The acoustical influence of balcony depth and parapet form: Experiments and simulations

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 533-551

  El Dien, H Hossam ^a   Woloszyn, P ^a  

^a CERMA UMR CNRS 1563   (France)

Author keywords

Balcony; Environmental noise; Pyramid tracing; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACADES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAY TRACING; ROADSIDES;

BALCONY; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; PYRAMID TRACING; TRAFFIC NOISE;

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 15744367805     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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