RESEARCH
PROGRAM
CHURCH
ACOUSTICS
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING -
PUBLISHED WORK
"The Acoustics of Portuguese Churches".
Paper at the 1994 Graduate Student Forum,
"Objective Acoustical Analysis of
Room Acoustic Measurements in Portuguese Roman Catholic Churches", Proceedings of the
NOISE-CON '94, Fort Lauderdale, FL (USA), pg. 805-810, May 1994;
"Relationships between Objective
Acoustical Measurements and Architectural Features in Churches", Proceedings of the Sabine
Centennial Symposium/127th Acoustical Society of America Meeting,
Cambridge, MA (USA), pg. 311-314, June 1994;
"Effect of Architectural Styles on
Objective Acoustical Measures in Portuguese Catholic Churches" Proceedings of the 5th
Western Pacific Regional Acoustics Conference-WESTPRAC V, Seoul,
Korea,
vol. 1 pg. 613-618, August 1994;
"Relations between RASTI and other
Acoustical Measures in Portuguese Churches", Proceedings of the INTER-NOISE '94,
Yokohama, Japan, vol. 3 pg. 1847-1850, August 1994;
"BACH, a New Binaural Room Acoustical
Measure"
paper presented at the 128thAcoustical Society of
"Influence of Architectural Features
and Styles on Various Acoustical Measures in Churches" Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ.
"Prediction
of Acoustical Measures in Churches", article at Sound &
Video Contractor, vol. 13, n. 1, Jan. 1995;
"Liturgy,
sound and acoustics: Why a church is not a concert hall",
article
at Sound & Video Contractor, vol. 13, n. 1, Jan. 1995;
"The use of the Sabine and Eyring
Reverberation Equations to Churches", paper presented at the 129th
Acoustical Society of
"BACH, a New Binaural Parameter", Proceedings of the 15th
International Congress on Acoustics, Trondheim, Norway, vol. 2 pg.
409-412,
June 1995.
"The Sabine Equations and Coupled
Spaces in Churches", Proceedings
of the INTER-NOISE '95, Newport Beach, CA, (
"Analysis of subjective acoustic
measures and speech intelligibility in Portuguese churches", paper presented at the 131th
Acoustical Society of
"Estudo
Acústico de Igrejas Portuguesas através de
Parâmetros Subjectivos",
[Acoustical Study of Portuguese Churches using Subjective Parameters]
(in
Portuguese) M.Sc. thesis Fac. Eng. Univ.
Porto, September 1996;
"Subjective acoustic measures and
speech intelligibility in churches", Proceedings of the NOISE-CON '96,
Bellevue, WA (USA), vol. 2 pg. 633-638, September 1996;
"Relationships between subjective and
objective acoustical measures in churches", paper presented at the Third
Joint Meeting - Acoustical Society of America / Acoustical Society of
Japan,
"Relationships between speech
intelligibility and objective acoustical parameters or architectural
features
in Catholic churches",
Proceedings of the NOISE-CON '97, State College
(USA), vol. 1 pg. 355-360, June 1997;
"Speech
intelligibility in churches. How it relates with objective acoustical
parameters and architectural features", paper presented at the 133rd
Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
"Objective
and subjective acoustical parameters in Catholic churches", Proceedings
of the 5th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, vol. 2,
pg.
757-764,
"Relationships
between
subjective and objective acoustical measures in churches",
article
in Journal
of the Building Acoustics, (
"Siza
Vieira e a acústica da igreja do Marco de Canaveses", [Siza
Vieira and
the acoustics of Marco de Canveses' Church] (in Portuguese) short
article in
newspapers: Diário de Notícias 23.07.1998, Urbanismo
& Construção
(pg. 2) 27.07.1998 and Público (pág. 12)
21.08.1998;
"A Inteligibilidade da Palavra em
Igrejas Católicas, através
de Análises de Carácter Objectivo e Subjectivo"
[pdf: 7 Mb], [The Speech
Intelligibility in Portugueses Catholic Churches using Objective and
Subjective
Analyses] (in Portuguese), M.Sc. thesis Fac. Eng. U. Porto, September
1998;
"Relations
between rapid speech transmission index (RASTI) and other acoustical
and
architectural measures in churches", article in Applied
Acoustics, (
"How
does RASTI change with sound reinforcement systems in churches?",
Proceedings
of the 6th ICSV, pg. 157-164,
"The
effect of pulpits in the Rasti values within churches", Proceedings
of the Inter-Noise '99, Vol. 2, pg. 989-994, Fort Lauderdale (USA)
December
1999;
"Catholic
Churches, Sound-reinforcement Systems and RASTI", article in International
Journal of
Acoustics and Vibration, vol. 5
nº1, pg. 7-14, March 2000;
