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Institute Of Acoustics Proceedings Vol,18 Part 6

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Institute of Acoustics Proceedings

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18

Part

6

Articles

Quarter century of noise control engineering; a historical perspective

Acoustic engineering in automotive industry: requirements to education of engineers in acoustics

Industrial noise sources Á methods of measurement and estimation

I Zuchowicz-Wodnikowska

A new approach to wind turbine noise measurement

Issues of minimisation of noise in machines treated as multi-source systems

Condition monitoring of machines using acoustic signals

R B W Heng (1) & M J Nor (2)

Sound transmission through gearbox: study and modelling of the internal acoustic sources

A Sib? & J Sabot

Analysis and modelling of the vehicle gearbox noise

The influence of the unsymmetric alternator fan blade-spacing to the total sound pressure level and spectra of aerodynamic noise

M Mesaric, M Boltezar & A Kuhelj

Rail corrugation:: consequences for railway noise

Noise reduction using inlet and exit treatment to an expanded-metal press - a case study

D M Eager (1) & H M Williamson (2)

Low frequency noise & vibration levels at a modern wind farm

M L Legerton (1), D M J P Manley (2), J W Sargent (3), D J Snow (4) & P Styles (5)

The measurement of noise from wind farms and background noise levels

Small slender pieces attached at end of the nozzle for decreasing the low velocity jet-noise

Y Maruta , G Minorikawa & M Ikeda

Application of the dual reciprocity method to acoustic radiation in an inhomogeneous medium

E Perrey-Debain, M Guilbaud & Y Gervais

On the advantage of relational data structures and client/server applications for shooting noise data using ODBC, SQL and OLE standards

M Trimpop & K W Hirsch

Forest soundings: interpretations of pressure waveforms of explosions at distances of up to 20 km

Some analyses of noise reduction by long range propagation over sea with meteorological data

K Konishi (1), Y Tanioku (1) & Z Maekawa (2)

On the sound pressure of a quadrupole above an impedance ground

S Taherzadeh & K M Li

Acoustic wave propagation in a duct containing a shear flow and a line source

M NordstrÖm (1) & B Nilsson (2)

Identification and analysis of noise propagated by ducts

Practical consequences to be observed when shielding aircraft noise of ground test runups

The prediction of combined effect of road noise barrier and porous road surface by B E M

F Anfosso-L?d?e & M B?rengier

Calculation of the three-dimensional sound pressure around noise barriers

Designing high-speed railway systems: noise challenges

P-E Gautier & L Guccia

Impulsive method for road barriers: a first schedule of ten years of practice

Groundborne noise from new railway tunnels

Acoustic design of a new paper board machine KM8 at stora Billerud Skoghallsverken

Railway noise propagation control - an investigation of re-radiated sound from very low trackside barriers

C J C Jones & R R K Jones

Intercomparison of laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of partitionsPompoli

A Farina (1), P Fausti (2), R Pompoli (2) & F Scamoni (3)

Advanced passive noise control of truck tires

E-U Saemann & T Dodt

Mathematical model of the acoustical absorption behavior of the open cell polyurethane foams and comparison with experimental results

M L Szary (1) & O O Nwankwo (2)

The development of a cost-effective sound absorbing material - Akumat

L Hermanson (1) & G Frommer (2)

Optimal placement of secondary sources and error microphones for active noise control in a straight waveguide

P Sergent & D Duhamel

An in-duct sensor array for the active control of sound radiated from circular flow ducts

P Joseph, P A Nelson & M J Fisher

Effect of the difference between error path C and its estimate C^ for active noise control using filtered-x LMS algorithm

Active noise control of one-dimensional duct using H‰ control theory

K Nonami (1), Q U Fan (1) & M Nakano (2)

Noise cancellation using a multi-source adaptive active control mechanism

M O Tokhi & K Mamour

Performance enhancement of structural/acoustic active control systems via acoustic error signal decomposition

