An assessment of the accuracy of a hybrid room acoustics model with surface diffusion facility

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-251

  Howarth, M J ^a,b   Lam, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Sandy Brown Associates   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0141890397     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(99)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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