"Acoustical
Measures in Churches - Oportos's Clérigos Church, A
comprehensive example",
Proceedings of the 7th ICSV, vol. III, pg. 1645-1652,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) July 2000;
"O Som Que Se Ouve nas
Igrejas - Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto estuda acústica dos
templos
portugueses", [The Sound Heard in the Churches - Faculty of
Engineering studies the acoustics of Portugueses Temples] (in
Portugueses)
article by Ana Correia Moutinho in the newspaper "Público", 15
July
2000 (pg. 30/31);
"The
significance of the Church Occupancy in the RASTI values in a Catholic
Church",
Proceedings of the CFA2000, pg. 477-490,
"Analysis
of reverberation time values in churches according to country and
architectural
style"(1.0Mb), (in cooperation with EPFL), 8th Int. Congress on Sound and
Vibration, Hong-Kong, July 2001;
"The
effect of occupancy in the speech intelligibility in churches",
(in cooperation with EPFL), Inter-Noise
2001, Hague, Augusto 2001;
"Acoustic
effectiveness of pulpit reflector in churches", (in cooperation
with EPFL), ICA 2001,
"Efficiency
of 13th-century acoustic ceramic pots in two swiss churches",
(in
cooperation with EPFL), NC 2001,
"Plafonds d'église,
Survol
Historique et Remarques Acoustiques", (in cooperation with EPFL), article in "TRACÉS - Bulletin Technique de
"Chaires et
abat-voix: Mythe ou réalité acoustique?", (in
cooperation with EPFL), Journées d'Automne de
"Church
acoustics and the influence of occupancy", (in cooperation with
EPFL), article in "Journal of the
Building Acoustics", (GB) vol. 9 nº 1, pp. 29-47, 2002.
"Acoustic
behavior of ceramic pots used in Middle Age worship spaces - a
laboratory
analysis", (in cooperation with EPFL), Proceedings of the ICSV9 - 9th
Int. Congress on Sound and Vibration, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2002.
"Sound
absorption of 18th-century baroque woodcarving in churches",
Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2002,
"Liturgical
conditions of Catholic and Reformed celebrations and their relationship
with
architectural and acoustic characteristics of churches", (in
cooperation with EPFL),
Proceedings of the Forum
Acusticum 2002,
"Absorção Sonora de
Retábulo em Talha Barroca",
(in cooperation with IPPAR),
article in "Património-Estudos" (IPPAR), pp. 14-18,
nº 3,
Dezembro 2002, Lisbon.
"The
new megachurch for the Sanctuary of Fatima", Proceedings
of
the ISCV10,
"Acoustic
characterization of historic cloisters in Portugal",
Proceedings of
the Noise-Con 2004, EUA, July 2004.
"Caracterização
acústica de claustros religiosos históricos" (in
Portuguese) [pdf:
24 Mb] [Acoustic characterization of historic religious cloiters],
M.Sc., FEUP, Feb. 2005.
"Guião da Acústica de Igrejas em Portugal"
(in Portuguese) [A guide for the Acoustics of churches in Portugal], T.
Silva, Relatório de Projecto, Mestrado Integrado em
Engenharia Civil, FEUP, May 2008.
"Comparação entre a
Acústica em Igrejas Católicas e em Mesquitas"
(in Portuguese) [Comparison between the acoustics of churches and
mosques], Cândido
Monteiro, Integrated M.Sc.Civil Engineering, FEUP, July 2008.
"Caracterização
acústica da reabilitação de
claustros"
(in Portuguese) [Acoustical characterization of cloisters], Sílvia
Vilela, Integrated M.Sc.Civil Engineering, FEUP, July 2008.
"Metodologia
Multi-Critério para Análise da Qualidade Acústica
em Igrejas" (in Portuguese) [Multi-criteria methodology for the
acoustical analysis of churches], J.
Loureiro, Integrated M.Sc.Civil Engineering, FEUP, July 2008.
"Acoustic
Characterization of Rehabilitated Cloisters", Proceedings of the Acoustics
‘08,
"Acoustic
characterization of
worship ambience in Catholic churches – Old Goa’s Capela do Monte, A
comprehensive example”,
M.
Tavares, S.
Rajagopalan, S. Sharma and A. Carvalho, Proceedings of the
Inter-Noise 2008,
Shangai,
October 2008
“Metodologia
Multi-Critério para
Análise da Qualidade Acústica em Igrejas” (in
Portuguese) [Multi-criteria methodology for the acoustical analysis of
churches],
A. Carvalho and J. Loureiro,
Proceedings of the Acustica 2008 V
Congresso Ibérico de Acústica, XXXIX
Congresso Espanhol de Acústica TECNIACÚSTICA 2008, Coimbra, October
2008."Comparison of the
Acoustics of Mosques and Catholic Churches”, António
Carvalho and Cândido Monteiro, 16th ICSV, Cracóvia "Prediction of
acoustic comfort and acoustic silence
in Goan Catholic churches", M.
