Traffic noise prediction with the parabolic equation method: Validation of a split-step Padé approach in complex environments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2680-2687

  Gauvreau, Benoit ^a   Bérengier, Michel ^a   Blanc Benon, Philippe ^b   Depollier, Claude ^c  

^a Laboratoire Centrale de Ponts et Chausées   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CENTRIFUGATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

PHYSICAL THEORY;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOUND; TRAFFIC NOISE; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0041928044     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1509074     Document Type: Article

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