Sound, noise and speech at the 9000-seat Holy Trinity Church in Fatima, Portugal

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

António Pedro Oliveira de Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Pedro Miguel Aguiar da Silva (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Archives of Acoustics

Vol. 35 No. 2

Pages: 145-156

ISSN: 0137-5075

Publisher: Polish Academy of Sciences

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Physics > Acoustics

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-A5B

DOI: 10.2478/v10168-010-0013-5

Abstract (EN): This paper presents the interior acoustical characterization of the 9,000-seat church of the Holy Trinity in the Sanctuary of Fátima, Portugal, inaugurated in 2007. In situ measurements were held regarding interior sound pressure levels (with and without the HVAC equipment working), NC curves, RASTI (with and without the installed sound system) and reverberation time. The results are presented and commented according to the design values. A comparison is made with other churches in the world also with a very large volume (for instance the Basilica Mariacka in Gda¿sk). The measured data are also used to calculate a global index of this church acoustic quality using Engel and Kosala¿s Index Method.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific