Some characteristics of noise in air-conditioned landscaped offices

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-267

  Tang, S K ^a   Chan, J W C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Indoor environment; Noise criteria; Room acoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTIC WAVES; AIR CONDITIONING; CALCULATIONS; COOLING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AIR CONDITIONED LANDSCAPED OFFICES; AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; NOISE CRITERIA; NOISE RATING; NOISE SPECTRA; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; WEIGHTED NOISE LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030197459     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-682X(96)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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