Numerical evaluation of tree canopy shape near noise barriers to improve downwind shielding

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 648-657

  Van Renterghem, T ^a   Botteldooren, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE CONTROL; WIND EFFECTS;

CANOPY SHAPES; DOWNWIND SHIELDING; NOISE BARRIER EFFICIENCY; NOISE BARRIERS; PRESSURE RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS; WIND FIELD MODIFICATION;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

ARTICLE; CANOPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOUND; WIND;

ACOUSTICS; AUTOMOBILES; BIOMASS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; RHEOLOGY; SEASONS; TREES; WIND;

EID: 38849185378     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2828052     Document Type: Article

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