A review of practical methods for reducing underwater noise pollution from large commercial vessels

Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering

Volumn 154, Issue PART A2, 2012, Pages

  Leaper, R C ^a   Renilson, M R ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^b Renilson Marine Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; COMMERCIAL VESSELS; DATA SETS; ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES; FREQUENCY RANGES; FULL SCALE; INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATIONS; MARINE LIFE; NOISE IMPACT; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRACTICAL METHOD; PROPELLER CAVITATION; PROPELLER DESIGN; SOURCE OF NOISE; UNDERWATER NOISE; WAKE FLOWS;

NOISE ABATEMENT; PROPELLERS; SHIP PROPULSION; SHIPS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 84866994756     PISSN: 14798751     EISSN: 17400716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3940/rina.ijme.2012.a2.227     Document Type: Review

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