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Control of sound transmission through gypsum board walls

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40002867
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Physical description6 p.
SubjectWalls
Abstract
In a multi-family dwelling, good neighbourliness is often defined in terms of sound control. To muffle sound is a matter of absorbing its energy along its transmission path - in this case, through gypsum board walls. Walls must therefore be built so that their components can vibrate just a little bit here and there so as to dissipate all the energy along the way. Using double studs, wood studs with resilient channels or load-bearing steel studs with resilient channels, increasing the depth of the cavity or filling the cavity with insulation are a few of the ways of controlling sound transmission.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction
Series
  • Construction Technology Update, no. 1 (1 January 1997).
Translation of
  • Warnock, A. C. C, and J. D. Quirt. ‘Réduction De La Transmission Du Son Par Les Cloisons En Plaques De Plâtre’. Conseil National De Recherches Du Canada. Institut De Recherche En Construction, 1 January 1997. .
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedNo
NRC numberNRCC 40624
NRC-IRC-7540
NPARC number20330961
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