Annoyance Based Vibro-Acoustic Comfort Evaluation of as Summation of Stimuli Annoyance in the Context of Human Exposure to Noise and Vibration in Buildings

Krzysztof Nering, Alicja Kowalska-Koczwara and Krzysztof Stypuła
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Krzysztof Nering: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Krakow, Poland
Alicja Kowalska-Koczwara: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Krakow, Poland
Krzysztof Stypuła: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Krakow, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 23, 1-18

Abstract: This paper presents the issues of assessing the comfort of people staying indoors who are exposed to vibrations and material noise caused by vibrations of partitions like floors and walls (ground-borne noise). Current criteria in the evaluation of vibrational and acoustic comfort cannot be assessed in the context of the simultaneous occurrence of stimuli such as noise and vibration. Railway transport, including passenger and cargo transport, is becoming increasingly prevalent, and new railway lines are being planned for environmental reasons. Sometimes, there are changes in stimuli produced by existing railway lines. For example, high-speed trains appear on an old railway track. Such a situation appeared on the Central Railway Line in Poland, which is still used by old trains, yet its operator plans to raise their speed limits. The analysis of the problem of the simultaneous occurrence of stimuli presented in this paper was based on measurements performed in a residential building located near the Central Railway Main Line in the city Zawiercie. Noise and vibration as the analyzed stimuli in both cases meet comfort requirements, yet when exposure to two stimuli was considered, comfort may be at risk.

Keywords: sustainable comfort; acoustic comfort; vibration comfort; railway dynamic excitation; in-situ measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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