Redesigned Window Stops Sound But Not Air
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Redesigned Window Stops Sound But Not Air
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#2This is innovative, but sure to be cost-prohibitive. I hope they can find a way to may it something that is more than a conversation starter for the rich because it is really cool.
Re: Redesigned Window Stops Sound But Not Air
#3This is innovative, but sure to be cost-prohibitive. I hope they can find a way to may it something that is more than a conversation starter for the rich because it is really cool.
? Appears to be a cheap solution. Just a few sheets of clear acrylic or am I missing something?
Re: Redesigned Window Stops Sound But Not Air
#4This is innovative, but sure to be cost-prohibitive. I hope they can find a way to may it something that is more than a conversation starter for the rich because it is really cool.
? Appears to be a cheap solution. Just a few sheets of clear acrylic or am I missing something?
I don't think you are. I came across this a number of months ago and looked into building one myself. You could pretty easily start out with a couple of sheets of acrylic and make a grid to separate them. Then you just have to drill a lot of holes. I think getting the grid right would be the hardest part as a DIY project, but you could pretty easily imagine a machine cutting slots so it all fits together nicely.
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#5Guess South Korean submarines of the future will get even quieter and covered with tiny holes.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
? Appears to be a cheap solution. Just a few sheets of clear acrylic or am I missing something?
I don't think you are. I came across this a number of months ago and looked into building one myself. You could pretty easily start out with a couple of sheets of acrylic and make a grid to separate them. Then you just have to drill a lot of holes. I think getting the grid right would be the hardest part as a DIY project, but you could pretty easily imagine a machine cutting slots so it all fits together nicely.
laser cutters are very inexpensive and accessible nowadays. Once somebody published a device, producing such a set of acrylic sheets with holes is not a problem at all.
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#7I wonder if you could build a temperature control system into this? I feel like without it, this might let too much cold air into your home.
Re: Redesigned Window Stops Sound But Not Air
#8I wonder if you could build a temperature control system into this? I feel like without it, this might let too much cold air into your home.
Wouldn't the obvious solution be to use these as exterior windows and use a second set of traditional windows as interior windows?
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#9I pulled the TL numbers from the paper and came up with an STC rating of around 31dB for the 20mm hole model. That is roughly the same STC rating as a decent dual pane window.
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#10I wonder if you could build a temperature control system into this? I feel like without it, this might let too much cold air into your home.
I was thinking this could be great for hiding the noise of things already inside the house that need decent air flow. Consider if you could get a few of these around any compressor you have for hvac. Or, amusingly, around an attic fan so that it could quite literally ventilate the entire house without adding too much noise.