A diffraction model for acoustical ray-tracing based on the energy flow lines concept

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 260-267

  Billon, Alexis ^a   Embrechts, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY VECTORS; BOUNDARY ELEMENTS METHOD; DOUBLE DIFFRACTIONS; GEOMETRICAL ACOUSTICS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHM; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; UNIFORM THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; RAY TRACING;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84876112276     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918608     Document Type: Article

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