Acceleration noise and level of service of urban roads - A case study

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-342

  Sudheer Babu, Y ^a   Pattnaik, S B ^b  

^a V R SIDDHARTHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACOUSTIC NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACCELERATION NOISE; MIXED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 0031221947     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.5670310307     Document Type: Article

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