A new route to exposed thermal mass: Sound absorbing poured concrete
- Submitting institution
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The University of Bath
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 164667539
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1177/0143624417698833
- Title of journal
- Building Services Engineering Research and Technology
- Article number
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- First page
- 408
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 0143-6244
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The new design proposed here has been used in joint work between Decomo and Arup (https://www.arup.com/projects/acoustic-concrete). This work was a direct response to the growing number of weapons seized in schools (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39883764). Frequently, weapons and drugs are stored above tile-in-grid ceilings, suggesting designing them out would be beneficial. As such ceilings are not robust and increase energy use (because they cut the space off from the thermal store of the concrete ceiling), this also fits cost cutting and climate change agendas.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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