Sound Dampening As Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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942 words · ~4 min read
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and that is exactly what we're talking
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about sound dampening but does sound dampening really have a role in our
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daily lives well if you spend any time in a house apartment or car it
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definitely does so sound travels in waves of pressure that can both go
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around and reflect off of objects and there are three main ways that we deal
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with unwanted sound the first is distance sound waves don't travel
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forever as you can observe if you're trying to hear your friend across a
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baseball field and you can't quite tell whether he wants you to throw the ball
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for a double play or a permission to date your sister the second is using
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active anti-noise generators also known as noise cancellation which you can
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learn more about here the third is by reflecting and or absorbing unwanted
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sound using different shapes and materials so for this example let's say
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that sound is like a rubber ball if you throw it at a concrete floor it'll
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bounce and reflect off in another Direction but if you throw it at
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something like a bed of pillows most of
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the energy from the ball will be absorbed a more comprehensive solution
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is a combination of the two with soft shapes designed to both reflect and
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absorb sound and this is usually found in spaces like recording studios where
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sound isolation is extremely important
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there are even spaces so well isolated or sound proofed for special
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applications that people have trouble spending a long period of time in them
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claiming that the sound of their own heartbeat became frustratingly loud
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yikes but since most of us probably don't live in recording studios or
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soundproof Chambers for scientific research how exactly does sound
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dampening really affect us in day-to-day life well sound proofing is actually
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used in lots of things cars use sound
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dampening in mufflers and resonators so we don't all sound like race cars in
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traffic except for that one guy who lives on my block and they also use
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insulating layers to reduce the sound made by traveling down the interstate
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Nissan actually built an electric car that was so quiet that the sounds of air
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moving over the car were discomforting to passengers and to solve this they
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actually had to make specially shaped headlights to deflect air around the car
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reducing noise and making that a method of sound dampening houses of course have
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insul in the walls to help with climate control but also to assist with keeping
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unwanted sounds out many modern houses use Windows made of multiple separated
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layers with airspace in between to help them absorb sound and to prevent heat
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transfer and if that's not enough there are actually special kinds of drywall
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and even glue that you can buy so your living room won't sound like an echoey
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Cavern when someone upstairs scoots a chair around many businesses actually
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use special panels in the ceilings to help absorb unwanted sound which is
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important for privacy reasons as well as just general workplace comfort and
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speaking of the office we can also use computer cases with sound dampening foam
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built right into them to block out the noise from cooling fans so then what's
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next remember those three main ways to dampen sound well soon there may
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actually be a fourth scientists are using quantum mechanics to produce new
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materials for sound dampening that would allow for the redirection of sound
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across a material surface without allowing any vibrations to travel
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through it that means in the future it may take much less material to isolate a
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space and it could potentially be used to reduce noise pollution in things like
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busy cities airfields and even the
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trains that are right next to our studio
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