BS EN 15657:2017
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Acoustic properties of building elements and of buildings. Laboratory measurement of structure-borne sound from building service equipment for all installation conditions
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18-09-2017
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European foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Frequency range of measurement
5 Installed power determination
6 Direct measurement of source quantities
7 Indirect measurement of source quantities (Reception
plate method)
8 Precision
9 Expression of results
10 Test report
Annex A (normative) - List of symbols
Annex B (normative) - Specifications for Whirlpool baths
Annex C (normative) - Power substitution method
Annex D (informative) - Link to models predicting structure
borne sound pressure levels
Annex E (informative) - Reference structure borne sound
power calculation
Annex F (informative) - Example of existing test rigs
Bibliography
Defines methods for estimating the structure-borne sound power produced in buildings by services equipment (sources) from measurements under laboratory conditions.
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EH/1/6
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 16/30333609 DC & BS EN 15657-1. (10/2017)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
36
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This European Standard specifies methods for estimating the structure-borne sound power produced in buildings by services equipment (sources) from measurements under laboratory conditions. The data can be used as explained in Annex D, as input for EN 12354-5, or under certain conditions for EN ISO 12354 2, to calculate the sound pressure levels produced by the same equipment when installed in buildings. The data can also be used to compare the performance of products as explained in Annex E. As for the document predicting the structure-borne sound levels produced in the buildings by service equipment (EN 12354-5), this European Standard covers water supply and sanitary installations, mechanical ventilation, heating and cooling devices, service equipment, lifts, rubbish chutes, boilers, blowers, pumps, motors and other auxiliary service equipment, such as motor driven car park doors; it can also be applied to other vibrating equipment attached to or installed in buildings. This standard is so far restricted to steady-state vibrating sources. This revised European Standard: - specifies laboratory measuring methods for determining the source input data required to calculate the source installed power, i.e. the equipment free velocity, the equipment blocked force and the equipment mobility; - applies to equipment, which can be connected to isolated plates in the laboratory. For equipment, such as pipe systems or impacted lightweight stairs [16], which are connected to at least two building elements (wall and floor), a coupled reception plate system is specified, which requires the use of a power substitution method. The later method can also be used in situ when the equipment, such as lifts, can only be tested in situ; - defines the expression of the source installed structure-borne power for any source-receiver mobility conditions, including lightweight and heavyweight receiving building elements. This power is used as input data in EN 12354-5, which predicts the sound pressure level generated by the source installed in situ in a building; - defines a method to calculate the total structure-borne sound power generated by the equipment fictively mounted on two sets of reference test plates (respectively of low mobility and of high mobility); the two results will inform the manufacturers on the difference in the equipment performance between these two common but very different situations; - does not specify any method for the measurement of the source airborne sound power. If measurements of the equipment airborne sound power are required, then refer to EN ISO 3740 to EN ISO 3747 and use the same source mounting conditions and operating conditions as in measuring using EN 15657.
| Standards | Relationship |
| EN 15657:2017 | Identical |
| ISO 3822-1:1999 | Acoustics Laboratory tests on noise emission from appliances and equipment used in water supply installations Part 1: Method of measurement |
| ISO 10848-1:2017 | Acoustics — Laboratory and field measurement of flanking transmission for airborne, impact and building service equipment sound between adjoining rooms — Part 1: Frame document |
| EN ISO 1683:2015 | Acoustics - Preferred reference values for acoustical and vibratory levels (ISO 1683:2015) |
| ISO 16063-21:2003 | Methods for the calibration of vibration and shock transducers — Part 21: Vibration calibration by comparison to a reference transducer |
| ISO 7626-1:2011 | Mechanical vibration and shock — Experimental determination of mechanical mobility — Part 1: Basic terms and definitions, and transducer specifications |
| ISO 3747:2010 | Acoustics Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure Engineering/survey methods for use in situ in a reverberant environment |
| ISO 3740:2000 | Acoustics Determination of sound power levels of noise sources Guidelines for the use of basic standards |
| ISO 7626-5:1994 | Vibration and shock Experimental determination of mechanical mobility Part 5: Measurements using impact excitation with an exciter which is not attached to the structure |
| ISO 7626-2:2015 | Mechanical vibration and shock Experimental determination of mechanical mobility Part 2: Measurements using single-point translation excitation with an attached vibration exciter |
| ISO 9611:1996 | Acoustics — Characterization of sources of structure-borne sound with respect to sound radiation from connected structures — Measurement of velocity at the contact points of machinery when resiliently mounted |
| EN 12354-1:2000 | Building Acoustics - Estimation of acoustic performance of buildings from the performance of elements - Part 1: Airborne sound insulation between rooms |
| EN ISO 10848-1:2017 | Acoustics - Laboratory and field measurement of flanking transmission for airborne, impact and building service equipment sound between adjoining rooms - Part 1: Frame document (ISO 10848-1:2017) |
| EN ISO 3747:2010 | Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Engineering/survey methods for use in situ in a reverberant environment (ISO 3747:2010) |
| EN ISO 12354-2:2017 | Building acoustics - Estimation of acoustic performance of buildings from the performance of elements - Part 2: Impact sound insulation between rooms (ISO 12354-2:2017) |
| ISO 1683:2015 | Acoustics Preferred reference values for acoustical and vibratory levels |
| EN ISO 3740:2000 | Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels of noise sources - Guidelines for the use of basic standards (ISO 3740:2000) |
| ISO 5348:1998 | Mechanical vibration and shock Mechanical mounting of accelerometers |
| ISO 10140-3:2010 | Acoustics Laboratory measurement of sound insulation of building elements Part 3: Measurement of impact sound insulation |
| ISO 12354-2:2017 | Building acoustics — Estimation of acoustic performance of buildings from the performance of elements — Part 2: Impact sound insulation between rooms |
| ISO 18312-1:2012 | Mechanical vibration and shock — Measurement of vibration power flow from machines into connected support structures — Part 1: Direct method |
| EN 15657-1:2009 | Acoustic properties of building elements and of buildings - Laboratory measurement of airborne and structure borne sound from building equipment - Part 1: Simplified cases where the equipment mobilities are much higher than the receiver mobilities, taking whirlpool baths as an example |
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