Comparative evaluation of the ground reflection algorithm in FHWA Traffic Noise Model (TNM 2.5)

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 68, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1459-1467

  Shu, Ning ^a   Cohn, Louis F ^b   Harris, Roswell A ^b   Kim, Teak K ^b   Li, Wensheng ^c  

^a AZTEC Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

^c Parikh Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Field measurement; Ground reflection; Highway noise; Traffic Noise Model

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS;

FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENT DATA; GROUND REFLECTION; HIGHWAY NOISE; TRAFFIC NOISE MODELS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 34548834701     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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