Predicting the sound insulation of walls

Building Acoustics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Davy, John L ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY WALL; CONFERENCE PAPERS; SOUND ABSORPTION; STEEL STUDS; STUD WALL; THEORETICAL MODELS;

FORECASTING; STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS);

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 69449083315     PISSN: 1351010X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/135101009788066546     Document Type: Article

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