Predicting outdoor sound /

Main Author: Attenborough, K.
Other Authors: Li, Kai Ming., Horoshenkov, Kirill.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Londom ; Bristol : Taylor and Francis, c1997.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The propagation of sound near ground surfaces in a homogenous medium
  • Predicting the acoustical properties of outdoor ground surfaces
  • Measurements of the acoustical properties of ground surfaces and comparisons with models
  • Predicting effects of source characteristics on outdoor sound
  • Predictions, approximations and empirical resoults for ground effect excluding meteorological effects
  • Influence of source motion on ground effect and diffraction
  • Predicting effects of mixed impedance ground
  • Predicting the performance of outdoor noise barriers
  • Predicting effects of vegetation, trees and turbulence
  • Analytical approximations including ground effect, refraction and turbulence
  • Prediction schemes
  • Predicting sound in an urban environment.