The 2.5-dimensional equivalent sources method for directly exposed and shielded urban canyons

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2532-2541

  Hornikx, Maarten ^a   Forssén, Jens ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DIFFUSIVE SURFACES; FREQUENCY RESOLUTION; URBAN CANYONS;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38049054041     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2783197     Document Type: Article

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