Downloads for Noise Class (IH&S 527)

 

 
Steven E. Guffey, PhD, CIH

West Virginia University/Dept of IMSE
Room 353C Mineral Resources Building
ph: (304) 293-4607 x 3707 office
(304) 594-4144 home
fax:(304-293-4690)
Internet: seguffey@mail.wvu.edu

(Use email. Do not leave voice mail for me)




Power Point and Homework Files

Convert MS Office 2007 files to earlier versions

PowerPoint
HW and Problem Sessions

 

Syllabus

Cheat Sheets

Chapter 1 13 Jan '09

 

Chapter 2: Physics of Sound and Vibration 13 Jan '09

Speed of sound and temperature

HW wavelength of music

Frequency and wavelength soln

Adding sources

HW Octave bands plus source determination_Student

Octave bands plus source determination_solns

Absorption and TL examples -22Jan07

Absorption and Transmission HW - 14Jan07

 

Calibration Form

Data collection form

Chapter 4: Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear  
Chapter 5: Auditory and non-auditory effects  
Chapter 6 (omitted)  

Chapter 7: Noise Surveys and Data Analysis

Important: OSHA measurement policies

Important: OSHA Field Manual

HW 1: Report on Acorn Industries

1) Confidence Intervals_part I
2) Non-8-hr work schedules-solution
3) Unusual work schedules
4) Using 3dBA doubling with LpOSHA data

5) HW Confidence Limits for Dose and Leq Over Several Days
6) HW Confidence, Tolerance, Prediction Intervals
7) ExampleDataAnalysisInText

6) Noise Measurement Data Form
8) Lab I
9) Major assignment: psuedo-survey data
1

Chapter 8 (omitted)  

Chapter 9 (see below, also)

Overview of noise controls

Lp Equation

Absorption and Transmission


Lagging

Fluid noise: Mufflers, Silencers,

Partial Barriers

Enclosures

Vibration control

HW: Power and Pressure Equation

Tables of TL and Absorption

HW Absorption and Transmission Loss

HW Absorption and Transmission Loss-Soln

Lab_13April04

Noise problem session

Enclosure example problems
HW: Enclosure and barrier problems

Enclosure PPT solutions- 24 Apr '04

More ex/ enclosure solns- 24 Apr '04

Chapter 10: Hearing Protection Devices

NRR for some protectors

EPAs NRR Rating - A History

Chapter 11 (omitted)  
Chapter 12 (omitted)  
Chapter 13 (omitted)  
Chapter 14 (omitted)  
Chapter 15 (omitted)  

Chapter 16: OSHA Standards

NIOSH Criteria Document

CFR 1910.95: OSHA Noise Standard

First OSHA Dose Problems
- due Thursday, 7 Feb'08

Dose and dose equivalent averages

Dose equivalent, 3 vs 5 dBA

OSHA vs Non-OSHA

xNon-8 hour days and/or sampling

Why 3 dBA doubling is better

Why 85 dBA for noise control is better

Chapter 17 (omitted)  
Chapter 18 (omitted)  

 


 

Links

Apply to AIHA as a student member: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/1memapp_web.pdf.

To order the text book from AIHA go to www.aiha.org and click on the
marketplace link.

3M Hearing Conservation Protection website

http://hearinglossprevention.org/

OSHA Noise Technical Manual:
http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iii/otm_iii_5.html#3

Quest Noise Instruments:
http://www.quest-technologies.com/English/FAQS/noise_faq.htm

CAOHC

http://www.caohc.org/publications/meter.php