Road traffic noise shielding by vegetation belts of limited depth

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 331, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2404-2425

  Van Renterghem, T ^a   Botteldooren, D ^a   Verheyen, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; FOREST FLOORS; INCREASING TREES; LIGHT VEHICLES; MIRROR PLANE; NOISE BARRIERS; NOISE REDUCING; POSITIVE EFFECTS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SCATTERING ELEMENTS; SIMPLE CUBIC; SOUND PROPAGATION; TRAFFIC NOISE; TREE CROWNS; TREE DIAMETER; TREE SPACING; TREE STEMS; VEGETATION BELT;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NOISE POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SCATTERING; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; ROADS;

EID: 84857654519     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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