A theoretical framework for quantitatively characterizing sound field diffusion based on scattering coefficient and absorption coefficient of walls

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1140-1148

  Hanyu, Toshiki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ABSORPTION RATIO; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; DIFFUSION TIME; MEAN FREE PATH; RAY-TRACING METHOD; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; ROOM IMPULSE RESPONSE; SCATTERED COMPONENT; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SOUND FIELDS; SPATIAL SCATTERING; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TIME VARIATIONS;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; IMPULSE RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUND; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956418027     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3463802     Document Type: Article

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