Preface |
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1 Fundamentals |
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1.2 Noise-Control Strategies |
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1.2.1 Sound Source Modification |
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1.2.2 Control of the Transmission Path |
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1.2.3 Modification of the Receiver |
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1.2.4 Existing Facilities |
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1.2.5 Facilities in the Design Stage |
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1.3 Acoustical Standards and Software |
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6 | (1) |
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1.4 Acoustic Field Variables |
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7 | (4) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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1.4.4 Acoustic Potential Function and the Wave Equation |
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1.4.5 Complex Number Formulations |
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1.5 Plane, Cylindrical and Spherical Waves |
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1.5.1 Plane Wave Propagation |
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12 | (5) |
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1.5.2 Cylindrical Wave Propagation |
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17 | (1) |
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1.5.3 Spherical Wave Propagation |
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17 | (4) |
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21 | (1) |
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1.5.5 Plane Standing Waves |
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22 | (4) |
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1.6 Mean Square Quantities and Amplitudes |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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27 | (4) |
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31 | (6) |
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37 | (6) |
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43 | (2) |
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1.11.1 Frequency Analysis |
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44 | (1) |
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1.12 Combining Sound Pressures |
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45 | (11) |
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45 | (5) |
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50 | (2) |
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1.12.3 Subtraction of Sound Pressure Levels |
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52 | (2) |
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1.12.4 Combining Level Reductions |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (2) |
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1.13.1 Mechanical Impedance, Zm |
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56 | (1) |
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1.13.2 Specific Acoustic Impedance, Zs |
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57 | (1) |
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1.13.3 Acoustic Impedance, ZA |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (3) |
2 Loudness, Descriptors of Noise, Noise Criteria and Instrumentation |
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61 | (58) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (8) |
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2.2.1 Comparative Loudness and the Phon |
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62 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Low-Frequency Loudness |
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63 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Relative Loudness and the Sone |
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63 | (5) |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (4) |
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2.3.1 Equivalent Continuous Sound Pressure Level, Leq |
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70 | (1) |
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2.3.2 A-Weighted Equivalent Continuous Sound Pressure Level, LAeq |
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2.3.3 Noise Exposure Level, LEX,8h or Lex or Lep'd |
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2.3.4 A-Weighted Sound Exposure, EA,T |
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2.3.5 A-Weighted Sound Exposure Level, LAE or SEL |
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72 | (1) |
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2.3.6 Day-Night Average Sound Level, Ldn or DNL |
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73 | (1) |
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2.3.7 Community Noise Equivalent Level, Lder, or CNEL |
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2.3.8 Statistical Descriptors |
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74 | (1) |
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2.3.9 Other Descriptors, Lmax, Lpeak, LImp |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (9) |
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2.5.1 Requirements for Speech Recognition |
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75 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Quantifying Hearing Damage Risk |
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76 | (1) |
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2.5.3 United States Standard Formulation |
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77 | (1) |
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2.5.4 Occupational Noise Exposure Assessment |
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78 | (5) |
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2.5.5 Impulse and Impact Noise |
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83 | (1) |
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2.6 Implementing a Hearing Conservation Programme |
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84 | (1) |
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2.7 Speech Interference Criteria |
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85 | (2) |
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2.8 Psychological Effects of Noise |
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87 | (1) |
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2.8.1 Noise as a Cause of Stress |
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87 | (1) |
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2.8.2 Effect on Behaviour and Work Efficiency |
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87 | (1) |
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2.9 Ambient Sound Pressure Level Specification |
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88 | (12) |
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2.9.1 Noise Weighting Curves |
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88 | (10) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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2.9.1.4 RC, Mark II Curves |
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93 | (5) |
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2.9.2 Comparison of Noise Weighting Curves with dBA Specifications |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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2.10 Environmental Noise Criteria |
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2.10.1 A-Weighting Criteria |
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100 | (4) |
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2.11 Environmental Noise Surveys |
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2.11.1 Measurement Locations |
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2.11.2 Duration of the Measurement Survey |
