The combined effects of porous asphalt surfacing and barriers on traffic noise

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-377

  Watts, G R ^a   Chandler Wilde, S N ^b   Morgan, P A ^b  

^a TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary element method (BEM); Noise barriers; Porous asphalt

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000721347     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(98)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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