On the efficiency of noise barriers near sloped terrain - A numerical study

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1003-1011

  Heimann, Dietrich ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; DOWNSLOPE; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; NOISE BARRIERS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; REFLECTING SURFACE; ROADSIDE BARRIERS; SIDE SLOPE; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SLOPE WINDS; SLOPED TERRAINS; SOUND LEVEL; SOUND PROPAGATION; SOURCE POSITION; SOURCE SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL COMPOSITION; STEEP SLOPE; TERRAIN PROFILE; THERMALLY INDUCED;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INSERTION LOSSES; ROADSIDES;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 78649534314     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918363     Document Type: Article

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