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105 | (1) |
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2.11.3 Measurement Parameters |
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105 | (1) |
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2.11.4 Measurement Uncertainty |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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2.12 Measuring Instrumentation |
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108 | (8) |
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108 | (1) |
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2.12.1.1 Microphone Sensitivity |
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109 | (1) |
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2.12.2 Sound Level Meters |
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109 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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2.12.2.2 Measurement Accuracy |
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110 | (1) |
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2.12.3 Statistical Analysers |
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111 | (1) |
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2.12.4 Personal Exposure Meter |
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111 | (1) |
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2.12.5 Data Acquisition and Recording |
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111 | (1) |
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2.12.6 Spectrum Analysers |
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112 | (2) |
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2.12.7 Sound Intensity Meters |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (3) |
3 Sound Sources and Sound Power Determination from Measurement |
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119 | (50) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (4) |
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123 | (4) |
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127 | (7) |
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128 | (1) |
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3.4.2 Longitudinal Quadrupole |
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129 | (5) |
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134 | (2) |
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3.5.1 Infinite Line Source |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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3.6 Piston in an Infinite Baffle |
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136 | (4) |
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3.7 Incoherent Plane Radiator |
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140 | (3) |
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140 | (2) |
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3.7.2 Several Walls of a Building or Enclosure |
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142 | (1) |
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3.8 Radiation Field of a Sound Source |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (6) |
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3.10.1 Simple Source Near a Reflecting Surface |
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145 | (2) |
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3.10.2 Observer Near a Reflecting Surface |
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147 | (1) |
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3.10.3 Observer and Source Both Close to a Reflecting Surface |
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147 | (4) |
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3.11 Determination of Sound Power |
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3.11.1 Measurement in Free or Semi-Free Field |
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152 | (3) |
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3.11.2 Measurement in a Diffuse Field |
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155 | (3) |
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3.11.2.1 Substitution Method |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (6) |
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3.11.3.1 Semi-Reverberant Field Measurements Using a Reference Source to Determine Room Absorption |
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159 | (1) |
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3.11.3.2 Semi-Reverberant Field Measurements Using a Reference Source Substitution |
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160 | (1) |
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3.11.3.3 Semi-Reverberant Field Measurements Using Two Test Surfaces |
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160 | (2) |
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3.11.3.4 Near-Field Measurements |
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162 | (2) |
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3.11.4 Uncertainty in Sound Power Measurements |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (4) |
4 Sound Propagation Outdoors |
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169 | (44) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (2) |
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4.3 Geometric Divergence, Adiv |
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171 | (1) |
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4.4 Atmospheric Absorption, Aatm |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (3) |
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4.5.1 Excess Attenuation Using Simply Hard or Soft Ground |
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175 | (1) |
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4.5.2 Excess Attenuation Using the Plane Wave Method |
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175 | (2) |
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4.6 Meteorological Effects, Amet |
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177 | (8) |
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4.6.1 Attenuation in the Shadow Zone (Negative Sonic Gradient) |
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182 | (3) |
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4.7 CONCAWE Propagation Model |
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185 | (5) |
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4.7.1 Geometrical Divergence, K1 |
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186 | (1) |
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4.7.2 Atmospheric Absorption, K2 |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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4.7.4 Meteorological Effects, K4 |
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186 | (2) |
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4.7.5 Source Height Effects, K5 |
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188 | (1) |
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4.7.6 Barrier Attenuation, K6 |
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188 | (1) |
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4.7.7 In-Plant Screening, K7 |
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189 | (1) |
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4.7.8 Vegetation Screening, Kv |
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190 | (1) |
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4.7.9 Limitations of the CONCAWE Model |
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190 | (1) |
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4.8 ISO 9613-2 (1996) Noise Propagation Model |
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190 | (16) |
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4.8.1 Ground Effects, Agr |
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191 | (3) |
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4.8.2 Meteorological Effects, Amet |
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194 | (1) |
