Assessment of sandwich models for the prediction of sound transmission loss in unidirectional sandwich panels

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-262

  Wang, Tongan ^a   Sokolinsky, Vladimir S ^a,b   Rajaram, Shankar ^a   Nutt, Steven R ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b ALPHASTAR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Sandwich panel; Sound insulation; Transmission loss

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; SANDWICH MODELS; SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS;

DEFORMATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SOUND INSULATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 10644271431     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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