Thermal and acoustic properties of aluminium foams manufactured by the infiltration process

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 496-501

  Navacerrada, M A ^a   Fernandez P ^b   Diaz C ^a   Pedrero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Absorption; Porous materials

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; CELLS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CYTOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS;

CLOSED-CELL ALUMINIUM FOAM; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; HOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURE; INFILTRATION PROCESS; INFILTRATION TECHNIQUES; NORMAL INCIDENCE; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84876922094     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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