occur on floors or stairs in a building. The tapping machine is also well-suited to the prediction of impact sound insulation using ISO15712‑2 . These two aspects facilitate the specification of impact sound insulation in national building requirements using only measurements with the tapping machine as an impact source. The rubber ball can be used to assess heavy, soft impacts such as from walkers in bare feet or children jumping, as well as quantifying absolute values that can be related to human disturbance in terms of a Fast time-weighted maximum sound pressure level. At present, calculation procedures for a single number quantity do not currently exist in an ISO Standard.