Performance of profiled vertical reflective parallel noise barriers with quadratic residue diffusers

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-84

  Monazzam, M R ^a   Nassiri, P ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boundary element; Diffusion; Parallel noise barrier; Quadratic residue diffuser

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIFFUSION; MODELING; REACTIVE BARRIER;

EID: 67649921867     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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