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4.8.3 Source Height Effects |
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4.8.4 Barrier Attenuation, Abar |
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195 | (2) |
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4.8.5 In-Plant Screening, Asite |
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197 | (1) |
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4.8.6 Housing Screening, Ahous |
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198 | (1) |
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4.8.7 Vegetation Screening, Afol |
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198 | (1) |
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4.8.8 Effect of Reflections Other Than Ground Reflections |
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199 | (1) |
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4.8.9 Limitations of the IS09613-2 Model |
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200 | (6) |
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4.9 Propagation Model Prediction Uncertainty |
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206 | (4) |
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4.9.1 Type A Standard Uncertainty |
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206 | (1) |
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4.9.2 Type B Standard Uncertainty |
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207 | (1) |
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4.9.3 Combining Standard Uncertainties |
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207 | (1) |
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4.9.4 Expanded Uncertainty |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (3) |
5 Sound-Absorbing Materials |
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213 | (38) |
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213 | (1) |
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5.2 Flow Resistance and Resistivity |
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214 | (1) |
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5.3 Sound Propagation in Porous Media |
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214 | (2) |
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5.4 Measurement of Absorption Coefficients of Porous Materials |
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216 | (18) |
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5.4.1 Measurement Using the Moving Microphone Method |
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216 | (17) |
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5.4.2 Measurement Using the Two-Microphone Method |
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233 | (1) |
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5.5 Calculation of Statistical Absorption Coefficients of Some Porous Material Configurations |
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234 | (7) |
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5.5.1 Porous Liner with a Backing Cavity |
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234 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Porous Liner Covered with a Limp Impervious Layer |
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235 | (1) |
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5.5.3 Porous Liner Covered with a Perforated Sheet |
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236 | (5) |
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5.5.4 Porous Liner with a Limp Impervious Layer and a Perforated Sheet |
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241 | (1) |
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5.6 Measurements of the Sabine Absorption Coefficient and Room Constant |
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241 | (3) |
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5.6.1 Reference Sound Source Method |
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241 | (1) |
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5.6.2 Reverberation Time Method |
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242 | (1) |
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5.6.3 Measurement of aα for a Particular Material |
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243 | (1) |
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5.7 Panel Sound Absorbers |
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244 | (2) |
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5.8 Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC) |
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246 | (1) |
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5.9 Sound Absorption Coefficients of Materials in Combination |
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247 | (1) |
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5.10 Reverberation Control |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (3) |
6 Sound in Rooms |
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251 | (28) |
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251 | (1) |
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6.2 Low Frequency Behaviour |
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252 | (8) |
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6.3 Bound between Low-Frequency and High-Frequency Behaviour |
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260 | (2) |
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6.3.2 Modal Damping and Bandwidth |
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261 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Cross-Over Frequency |
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261 | (1) |
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6.4 High-Frequency Behaviour |
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262 | (11) |
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6.4.1 Relation between Source Sound Power and Room Sound Pressure Level |
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263 | (6) |
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6.4.2 Relation between Room Absorption and Reverberation Time |
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269 | (4) |
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6.5 Flat Room with Diffusely Reflecting Surfaces |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (5) |
7 Partitions, Enclosures and Barriers |
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279 | (64) |
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279 | (1) |
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7.2 Sound Transmission through Partitions |
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279 | (23) |
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279 | (4) |
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283 | (3) |
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7.2.3 Single-Leaf Panel Transmission Loss Calculation |
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286 | (9) |
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7.2.4 Double Wall Transmission Loss |
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295 | (6) |
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298 | (1) |
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298 | (3) |
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7.2.5 Triple Wall Sound Transmission Loss |
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301 | (1) |
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7.2.6 Sound-Absorptive Linings |
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301 | (1) |
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7.2.7 Common Building Materials |
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302 | (1) |
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7.3 Composite Transmission Loss |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (14) |
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7.4.1 Enclosure Leakages (Large Enclosures) |
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309 | (5) |
