Distribution of the noise level maxima from the pass-by of vehicles in urban road traffic streams

Road and Transport Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 41-54

  Brown, A L ^a   Tomerini, Deanna ^a  

^a Griffith Business School   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; EMISSION MODEL; FREE FIELDS; NOISE EVENTS; NOISE LEVELS; OPERATING CONDITION; ROADWAY SPEED; SLEEP DISTURBANCES; SOUND POWER LEVELS; SPEED LIMIT; URBAN ROAD NETWORKS; URBAN ROAD TRAFFIC;

AUTOMOBILES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

VEHICLES;

EID: 80053246362     PISSN: 10375783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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