Simulation of outdoor sound propagation with a transmission line matrix method

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-172

  Hofmann, Jan ^a   Heutschi, Kurt ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous atmosphere; Outdoor sound propagation; Time domain simulation; TLM

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REFLECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

INHOMOGENEOUS ATMOSPHERE; OUTDOOR SOUND PROPAGATION; TIME DOMAIN SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX METHOD (TLM);

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33845327089     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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