Noise screening effects of balconies on a building facade

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 213-221

  Tang, S K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; BUILDINGS; CORRELATION METHODS; INSERTION LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING;

ACOUSTIC PROTECTION; ENGINEERING TOLERANCE; NOISE SCREENING EFFECTS; SCALE MODEL; SOUND AMPLIFICATIONS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENGINEERING; MODEL; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND REFLECTION; SOUND SCATTERING;

EID: 22144434414     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1931887     Document Type: Article

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