Sound Characteristics in Low Frequency Noise and their Relevance for the Perception of Pleasantness

Acta Acustica (Stuttgart)

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-180

  Bengtsson, Johanna ^a   Persson Waye, Kerstin ^b   Kjellberg, Anders ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VENTILATION;

FLAT FREQUENCY VENTILATION NOISE; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 1242352950     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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