Level.Tools is a trademark of Level Acoustics & Vibration. We put our knowledge and experience into software tools, for use by other professionals. Our ambition is to also design innovative building elements that solve acoustic or vibrational solutions. The developed tools are described on this page with its availability.
Bassist.lab: Sound insulation of wall and floor buildups
Bassist.lab is a software tool for consultants, manufacturers and designers who regularly deal with sound insulation in buildings. With this calculation model you can calculate the airborne and impact sound insulation of various constructions under laboratory conditions. With the help of the program you can make a prediction of the airborne and impact sound insulation based on the structure of a construction. You can also analyze measurement results of existing constructions by comparing them with calculations. With the help of the data obtained in this way you can take suitable measures to improve the insulation. With regard to constructions we distinguish walls, floors and glazing. The structure of the constructions can vary from single, layered to a multi-layer construction. Bassist.lab is available via Tycho Technology.
SoViST: Sound insulation of lightweight structures
SoViST stands for Sound and Vibration Steel Timber. The computer program was developed by Level Tools, part of Level Acoustics & Vibration from Eindhoven, at the request of companies and (industry) organizations involved in the development, production, application and further development of lightweight construction systems such as timber frame construction, steel frame construction and steel plate-concrete floors. Companies including Bedrijfsschap Afbouw, FeNB2 Staalframebouw, Interdam Projects, Peutz, Saint-Gobain, Tata Steel, NBVT/Vereniging Houtskeletbouwers and Bouwen met Staal assisted Level Tools in developing the tool. TNO tested and validated the tool.
The tool is the welcome afterthought from research by TNO, started in 2003, into the transfer of sound and vibrations in lightweight buildings via the so-called construction joint: where the main supporting structure, the floors and the (internal) walls meet. This numerical and experimental research previously resulted in a vibration guideline ‘HiVoSS’, an adjustment of the sound standard EN 12354 and a method for determining the vibration transfer attenuation Kij.
SoViST was developed based on these predecessors. With this practical software, the building physics consultant, structural engineer or building designer can simulate and calculate the sound and vibration transfer in a building with lightweight constructions during the design phase. Using SEA and FEM, the tool can also make a quick scan. This provides insight into the performance of alternative solutions at the earliest design phase.
The SoViST software can be downloaded free of charge via leveltools.nl/files/SovistInstaller.exe
Original text in Dutch: Bouwen met Staal
