Optimisation with genetic algorithm of the acoustic performance of T-shaped noise barriers with a reactive top surface

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 332-342

  Baulac, Marine ^a   Defrance, Jérôme ^a   Jean, Philippe ^a  

^a Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithm; Genetic algorithm; Noise barriers; Optimisation; Reactive barriers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

2D BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD CODES; NOISE BARRIERS; REACTIVE BARRIERS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 39549097515     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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