The importance of roof shape for road traffic noise shielding in the urban environment

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 329, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1422-1434

  Van Renterghem, T ^a   Botteldooren, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOISE ANNOYANCE; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; ROOF SHAPE; SHIELDING EFFICIENCY; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUND PROPAGATION; STREET CANYON; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VEHICLE SPEED;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SHIELDING;

ROOFS;

EID: 74149085780     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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