Feasibility analysis of an active technology to improve acoustic comfort in buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2785-2796

  Naticchia, Berardo ^a   Carbonari, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic comfort; Active structural acoustic control; Curtain walls; Piezoelectric actuators; Sound transmission loss

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ACOUSTIC COMFORT; ACTIVE STRUCTURAL ACOUSTIC CONTROL; CURTAIN WALLS; SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS (STL);

SOUND INSULATION;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; SOUND INSULATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; BUILDING; CONTROL SYSTEM; NOISE; SIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 33847062974     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.07.040     Document Type: Article

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