S D Snyder & K Burgemeister

Modelling the structural/acoustic coupling of an aircraft fuselage for optimising an active noise control system

B S Cazzolato & C H Hansen

A new, cost efficient method for the measurement of sound barrier insertion loss

P F van Tol, P H de Vos, P C Dings & P A A Kootwijk

Barriers for railway noise: measurements and calculations of the insertion loss

Application of statistical energy analysis (SEA) to a passenger vehicle: combining analytical and test-based prediction in a hybrid model

T Bharj (1) & B Cimerman (2)

Vibroacoustic behaviour of complex and heterogeneous plates coupled with a cavity and excited aerodynamically: case of large structures

F Letourneaux, A Blaise & C Lesueur

Vibroacoustic behaviour of a double glazed window; modal testing and model employing general parameters

Estimating structure-borne sound in buildings using SEA -study of varying conditions of calculation and application to building construction

A Minemura , M Tano & K Andow

Transient vibration of light frame floors (Part IV)

Frequency- and space-averaged intensity measurements

Measurement for reduction effect of the impact sound transmission of floor finishes using small sample

M Kaite, H Ohkawa & C Murayama

Vibration reduction in flexible manipulators using filtered control inputs

M O Tokhi , S Kourtis , H Poerwanto & A K M Azad

Analytical/experimental study of vibration of a room-sized airspring supported slab

H Amick (1), B Sennewald (2), N C Pardue (2), C Teague (3) & B Scace (3)

Manchester Concert Hall:vibration isolation

The specification and development of a standard testing procedure for performance evaluation of elastomeric isolators for machinery applications

J I Inayat-Hussain (1) & M S Leong (2)

Acoustic propagation in a semi-infinite cylinder treated with isotropic homogeneous porous material

E Lesquins (1) & D Lafarge (2)

A new method of determining vibration criteria for a precision equipment using fequency response function

H-K Lee (1), H-D Park (1), H Choi (1), D-H Kim (1) & S-S Kim (2)

The current state and future tasks of prediction technique of environmental ground vibration caused by many kinds of vibration sources

Experience with community response to groundborne vibration from construction activity when evaluated using building damage criteria, and the need for annoyance based criteria

Protection from hand-arm vibration by the use of gloves: possibility or fraud

Uncertainty modelling for the structural vibration control using H‰ controllers

B-S Song (1) & J K Hammond (2)

Effect of arm support on force at a hand-held joystick during exposure to vertical seat vibration

G S Paddan & M J Griffin

Optimizing the placement of a road between two research buildings - A case study

Low frequency airborne sound transmission in buildings: single plane walls

A Osipov (1), P Mees (2) & G Vermeir (1)

Road traffic noise, self medication, and prescriptions: a community study

Active control of the sound transmission through a double-glazing window

P De Fonseca (1), W Desmet (1), A Cops (2), J Cooper (3) & P Sas (1)

The Munich airport noise study: cognitive effects on children from before to after the change over of airports

S Hygge (1), G W Evans (2) & M Bullinger (3)

Noise level data base for urban planning in the next 25 years (renovation of the Mahmoudiah Canal, Alexandria, Egypt)

O Abdel Alim & N Zaki

Annoyance caused by impulse sounds produced by small, medium-large, and large firearms

Noise emission from stadiums

J H Granneman & H Huizer

The establishment of airport noise monitoring system for Subang Kuala Lumpur international airport, Malaysia

Alternative textures for concrete roads: a comparison of vehicle noise emission levels for recently constructed road surfaces

P G Abbott & S M Phillips

AudibilityÁrelated means for assessing community response to noise from outdoor events

Acoustical characterization of a nature protection area and its surroundings

W Bruyninckx, R Hofman, J Vanhaecht & J Thoen

Annoyance and its solution (an approach to eliminate tonal noise from a centrifugal fan)

The noise environment in two typical Portuguese industries in the framework of EC Directive 86/188/EEC

A Samagaio, C D'Almeida & A C Stattmiller

Evaluating sleep disturbance: a review of methods

R Smith (1), R Oyung (1), K Gregory (2), D Miller (2) & M Rosekind (3)

The influence of stimulus range on the judgments of loudness and annoyance

F M?ller, A Schmidt & R Paulsen

What does it mean for an HRTF not to have the minimal phase property?