Tavares, S. Rajagopalan, S. Sharma e A. Carvalho, Proceedings of the
Inter-Noise 2009,
Ottawa, Canada
2009"Caracterização
acústica interior da nova
mega-igreja da Santíssima Trindade em Fátima" (in
Portuguese) [Acoustical interior characterization of the megachurch ao
the Holy Trinity at Fátima], Pedro
Silva, Integrated M.Sc.Civil Engineering, FEUP, Feb. 2009
"Caracterização
acústica da Mega-igreja da Santíssima Trindade –
Fátima”,
(in
Portuguese) [Acoustical characterization of the megachurch ao the Holy
Trinity - Fátima], A.
Carvalho and P. Silva
Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA
2009, Cadiz,
Spain, 2009"The effect of source location, posture and language on
speech
intelligibility in Goan churches",
M. Tavares,
S. Rajagopalan, S. Sharma and A.
Carvalho, Journal of
the Building Acoustics, 16(3)
2009 “Relationship
between acoustic worship ambience and
speech intelligibility in Goa’s Bom Jesus Basilica”, M. Tavares,
S. Rajagopalan, S. Sharma and A.
Carvalho Proceedings of EURONOISE 2009, Edinbourgh, 2009"Caracterização
acústica das
duas igrejas de Santo Ovídio, Mafamude" (in Portuguese)
[Acoustical characterization of the two churches of Saint Ovidio,
Mafamude], Cátia Martins, Integrated M.Sc.Civil Engineering,
FEUP, Feb. 2010 Chapter
“Relationships between subjective and
objective acoustical
measures in churches” (pp. 97-116) in book: “Collected papers in building
acoustics: Room Acoustics and Environmental Noise”, Ed: B. Gibbs,
J. Goodchild, C. Hopkins
and D. Oldham, ISBN
978-1-907132-14-8,
Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd., UK, May 2010;
“Sound, noise and speech
at the 9000-seat "Sound, noise and speech at the 9000-seat Holy
Trinity Church in Fatima, Portugal", 15th
Int. Conf. on Noise Control (Noise Control '10), Noise Control '10
Proceedings, June 2010;"Caracterização
acústica interior das capelas
subterrâneas da nova igreja da Santíssima Trindade,
Fátima"
(in Portuguese: The acoustics of the underground chapels of the new Holy
Trinity Church, Fátima),
Bruno Nascimento, Thesis, Integrated M.Sc. Civil Engineering, FEUP,
July 2010;"Caracterização
acústica de mesquitas A Mesquita Central de Lisboa"
(in Portuguese:
Acoustics of the Lisbon Central Mosque),
Carina Freitas, Thesis, Integrated M.Sc. Civil Engineering, FEUP, July
2010;"Acoustic
characterization of sacred music rendered by a human whistle at the
Divine
Providence church in Goa, India”, M. Tavares, S. Rajagopalan, S..
Sharma e A.
Carvalho Proceedings of the ICA2010, Sydney, August 2010; "A
acústica
das capelas subterrâneas da nova Igreja da Santíssima
Trindade, Fátima"
(in Portuguese: The acoustics of the
underground chapels of the new Holy Trinity Church, Fátima), A.
Carvalho e B. Nascimento,
Proceedings of the Tecniacustica
2010, León,
October 2010; "Acústica
da Mesquita
Central de Lisboa"
(in Portuguese: Acoustics of the
Lisbon Central Mosque), Proceedings
of the Tecniacustica
2010, León,
October 2010; "Acoustical
Characterization of the Central Mosque of Lisbon", Proceedings of the Forum
Acusticum 2011, Denmark, June 2011; "Acoustical
Characterization of the Underground Chapels of the New Holy Trinity
Church in
the Fatima Shrine, Portugal", Proceedings of the Forum
Acusticum 2011, Denmark, June 2011. “Acoustic Silence, Acoustic Intelligibility
and
Acoustic Sacred Factor in Goan Catholic Churches”, Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2011,
Osaka, Sept. 2011; “The Acoustics of the Mekor Haim Synagogue,
Portugal”, Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2011, Osaka, Sept.
2011; “Estudo Acústico de Bancos de Igreja”(acoustic
study of church pews - in Portuguese), Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA
2011, Encuentro Ibérico de
Acústica,
Cáceres-Spain, Oct. 2011; “Igrejas
Modernas com
Problemas Acústicos - O caso da Igreja Nossa Senhora da
Conceição (Porto)” (modern churches with acoustic
problems - the case of the church of the Holy Lady of Conception
(Porto) - in Portuguese), Proceedings of TECNIACÚSTICA
2011, Encuentro Ibérico de
Acústica,
Cáceres-Spain, Oct. 2011;
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