Quantifying sound-field diffuseness in small rooms using multifractals

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1498-1505

  Loutridis, S J ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TREATMENTS; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; DIFFUSE SOUND FIELDS; ENERGY DENSITIES; FIELD UNIFORMITIES; MULTI FRACTALS; ROOM IMPULSE RESPONSE; SELF SIMILARITIES; SINGULARITY SPECTRUMS; SMALL ROOMS; SOUND FIELDS; WEALTH OF INFORMATIONS;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; IMPULSE RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS;

EID: 62249169358     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3075560     Document Type: Article

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