Evaluation of the acoustic performance of classrooms in public schools

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 626-635

  Zannin, Paulo Henrique Trombetta ^a   Zwirtes, Daniele Petri Zanardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acoustic comfort; Ambient noise; Classrooms; Reverberation; Sound insulation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; DESIGN; REVERBERATION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; STANDARDS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ACOUSTIC COMFORT; ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCES; ACOUSTIC QUALITIES; AMBIENT NOISE; CLASSROOMS; CONSTRUCTIVE DESIGNS; EXTERNAL-; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; METROPOLITAN AREAS; PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERBERATION TIMES; SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS; STANDARD DESIGNS;

SOUND INSULATION;

EID: 58349103683     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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