Acoustical Environment Studies in the Modern Urban University Campuses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Sound Level Measurements
2.2. Questionnaire Survey
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Survey Data
3.2. Sound Data
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
(1) Location: | ·Xi’an Jiatong-Liverpool University |
·Soochow University (Dushuhu Campus) | |
(2) Zone: | ·1 |
·2 | |
·3 | |
·4 | |
·5 | |
·6 | |
·7 | |
(3) Gender: | ·Male |
·Female | |
(4) Do you often come to this area?: | ·Yes |
·No | |
(8) Please choose and rank two types of sound that you can hear in this zone: | ·Human talking |
·Footstep | |
·Exercising | |
·Music | |
·Other man-made sound | |
·Car, bus or van | |
·Bicycle | |
·Other machinery sound | |
·Bird | |
·Insect | |
·Other living creature sound | |
·Raining | |
·Leaf rubbing | |
·Other natural physical sound |
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Zone | Sound Source |
---|---|
XJTLU (Zone 1) | Car, bus or van; Footstep |
XJTLU (Zone 2) | Footstep; Leaf rubbing |
XJTLU (Zone 3) | Exercising; Bird |
SUDC (Zone 1) | Car, bus or van; Human talking |
SUDC (Zone 2) | Human talking; Footstep |
SUDC (Zone 3) | Human talking; Bicycle |
SUDC (Zone 4) | Music; Other natural physical sound |
SUDC (Zone 5) | Other machinery sound; Footstep |
SUDC (Zone 6) | Bird; Insect |
SUDC (Zone 7) | Human talking; Bicycle |
Rank | Average (dBA) | Description | Description |
---|---|---|---|
A | <55 | Excellent | XJTLU_3 |
B | 55.1–60 | Good | XJTLU_2, SUDC_2, SUDC_3, SUDC_6 |
C | 60.1–65 | Average | SUDC_1, SUDC_4, SUDC_5, SUDC_7 |
D | 65.1–70 | Fair | XJTLU_1 |
E | >70 | Poor |
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Lee, H.M.; Lee, H.P.; Liu, Z. Acoustical Environment Studies in the Modern Urban University Campuses. Acoustics 2022, 4, 14-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/acoustics4010002
Lee HM, Lee HP, Liu Z. Acoustical Environment Studies in the Modern Urban University Campuses. Acoustics. 2022; 4(1):14-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/acoustics4010002
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Hsiao Mun, Heow Pueh Lee, and Zhiyang Liu. 2022. "Acoustical Environment Studies in the Modern Urban University Campuses" Acoustics 4, no. 1: 14-25. https://doi.org/10.3390/acoustics4010002