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Acoustics of indoor sports

halls and gymnasia –


Robert Conetta1, Bridget Shield1, Trevor Cox2, Charlie Mydlarz2, Julie Dockrell3 & Dan Connolly3

1 London South Bank University

2 University of Salford

3Institute of Education, University of London

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Contents

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Table 1: Description of the 9 rooms in which noise and acoustic measurements were undertaken.

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Table 2: EDT (seconds) – mean per octave band (63Hz – 16kHz) for rooms 1 – 8. 5

Table 3: C50 (dBA) – mean per octave band (63Hz – 16kHz) for rooms 1 – 8. 5

Table 4: C80 (dBA) – mean per octave band (63Hz – 16kHz) for rooms 1 – 8. 5

Table 5: D50 (dBA) – mean per octave band (63Hz – 16kHz) for rooms 1 – 8. 5

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Table 1: Description of the 9 rooms in which noise and acoustic measurements were

undertaken.

School Description

1

Large cellular space situated on the ground floor of PE block, exposed corrugated arched ceiling with steel frame, light and heating fittings, painted breeze block walls, composite floor, no acoustic absorption.

Six basketball nets with backboards, plus five-a-side goal frames and other equipment attached to walls, 2 x cricket nets (stored).

2

Large cellular space situated on the ground floor of PE block, veneered wood floor, exposed corrugated ceiling with steel frame, light and heating fittings, painted breeze block walls. 2 x small glazing panels at floor height.

Eight basketball nets with backboards, 1 x cricket net (stored), 2 x full height net curtains (stored).

3

Large cellular space situated on the ground floor at the rear of the school building away from the main school building, Pulastic™ sports surface flooring, ceiling houses a perforated soffit system, light and heating fittings and ventilation duct, painted breeze block walls. Walls have mounted basket ball boards/nets and cricket nets (stored). Large cupboard containing PE/gym equipment On the day of measurement a small amount of PE equipment, benches, mats and five-a-side goals had been placed around the perimeter of the hall.

4

Large cellular space situated on the ground floor of PE block, veneered wood floor, exposed corrugated ceiling with exposed steel beams (5), light and heating fittings and ventilation duct, painted breeze block walls. Six basketball nets with backboards, plus five-a-side goal frames and other equipment attached to walls, 2 x cricket nets (stored), 1 x full height net curtain (stored).

5

Large hall situated on the first floor of new school building (built in 2009), exposed corrugated arched ceiling with steel beams (9), light and heating fittings, painted breeze block walls with a large amount of acoustically absorbent panels attached to the upper part of the wall, laminated wood composite floor.

Six basketball nets with backboards, 1 x full height net curtain (stored).

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6

Large cellular space situated on the ground floor of the main school building, lacquered wood floor, timber ceiling with exposed steel beams (7), unpainted brick walls, glazing on upper part of wall along both lengths.

Gym bars along one-half length, floor to ceiling height, two basketball nets w/backboards, two bar sets (raised).

Storage room with corrugated shutter closed.

7

Large cellular space situated on the ground floor of the main school building (end of block), varnished wood floor, painted brick walls, rubber composite panels in ceiling with steel beams (13) and heating fittings, single glazed windows along both widths of upper part of walls.

Six basketball nets w/backboards

Storage room with open aperture, except folded trampoline, tables and chairs setup for exams (covering most of floor space).

8

Large cellular space situated on the ground floor of the main school building (end of block), varnished wood floor, painted brick walls, suspended ceiling, single glazed windows along both lengths and one width of upper part of walls.

Gym bars along one length, floor to window height, six basketball nets w/backboards

Storage room with open aperture, containing stacked gym mats (thick and thin), gym horse etc.

9

Large cellular space situated on the ground floor of the main school building (end of block), varnished wood floor, brick walls (upper half painted), rubber composite panels in arched ceiling with exposed steel frame, light and heating fittings, single glazed windows along both lengths of upper part of walls, radiators and piping.

Gym bars along one length, floor to window height, six basketball nets w/backboards, gym horse, stacked mats (thin), upturned mats (thick) benches.

Storage room with open aperture, containing stacked gym mats (thick and thin).

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Table 2: EDT (seconds) – mean per octave band (63Hz – 16kHz) for rooms 1 – 8. EDT Type of room 63Hz 125Hz 250Hz 500Hz 1kHz 2kHz 4kHz 8kHz 16kHz

1 indoor sports hall 3.6 3.7 6.0 7.0 5.9 5.9 3.9 1.7 0.8





6 gymnasium 2.1 1.7 1.9 2.7 2.5 1.8 1.5 1.0 0.6

7 gymnasium 2.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.4

8 gymnasium 1.0 0.6 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.4

Table 3: C50 (dBA) – mean per octave band (63Hz – 16kHz) for rooms 1 – 8. C50 Type of room 63Hz 125Hz 250Hz 500Hz 1kHz 2kHz 4kHz 8kHz 16kHz

1 indoor sports hall -2.6 -5.0 -8.8 -10.3 -9.4 -7.9 -5.9 -1.6 2.8

2 indoor sports hall -0.4 -3.0 -4.8 -4.8 -3.2 -4.1 -2.8 0.1 4.5



5 indoor sports hall -0.9 -0.4 -3.0 -3.3 -1.6 0.0 -0.1 2.2 4.6

6 gymnasium -3.7 -3.5 -3.4 -5.2 -5.4 -2.5 -1.8 0.6 4.5

7 gymnasium -2.3 -2.5 -3.8 -2.1 0.8 -0.2 1.6 4.1 7.9

8 gymnasium 1.6 2.2 -1.5 -2.2 1.0 0.2 0.6 5.5 9.1

Table 4: C80 (dBA) – mean per octave band (63Hz – 16kHz) for rooms 1 – 8. C80 Type of room 63Hz 125Hz 250Hz 500Hz 1kHz 2kHz 4kHz 8kHz 16kHz


2 indoor sports hall 2.0 -1.2 -2.2 -2.6 -1.2 -2.2 -1.0 2.4 7.3


4 indoor sports hall 1.3 -4.6 -2.4 -2.3 -2.0 3.7 3.4 8.9 13.2

5 indoor sports hall 1.3 2.5 0.3 -0.5 0.0 2.6 2.7 5.3 8.4

6 gymnasium -1.3 -0.7 -1.1 -3.3 -2.9 0.3 0.8 3.6 7.9

7 gymnasium -2.5 1.0 -1.8 0.1 2.8 2.4 4.1 7.4 12.5

8 gymnasium 2.3 6.8 1.3 1.1 3.1 3.3 4.5 9.0 13.5

Table 5: D50 (dBA) – mean per octave band (63Hz – 16kHz) for rooms 1 – 8. D50 Type of room 63Hz 125Hz 250Hz 500Hz 1kHz 2kHz 4kHz 8kHz 16kHz






6 gymnasium 32.3 32.3 34.0 24.7 23.7 36.5 40.2 53.7 75.3

7 gymnasium 16.3 19.3 8.8 15.5 25.0 22.0 24.2 32.8 44.7

8 gymnasium 28.8 32.5 23.6 17.6 27.8 26.0 25.2 39.9 50.1

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