Impact sound insulation and viscoelastic properties of underlay manufactured from recycled carpet waste

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 731-749

  Rushforth, I M ^a   Horoshenkov, K V ^a   Miraftab, M ^b   Swift, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic material; Dynamic mechanical properties; Impact sound insulation; Particle size distribution; Recycled material

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELASTIC MODULI; NOISE ABATEMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACOUSTIC MATERIALS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; IMPACT SOUND INSULATION; RECYCLED MATERIALS;

SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 13444273325     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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