Sound transmission loss: Comparison of conventional techniques with sound intensity techniques

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 2094-2103

  Halliwell, R E ^a   Warnock, A C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000510050     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.391733     Document Type: Article

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