Sound absorption in concert halls by seats, occupied and unoccupied, and by the hall's interior surfaces

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3169-3177

  Beranek, Leo L ^a   Hidaka, Takayuki ^b  

^a Takenaka R and D Institute ^*  (United States)

^b TAKENAKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; SOUND;

EID: 0032414750     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423957     Document Type: Article

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