Course Details

Noise and vibrations in buildings

Academic Year 2026/27

NHA059 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-EVB Winter Semester 1st year

Principles of noise and vibrations, criteria of room acoustic comfort, sound insulation properties of building materials and constructions, principles of noise reduction in buildings, calculation methods and software.

Credits

5 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Structures

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Fundamentals in architectural acoustics and buildng construction design.

Aims

- Professional knowledge:

The course aims to build upon fundamental knowledge of building acoustics and provide students with information regarding acoustic assessments and design solutions for mitigating the transmission of noise and vibrations within buildings.

- Professional skills:

Designing and assessing spaces from the perspective of building acoustics. Evaluating the impact of sound and vibration transmission through building structures. Operating measurement equipment and analyzing the data obtained. Using specialized software for acoustic modeling.

- Professional competencies: Students will be able to perform basic assessments of how noise and vibration transmission affects building structures. They will apply this knowledge in their further studies when working on projects.

Prerequisites

Fundamentals in architectural acoustics and buildng construction design.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303657

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, repetition of fundamentals in room acoustics from previous study.
  • 2. Problems of sound insulation properties of buildings constructions – airborne and impact sound insulation.
  • 3. Acoustic measurements and solution of sound insulation deficiencies –– Part I.
  • 4. Acoustic measurements and solution of sound insulation deficiencies –– Part II.
  • 5. Fundamental calculation methods, determination of sound insulation properties, selection of convenient building materials
  • 6. Problems in buildings with respect of stationary noise sources
  • 7. Measurements of noise from stationary sources, optimisation of sound sources in buildings and outdoors
  • 8. Prevention of noise and vibrations from stationary and other sources
  • 9. Room acoustics – materials and measurement methods
  • 10. Room acoustics – calculation methods
  • 11. -13. Comprehensive solution of selected buildings for sound insulation, room acoustics and noise sources

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, repetition of fundamental principles
  • 2. Set of tasks for consolidation of knowledge from previous study.
  • 3. Assignment of a selected building for practical solution of lectured problems – sound insulation properties, noise sources, room acoustics
  • 4. Assessment of sound insulation properties in the selected building in accordance with catalogues and calculations.
  • 5. Solution of building construction details
  • 6. Stationary sound sources, fundamental calculations, introduction to software assessments
  • 7. Software simulations
  • 8. Solution of problems of stationary sound sources in the building including building construction details
  • 9. Consultations, task completion
  • 10. Room acoustics, fundamentals, calculations procedures, task instructions
  • 11. Assessments, computer simulations
  • 12. Consultations
  • 13. Credit