- 456 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Predicting Outdoor Sound
About this book
Predicting Outdoor Sound provides a scholarly yet practical examination of the phenomena that affect outdoor sound close to the ground and its prediction. It is devoted to bringing together theories and data to give both researchers and practitioners the basis for deciding which model to use in a given situation. The book covers recent advances in
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Yes, you can access Predicting Outdoor Sound by Keith Attenborough,Kai Ming Li,Kirill Horoshenkov in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Acoustical Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- List of symbols
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The propagation of sound near ground surfaces in a homogeneous medium
- 3 Predicting the acoustical properties of outdoor ground surfaces
- 4 Measurements of the acoustical properties of ground surfaces and comparisons with models
- 5 Predicting effects of source characteristics on outdoor sound
- 6 Predictions, approximations and empirical results for ground effect excluding meteorological effects
- 7 Influence of source motion on ground effect and diffraction
- 8 Predicting effects of mixed impedance ground
- 9 Predicting the performance of outdoor noise barriers
- 10 Predicting effects of vegetation, trees and turbulence
- 11 Analytical approximations including ground effect, refraction and turbulence
- 12 Prediction schemes
- 13 Predicting sound in an urban environment
- Index