Session Dates
06 Nov 2014
Abstract
Cold-formed steel studs are often used in lightweight partition walls to provide structural stability but in the same time they change the acoustic performance of the whole system. The overall design of such lightweight structures for acoustic sound insulation becomes very complicated as the sound passing through stud needs to be quantified. One of the greatest challenges is to characterise the stud’s geometric effects on the sound transmission of the partition walls. This paper presents a Finite Element modelling approach and results into the acoustic performance of cold-formed studs in double-leaf walls which are placed in between a source room and a receiving room. The acoustic medium was modelled using fluid elements and the structure was modelled with conventional stress elements. The interaction between the acoustic medium and the structure was modelled in a coupled structural-acoustic analysis. An FE modelling setup which includes appropriate model parameters to be used in the structural-acoustic analysis was presented. The FE sound transmission loss of double-leaf walls using two different stud profiles was then calculated. Experimental tests complying with BS EN Standards 717 and 140 were also carried out to evaluate the FE results. It has shown that the FE results have similar trends and are in fair agreement with the experimental results; and the stud’s shape has significant effects on the sound transmission of the double-leaf walls. The FE analysis is a powerful tool and can be used as a complementary and alternative method to the laboratory tests for acoustic performance of double-leaf walls with steel studs.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures
Meeting Name
22nd International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2014 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Nguyen, V. B.; Morgan, T.; English, M. A.; and Castellucci, M. A., "Acoustic Performance of Different Cold-Formed Studs in Double-Leaf Walls by Finite Element Analysis and Experiment" (2014). CCFSS Proceedings of International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures (1971 - 2018). 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/isccss/22iccfss/session07/1
Acoustic Performance of Different Cold-Formed Studs in Double-Leaf Walls by Finite Element Analysis and Experiment
Cold-formed steel studs are often used in lightweight partition walls to provide structural stability but in the same time they change the acoustic performance of the whole system. The overall design of such lightweight structures for acoustic sound insulation becomes very complicated as the sound passing through stud needs to be quantified. One of the greatest challenges is to characterise the stud’s geometric effects on the sound transmission of the partition walls. This paper presents a Finite Element modelling approach and results into the acoustic performance of cold-formed studs in double-leaf walls which are placed in between a source room and a receiving room. The acoustic medium was modelled using fluid elements and the structure was modelled with conventional stress elements. The interaction between the acoustic medium and the structure was modelled in a coupled structural-acoustic analysis. An FE modelling setup which includes appropriate model parameters to be used in the structural-acoustic analysis was presented. The FE sound transmission loss of double-leaf walls using two different stud profiles was then calculated. Experimental tests complying with BS EN Standards 717 and 140 were also carried out to evaluate the FE results. It has shown that the FE results have similar trends and are in fair agreement with the experimental results; and the stud’s shape has significant effects on the sound transmission of the double-leaf walls. The FE analysis is a powerful tool and can be used as a complementary and alternative method to the laboratory tests for acoustic performance of double-leaf walls with steel studs.
