Effects of apartment building façade and balcony design on the reduction of exterior noise

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3517-3528

  Lee, Pyoung Jik ^a   Kim, Yong Hee ^a   Jeon, Jin Yong ^a   Song, Kyoo Dong ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Balcony; Computer simulation; Exterior noise; Facades; Noise reduction; Scale model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACADES; NOISE ABATEMENT; TALL BUILDINGS;

BALCONY DESIGN; EXTERIOR NOISE;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACADES; NOISE ABATEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TALL BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NOISE; WALL;

EID: 34249950920     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.10.044     Document Type: Article

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