The improvement of a simple theoretical model for the prediction of the sound insulation of double leaf walls

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 841-849

  Davy, John L ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; CAVITY WALL; CRITICAL FREQUENCIES; DOUBLE-GLAZED WINDOW; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; MINIMUM VALUE; SOUND ABSORBING MATERIALS; SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STEEL STUDS; THEORETICAL MODELS; WALL CAVITY; WINDOW FRAMES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GYPSUM; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS; STUDS (FASTENERS); STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS); WINDOWS;

SOUND INSULATION;

EID: 76349088979     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3273889     Document Type: Article

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