Neural networks for prediction of acoustical properties of polyurethane foams

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-242

  Gardner, Glenn C ^a   O'Leary, Meghan E ^a   Hansen, Scott ^a   Sun, J Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling of acoustic foams; Neural networks; Noise control; Sound absorption

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; POLYURETHANES;

ACOUSTIC ENERGY ABSORPTION;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0037290120     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(02)00089-0     Document Type: Article

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