Multi-family party wall design: A case study

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 218-226

  Hessler Jr , George F ^a  

^a Hessler Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; CEILINGS; CODES (STANDARDS); CONCRETE SLABS; FLOORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

PARTY WALL;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0033341535     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.599318     Document Type: Article

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