Development and evaluation of roadside barriers to attenuate road traffic noise

Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society 2005, Acoustics 2005: Acoustics in a Changing Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 218-222

  Parnell, Jeffrey ^a   Samuels, Stephen ^b  

^a RTA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER DESIGN; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; OPTIMISATIONS; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; RANDOM EDGES; RECEIVER LOCATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITIES; ROADSIDE BARRIERS; RURAL FREEWAYS; TRAFFIC NOISE;

NOISE POLLUTION; ROADSIDES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84871289174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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