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

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2010

Autores

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

Revista

Título: Archives of Acoustics

Vol. 35 Nº 2

Páginas: 145-156

ISSN: 0137-5075

Editora: Polish Academy of Sciences

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia civil

CORDIS: Ciências Físicas > Física > Acústica

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica