Empirical models for predicting noise levels, reverberation times and fitting densities in industrial workrooms

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-60

  Heerema, Nelson ^a   Hodgson, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical models; Fitting density; Industrial noise; Noise level; Prediction workroom; Reverberation time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002064767     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(98)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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