Noise and Vibration Control in the Built Environment

Noise and Vibration Control in the Built Environment

Environmental Sciences

With global urbanization rapidly rising and the increasing need of high-quality built environments, the requirement of achieving improved sound quality, both for outdoor and indoor environments, has received a lot of attention. This Special Issue collection reflects the current state of the art, with 12 papers covering environmental acoustics; the influence of soundscapes on people’s behavior; soundscape pleasantness estimation; tranquility; perceived quality of sonic environments; sound and vibration-related health complaints concerning tramways; and the disturbance of construction machines; as well as in building and room acoustics, including natural ventilation-enabling façade noise control devices; the effect of external shading devices; rating method of airborne sound insulation; water supply and drainage noise, and the effect of diffusive surfaces in auditoria.

Jian Kang

https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/306

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

2017

Baihaqi

Creative Commons

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