Evaluation of floor impact sound insulation in reinforced concrete buildings

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 313-318

  Jeon, Jin Yong ^a   Jeong, Jeong Ho ^a   Vorländer, Michael ^b   Thaden, Rainer ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; CEILINGS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; FLOORS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BANG MACHINE; FLOOR IMPACT NOISE; FLOOR IMPACT SOUND INSULATION; LOUDNESS; REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS; TAPPING MACHINE;

SOUND INSULATION;

EID: 1942519226     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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