Macroscopic modeling of urban traffic noise influence of absorption and vehicle flow distribution

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-209

  Thorsson, Pontus J ^a   Ögren, Mikael ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

City canyon; Noise prediction; Road traffic noise; Shielded side

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CITY CANYON; NOISE PREDICTION; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SHIELDED SIDE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 10644222713     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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