Conference_programme: 18.5 - Acoustics in large gathering spaces
Lecture: Acoustic comfort in restaurant I. Prediction of background noise in a restaurant integrated in a large shopping center
Author(s): Kaššáková Magdaléna, Zelem Lukáš, Chmelík Vojtech, Vargová Andrea, Urbán Daniel , Rychtáriková Monika
Summary:
Restaurants and cafes are in large shopping centra usually directly or indirectly acoustically connected with the main hall. Acoustic comfort in these eating establishments might be therefore influenced by the background noise produced by sound sources placed in the main hall. Late sound reflections from far and often hard surfaces create long reverberation time and have therefore an impact on the overall background noise level in such rooms.\nIn noisy situations, talking people adopt in a way, that they increase their voice and so increase the noise levels even more. In this paper we investigate, what is the impact of the position of sound absorption in a shopping mall on room acoustic parameters and the background noise in restaurant.
Corresponding author
Name: Ms Magdaléna Kaššáková
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Country: Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
