Noise abatement schemes for shielded canyons

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-283

  Hornikx, M ^a   Forssen J ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Equivalent sources method; Incoherent line source; Noise abatement schemes; Shielded urban areas

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; DOMES; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; ROOFS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; EQUIVALENT SOURCES; EQUIVALENT SOURCES METHOD; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INCOHERENT LINE SOURCE; LINE SOURCES; NOISE REDUCTIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISES; SHIELDED URBAN AREAS; TRANSFER PATHS; URBAN AREAS;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 55949136865     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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