Sound insulation provided by single and double panel walls - A comparison of analytical solutions versus experimental results

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-29

  Tadeu, António ^a   António, Julieta ^a   Mateus, Diogo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Experimental results; Sound insulation; Transmission loss

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; GLASS; RESONANCE; STEEL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DOUBLE PANEL WALLS;

SOUND INSULATION;

EID: 0142043425     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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