Acoustic properties of multi-layer coir fibres sound absorption panel

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3709-3714

  Zulkifli, R ^a   Mohd Nor, M J ^a   Mat Tahir, M F ^a   Ismail, A R ^a   Nuawi, M Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acoustic materials; Coir fibre; Reverberation room; Sound absorption coefficient; Transmission lost index

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MATERIALS; COIR FIBRES; NOISE ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; REVERBERATION ROOMS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOUND ABSORPTION; SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBERS; MINERAL WOOL; REVERBERATION; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; TESTING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 67650090508     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.3709.3714     Document Type: Article

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