Measuring sound insulation of building façades: Interference effects, and reproducibility

39th International Congress on Noise Control Engineering 2010, INTER-NOISE 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 429-438

  Berardi, U ^a   Cirillo, E ^a   Martellotta, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building fa ades; Measurement; Sound insulation; Wave interference

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; IN-BUILDINGS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MEASURING PROCEDURE; PRESSURE LEVEL; RELIABLE MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL;

MEASUREMENTS; SOUND INSULATION; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84868633596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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