Sound radiation and sound quality characteristics of refrigerator noise in real living environments

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1118-1134

  Jeon, Jin Yong ^a   You, Jin ^a   Chang, Ho Yeon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Living environment; Refrigerator noise; Sound quality

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; LOUDSPEAKERS; REFRIGERATORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS;

LIVING ENVIRONMENT; REFRIGERATOR NOISE; SOUND QUALITY; SOUND RADIATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 34548009804     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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