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7.4.2 Enclosure Access and Ventilation |
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314 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Enclosure Vibration Isolation |
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315 | (2) |
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317 | (24) |
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7.5.1 Diffraction at the Edge of a Thin Sheet |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (17) |
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322 | (12) |
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7.5.2.2 Shielding by Terrain |
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334 | (1) |
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7.5.2.3 ISO 9613-2 Approach to Barrier Insertion Loss Calculations |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (6) |
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341 | (2) |
8 Muffling Devices |
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343 | (96) |
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343 | (1) |
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8.2 Measures of Performance |
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344 | (1) |
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8.3 Design for a Required Performance |
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345 | (1) |
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8.4 Diffusers as Muffling Devices |
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346 | (1) |
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8.5 Classification of Muffling Devices |
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347 | (1) |
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347 | (1) |
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8.7 Impedances of Reactive Muffler Components |
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348 | (12) |
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8.7.1 Impedance of an Orifice or Short, Narrow Tube |
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348 | (5) |
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349 | (2) |
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8.7.1.2 Acoustic Resistance |
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351 | (2) |
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8.7.2 Impedance of a Volume |
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353 | (7) |
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360 | (35) |
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8.8.1 Acoustical Analogues of Kirchhoff's Laws |
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360 | (1) |
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8.8.2 Side Branch Resonator |
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361 | (14) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
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8.8.2.3 Power Dissipation |
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365 | (1) |
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8.8.2.4 Insertion Loss Due to a Side Branch |
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365 | (2) |
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8.8.2.5 Transmission Loss Due to a Side Branch |
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367 | (8) |
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375 | (11) |
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375 | (2) |
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8.8.3.2 Transmission Loss |
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377 | (9) |
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386 | (9) |
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395 | (12) |
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8.9.1 Liner Specification |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (6) |
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8.9.2.1 Temperature Effects |
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401 | (1) |
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8.9.2.2 Higher Order Mode Propagation |
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402 | (1) |
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403 | (1) |
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8.9.4 Cross-Sectional Discontinuities |
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403 | (1) |
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404 | (3) |
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8.10 Insertion Loss of Duct Bends or Elbows |
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407 | (1) |
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8.11 Insertion Loss of Unlined Ducts |
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407 | (1) |
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8.12 Effect of Duct End Reflections |
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408 | (5) |
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8.13 Pressure Loss Calculations for Muffling Devices |
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413 | (6) |
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8.13.1 Pressure Losses Due to Friction |
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413 | (1) |
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8.13.2 Dynamic Pressure Losses |
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414 | (1) |
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8.13.3 Splitter Muffler Pressure Loss |
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414 | (4) |
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8.13.4 Circular Muffler Pressure Loss |
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418 | (1) |
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8.13.5 Staggered Splitter Pressure Loss |
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419 | (1) |
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8.14 Flow-Generated Noise |
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419 | (5) |
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8.14.1 Straight, Unlined Air Duct Noise Generation |
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419 | (1) |
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8.14.2 Mitred Bend Noise Generation |
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420 | (1) |
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8.14.3 Splitter Muffler Self-Noise Generation |
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421 | (2) |
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8.14.4 Exhaust Stack Pin Noise |
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423 | (1) |
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8.14.5 Self-Noise Generation of Air Conditioning System Elements |
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424 | (1) |
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8.15 Duct Break-Out Noise |
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424 | (2) |
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8.15.1 Break-Out Sound Transmission |
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424 | (2) |
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8.15.2 Break-In Sound Transmission |
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426 | (1) |
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8.16 Lined Plenum Attenuator |
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426 | (5) |
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427 | (1) |
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8.16.2 ASHRAE (2015) Method |
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428 | (3) |
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8.17 Directivity of Exhaust Ducts |
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431 | (4) |
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435 | (4) |
A Properties of Materials |
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439 | (4) |
References |
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Index |
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