Investigation of sound absorption properties of bark cloth nonwoven fabric and composites

Autex Research Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 173-180

  Rwawiire, Samson ^a,b   Tomkova, Blanka ^a   Gliscinska, Eulalia ^c   Krucinska, Izabella ^c   Michalak, Marina ^c   Militky, Jiri ^a   Jabbar, Abdul ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^b BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acoustic properties; Bark cloth; Composites; Epoxy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944328744     PISSN: 14709589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/aut-2015-0010     Document Type: Article

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