METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF NOISE IN THE ENGINEROOM BY USING THE CONCEPT OF EQUIVALENT NOISE LEVELS

The harmful effect of excessive noise on engineroom personnel depends on both the noise level and the time spent by the personnel in the engineroom. These two factors can be combined in the concept of the "equivalent noise level", which leads to a calculated number <in decibels> that can be compared with standards of admissible noise levels laid down by national and international authorities. In this article the Author shows a method of calculating these equivalent noise levels, using numerical data derived from noise measurements and crew working regimes existing on board some typical Soviet river ships. The same method could be used for seagoing ships, with suitable numerical adjustments reflecting the somewhat different working regimes for the crew of seagoing ships.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sudostroenie, No.9 <1983>, p.22 <Sept.> (4 pp., 2 graphs, 3 tab., 1 diag., 3 refs.)
• Authors:
  • Gomzikov, E A
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• Russian

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00686035
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM