Sound propagation over ballast surfaces

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1006-1012

  Heutschi, Kurt ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLAST BED; BALLAST SURFACE; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; GROUND REFLECTION; MICROPHONE SIGNALS; PROPAGATION EFFECT; RAILWAY LINE; RAILWAY NOISE; RAILWAY VEHICLES; REACTION PROCESS; SOUND EMISSION; SOUND POWER; SOUND PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MICROPHONES; NOISE POLLUTION; RAILROADS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77149163811     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918232     Document Type: Article

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