Performance of environmental T-shape noise barriers covered with primitive root diffusers

Archives of Acoustics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-578

  Monazzam, Mohammad Reza ^a   Naderzadeh, Mahdiyeh ^b   Nassiri, Parvin ^b   Fard, Samaneh Momen Bellah ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Noise barrier; Primitive root diffuser; Resistive layers; T shape barrier

Indexed keywords

BARRIER DESIGN; BARRIER MODEL; DESIGN FREQUENCIES; FAR FIELD; FLOW RESISTIVITY; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; FREQUENCY EFFECT; LOWER FREQUENCIES; NOISE BARRIERS; PRIMITIVE ROOTS; REACTIVE BARRIERS; RECEIVER LOCATION; RESISTIVE LAYERS; T-SHAPE BARRIER; TOP SURFACE; WIRE MESHES;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; INSERTION LOSSES; WIRE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 78651431713     PISSN: 01375075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10168-010-0043-z     Document Type: Article

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