Practical techniques for reducing the underwater noise pollution generated by commercial ships

RINA, Royal Institution of Naval Architects - International Conference on the Environmentally Friendly Ship, Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 17-26

  Renilson, Martin ^a   Leaper, R ^b   Boisseau, O ^c  

^a Renilson Marine Consulting Pty Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^c MARINE CONSERVATION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; COMMERCIAL SHIPS; DATA SETS; ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; FREQUENCY RANGES; FULL SCALE; INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATIONS; MANY BODY; MARINE LIFE; MARINE MAMMALS; NOISE IMPACT; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; NOISE-REDUCTION MEASURES; OPERATING CONDITION; PROPELLER CAVITATION; PROPELLER DESIGN; SOURCE OF NOISE; UNDERWATER NOISE; WAKE FLOWS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; EFFICIENCY; MAMMALS; NOISE POLLUTION; PROPELLERS; SHIPS;

SHIP PROPULSION;

EID: 84864878533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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