Sound Absorption Coefficients of Micro-fiber Fabrics by Reverberation Room Method

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 330-335

  na, Youngjoo ^a   Lancaster, Jeff ^b   Casali, John ^b   Cho, Gilsoo ^c  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

air path; fabric density; fabric structure; fabric thickness; fabric weight; micro fiber fabrics; noise reduction coefficients; sound absorption coefficients; suede; terry cloth; waffle cloth

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; NOISE ABATEMENT; REVERBERATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TEXTILE FIBERS;

FABRIC DENSITY; MICRO-FIBER FABRICS; SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS;

FABRICS;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BREATHABILITY; FILTER; MICROFIBER FABRIC; WIPE;

EID: 34848842736     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517507078743     Document Type: Article

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