Efficiency of noise protections in urban areas: Predictions and scale model measurements

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 530-539

  Baulac, Marine ^a   Defrance, Jér̂me ^a   Jean, Philippe ^a   Minard, Florence ^a  

^a Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOISE ABATEMENT; NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

AESTHETICS; NOISE REDUCTION DEVICES; SCALE MODEL MEASUREMENTS; URBAN AREAS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 33748476817     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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