In situ measurements of the intrinsic characteristics of the acoustic barriers installed along a new high speed railway line

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 342-355

  Garai, Massimo ^a   Guidorzi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RAILROADS;

ACOUSTIC BARRIERS; CHALLENGING TASKS; EUROPEANS; HIGH SPEED RAILWAY LINES; IN-SITU; INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS; LABORATORY METHODS; LABORATORY TESTS; LOGISTIC SUPPORTS; NOISE REDUCING; SOUND REFLECTIONS;

SOUND INSULATION;

EID: 56149117096     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.2969244     Document Type: Article

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