Dynamic stiffness as an acoustic specification parameter for wall ties used in masonry cavity walls

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-68

  Hopkins, C ^a   Wilson, R ^b   Craik, R J M ^c  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity wall; Dynamic stiffness; Sound transmission; Wall ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012586202     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(98)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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