The acoustic performance of novel noise barrier profiles measured at the roadside

Acoustics Australia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-128

  Parnell, Jeffrey ^a   Samuels, Stephen ^b   Tsitsos, Con ^c  

^a NSW Department of Planning   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NSW Roads and Traffic Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE; BARRIER DESIGN; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DIRECT WAVES; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL TESTING; GROUND PLANES; IN-SITU; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; MULTIPLE-PATH; NOISE BARRIERS; OPTIMISATIONS; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; RANDOM EDGES; RECEIVER LOCATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SHADOW ZONE; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; STATE GOVERNMENTS; STRAIGHT EDGE; VARIABLE PHASE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 78751665213     PISSN: 08146039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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