Author : Keith Attenborough
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 042989483X
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Book Synopsis Predicting Outdoor Sound by : Keith Attenborough
Download or read book Predicting Outdoor Sound written by Keith Attenborough and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-03-07 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Predicting Outdoor Sound is an up-to-date reference on the propagation of sound close to the ground and its prediction. New content includes comparisons between predictions and data for road traffic, railway and wind turbine noise; descriptions of source characteristics in the HARMONOISE model; propagation over rough seas, parallel low walls, and lattices; outlines of numerical methods; gabion (caged stones) and sonic crystal noise barriers; meteorological effects on noise barrier performance; and the prediction requirements for auralization. The book brings together relevant theories, prediction schemes, and data, thereby providing a basis for determining what model or scheme might be applicable for any situation. It also offers a background on useful analytical approximations and the restrictions, as well as difficulties and limitations associated with engineering prediction schemes. The text should be of considerable interest to researchers in outdoor sound propagation and, more generally, it should provide a comprehensive primer on the topic for lecturers, consultants and students in acoustics and noise control.