Adjustment on subjective annoyance of low frequency noise by adding additional sound

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 330, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5707-5715

  Di, Guo Qing ^a   Li, Zheng Guang ^a   Zhang, Bang Jun ^a   Shi, Yao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL FREQUENCY; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; FLOWING WATERS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HEAT PUMP UNIT; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; PAIRED COMPARISON; PURE TONES; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; STRUCTURE-BORNE NOISE; SUBJECTIVE ANNOYANCE;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MODULATION; THERMAL NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 80052037522     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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