Prediction of the reverberation time in high absorbent room using a modified-diffusion model

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-74

  Billon, A ^a   Picaut, J ^b   Sakout, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b Laboratoire Centrale de Ponts et Chausées   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Numerical modelling; Reverberation time; Room acoustics

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAY TRACING;

DIFFUSION EQUATION; EYRING ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; NUMERICAL MODELING; REVERBERATION TIME; ROOM ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 36549070649     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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