European methodology for testing the airborne sound insulation characteristics of noise barriers in situ: Experimental verification and comparison with laboratory data

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 1054-1067

  Garai, Massimo ^a   Guidorzi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; EUROPE; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOISE REDUCTION; NOISE STANDARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND;

EID: 0033812979     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1286811     Document Type: Article

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