Measurement and prediction of road traffic noise at different building floor levels in Hong Kong

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-139

  Mak, Cm ^a   Leung, Wk ^b   Jiang, Gs ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING FLOORS; BUILDING PLANNING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLOOR LEVEL; HIGH RISE BUILDING; HONG-KONG; MEASURED RESULTS; PLANNING AND DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC NOISE LEVELS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; APARTMENT HOUSES; FLOORS; FORECASTING; ROADS AND STREETS; TALL BUILDINGS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 77951618460     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: 14770849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624410361223     Document Type: Article

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