Using room acoustical parameters for evaluating the quality of urban squares for open-air rock concerts

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 210-220

  Thomas, P ^a   Van Renterghem, T ^a   Botteldooren, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concert hall parameters; Impulse response measurement; Sound field description; Urban rock concert

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CONCERT HALL; DELAY LINE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; IMPULSE RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; REVERBERATION TIME; ROOM ACOUSTICAL PARAMETERS; SOUND FIELDS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUND QUALITY; SPATIAL HEARING; URBAN ROCK CONCERT;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; AMPLIFICATION; ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; REVERBERATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONICS;

ROCKS;

EID: 78650777929     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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