Which of the following would be appropriately designed as DEAD SPACE?
D. A Hospital Patient Room
A DEAD SPACE is appropriate for a hospital because it would be quiet. The room would contain a large amount of porous materials to absorb sound waves. Auditoriums and churches are designed as LIVE SPACES. These spaces reflect sound waves. Offices need a mixture of deaad and live spaces, allowing for some WHITE NOISE.
Sabin
A unit of <B><FONT COLOR='RED'>SOUND ABSORPTION</font></b>
Named after the American Physicist Wallace C. W. Sabine.
One unit is equal to one square foot of a totally absorptive surface.
The eye is composed of a focusing device, a brightness control, and a sensing surface. What are the the names of these parts of the eye?
LENS: Focuses
IRIS: Controls brightness
RETINA: Sense color
The objective of a fire protection system is to make a building:
C. fire Resistant
The objective of a fire protection system is to enable structures to resist fire long enough for the safe evacuation of all occupants.