Low-frequency noise from large wind turbines

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3727-3744

  Møller, Henrik ^a   Pedersen, Christian Sejer ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-WEIGHTED LEVEL; AIR ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC POWER; LARGE WIND TURBINES; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; NOISE EMISSIONS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; TURBINE NOISE;

THERMAL NOISE;

WIND TURBINES;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DENMARK; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOUSING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NOISE; PRESSURE; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; WIND;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; AIR; DENMARK; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; MOTION; NOISE; POWER PLANTS; PRESSURE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

EID: 79959415312     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3543957     Document Type: Article

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