Improvement of sound barriers using headpieces with finite acoustic impedance

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3049-3060

  Möser, Michael ^a   Volz, Rudi ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; THEORY;

EID: 17044448377     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428158     Document Type: Article

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