A boundary element method for the calculation of noise barrier insertion loss in the presence of atmospheric turbulence

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 583-603

  Lam, Yiu Wai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Boundary element method; Noise barrier; Outdoor sound propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; INSERTION LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NOISE BARRIER; OUTDOOR SOUND PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 1542273366     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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