Sound barrier applications of recycled plastics

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1626, 1998, Pages 85-92

  Saadeghvaziri, M Ala ^a   MacBain, Keith ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC BUILDING MATERIALS; RECYCLING; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; STIFFNESS;

RECYCLED PLASTICS; SOUND BARRIERS;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 0032156391     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1626-11     Document Type: Article

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