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Table 7 Standard level of floor impact sound insulation (unit: dB).

From: Evaluation of the Floor Impact Sound Insulation Performance of a Voided Slab System Applied to a High-Rise Commercial Residential-Complex Building

Grade

Inverse A normalised floor impact sound level (lightweight floor impact noise)

Inverse A normalised floor impact sound level (heavyweight floor impact noise)

1

\( L^{\prime}_{n, AW} \) ≤ 43

\( L^{\prime}_{{i, F_{max},\; AW}} \) ≤ 40

2

43 \( < L^{\prime}_{n, AW} \) ≤ 48

40 < \( L^{\prime}_{{i, F_{max}, \;AW}} \) ≤ 43

3

48 \( < L^{\prime}_{n, AW} \) ≤ 53

43 < \( L^{\prime}_{{i, F_{max},\; AW}} \) ≤ 47

4

\( 53 < L^{\prime}_{n, AW} \) ≤ 58

47 < \( L^{\prime}_{{i, F_{max},\; AW}} \) ≤ 50

  1. Hz, frequency; S, reverberation time (second); dB, sound level; \( L^{\prime}_{n, AW} \), inverse A normalised floor impact sound level for lightweight floor impact noise; \( L^{\prime}_{{i, F_{max,} AW}} \), inverse A normalised floor impact sound level for heavyweight floor impact noise.