The prediction of airborne sound transmission between two rooms using first-order flanking paths

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1332-1342

  Galbrun, Laurent ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building acoustics; EN 12354; ISO 15712; Sound insulation; Statistical energy analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; STANDARDS;

AIRBORNE SOUND; BUILDING ACOUSTICS; EN 12354; FIRST ORDERS; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; ISO 15712; SOUND INSULATION; STATISTICAL ENERGY ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION PATHS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 52049101159     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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