UNE-EN ISO 10848-1:2018

The ISO 10848- series specifies measurement methods to be performed in a laboratory test facility orin the field in order to characterize the flanking transmission of one or several building components.The performance of the building components is expressed either as an overall quantity for thecombination of elements and junction (such as the normalized flanking level difference and/ornormalized flanking impact sound pressure level) or as the vibration reduction index of a junction orthe normalized direction-average vibration level difference of a junction.Two approaches are used for structure-borne sound sources in buildings, a normalized flankingequipment sound pressure level and a transmission function that can be used to estimate soundpressure levels in a receiving room due to structure-borne excitation by service equipment in a sourceroom. The former approach assumes that flanking transmission is limited to one junction (or nojunction if the element supporting the equipment is the separating element), and the latter considersthe combination of direct (if any) and all flanking transmission paths.This part of ISO 10848 contains definitions, general requirements for test elements and test rooms, andmeasurement methods. Guidelines are given for the selection of the quantity to be measured dependingon the junction and the types of building elements involved. Other parts of ISO 10848 specify theapplication for different types of junction and building elements.The quantities characterizing the flanking transmission can be used to compare different products, orto express a requirement, or as input data for prediction methods, such as ISO 12354-1 and ISO 12354-2.