Improving the accuracy of engineering models at shielded building facades: Experimental analysis of turbulence scattering

42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 2399-2403

  Van Renterghem, Timothy ^a   Wei, Weigang ^a   Forssén, Jens ^b   Hornikx, Maarten ^b,c   Ögren, Mikael ^d   Botteldooren, Dick ^a   Salomons, Erik ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Quiet sides; Urban sound propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FACADES; SCATTERING;

APPLICATION OF STANDARDS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; QUIET SIDES; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SOUND PROPAGATION; STRATEGIC NOISE MAPS; TURBULENCE STRENGTH;

NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 84904504119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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