| Description |
vi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The acoustical design of concert halls / Leo L. Beranek -- Developments in the acoustic design of concert halls from the Royal Festival Hall, London, to the Segerstrom Hall, California / R.J. Orlowski -- A preliminary investigation of the perceived smallest sound duration change in a room / D.-U. Jeong, F.R. Fricke -- Acoustical design and measurement of circular hall for improved spatial factors at each seat / Aklo Takatsu, Hiroyuki Sakai, Yoichi Ando -- Concert hall acoustic design: an alternative approach / Fergus Fricke -- Acoustical demands for the conductor's location / Jurgen Meyer -- Relationships between subjective and objective acoustical measure in churches / Antonio P.P. Carvalho, Antonio E.J. Morgado, Luis Henrique -- Churches as auditoria: analysis of acoustical parameters for a better understanding of sound quality / A. Magrini, P. Ricciardi -- Analysis of contribution of acoustic resonators found in Serbian orthodox churches / Miomir Mijic, Dragana Sumarac-Pavlovic -- The effect of noise on children at school : a review / Bridget M. Shield, Julie E. Dockrell -- Empirical prediction of speech levels and reverberation in classrooms / Murray Hodgson -- Optimum reverberation for speech intelligibility for normal and hearing-impaired listeners in realistic classrooms using auralization / Wonyoung Yang, Murray Hodgson -- Speech intelligiblity in classrooms: specific acoustical needs for primary school children / James A.T. Whitlock, George Dodd -- Experimental approach to the effect of diffusers on the sound attenuation in long enclosures / Jian Kang -- Determination acoustical impedance of absorbing surfaces by two-microphone transfer funchtion techniques: measurement in-situ / D.C. Waddington, R.J. Orlowski -- The prediction of reverberation time using optimal neural networks / Joseph Nannariello, Fergus Fricke -- The acoustic properties of expanded clay granulates / F. Asdrubali, K.V. Horosshenkov -- Coupled volumes: aperture size and the double-sloped decay of concert halls / The mathematical modeling of the performance of noise barriers / D.C. Hothersall -- Standard calculation of outdoor noise propagation -- errors due to propagation effect / Y.W. Lam -- Jagged edge noise barriers / Penolope Menounou, Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac -- Computer modeling of urban noise propagation / M.R. Ismail, D.J. Oidham -- The prediction of noise transmission through single and double skin profiled metal cladding systems / Y.W. Lam, R.M. Windle |
| Notes |
Papers previously published in the Journal of Building Acoustics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Architectural acoustics.
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Noise.
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| Author |
Gibbs, Barry, editor
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Goodchild, John, editor
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Hopkins, Carl, editor
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Oldham, David, editor
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| LC no. |
2014432289 |
| ISBN |
1907132147 (paperback) |
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9781907132148 (paperback) |
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