P Ber?nyi & A Ill?nyi

Progress report, AES Working Group (WGÁ11) on music acoustical levels

Subjective work noise - a major risk factor in myocardial infarction

H Ising , W Babisch , B Kruppa , A Lindthammer & D Wiens

A multiple quarter-wave resonator system for the attenuation of noise entering buildings through ventilation openings

C Field & F Fricke

Progress report on Sydney Airport health studies, phase 1

N L Carter (1), R F S Job (2), R Taylor (3), P Peploe (1) & S Morell (3)

Digital sound level meters, a critical evaluation

Comparison between some results measured with an Urusasa & Hues" and the conventional sound level meters"

K Furihata & T Yanagisawa

The Dosebadge Á a new measuring concept

D S Wallis & S T O'Rourke

Sound quality and activity: sharpness and bandwidth annoyance on reading

R P B Costa-F?lix & M Zindeluk

dB(ELC) - A proposal to modify the dB(A)

M Pflueger (1), R Hoeldrich (1) & W Riedler (2)

Some policy and regulatory implications of recent findings of field studies on noise-induced sleep disturbance

Implementation of realtime octave filter analysis function in a handÁheld type sound level meter

H Imaizumi, A Takazawa & T Ono

Noise and sleep quality in two hospitals in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

F Pimentel-Souza, J C Carvalho, A L Siqueira, P A S Alvares & C J S Rodrigues

Sound power measurement of a diesel engine by ISO/DIS 9614-2 and ISO 3746 in different acoustical conditions

V Hongisto (1) & K Saine (2)

Recent field studies in the United States involving the disturbance of sleep from aircraft noise

Measurement of sound insulation by ISO 9614-1 using a robot and ISO 140/I-III

V Hongisto & V Viljanen

A road traffic noise index for the night time

M Vallet, I Vernet, P Champelovier & M Maurin

Activity interference and noise annoyance: contradictory results and possible interpretations

An acoustical comfort chart: a simple way of evaluating the speech intelligibility inside urban transport vehicles

P Bellucci, M Coppi & S Santoboni

Measuring residents' reactions to noise with a magnitude scale

Control and management of outdoor concert sound Á a review of experience in North America

W J Cavanaugh (1) & R G Cann (2)

Noise impacts from the Hong Kong airport railway - problems, solutions, and lessons learnt

S C Mitchell (1), G Frommer (2) & S Laister (3)

Environmental assessment for the relocation of the main road No. 43

Annoyance caused by shooting noise - determination of the penalty for various weapon calibers.

Using nearfield acoustical holography to reconstruct the surface velocity and interior acoustic intensity from interior pressure measurements

E G Williams, B H Houston & P C Herdic

Transmission loss calculation for double-wall constructions of industrial buildings using SEA

P Geissler (1), J Gilg (1) & M Gerhardt (2)

Verification of an analytic sensitivity capability for the finite element structural-acoustic program Sara-2D

S Hambric (1) & H Allik (2)

Passby measurements vs. STSF passby simulations

S Gade (1), P Rasmussen (1) & N Taylor (2)

Barrier diffraction and sound propagation in USDOT's new traffic noise model

The development of a sound reproduction system to generate authentic vehicle interior noise in a driving simulator

R N Vasudevan (1) & G J Harris (2)

Sound quality assessment of a diesel engine due to structure modifications

O Johansson, M S Khan & A Agren

Non-destructive quality control of plastic foams using air-coupled ultrasonic transducers

L Kelders, P Leclaire, W Lauriks & J Thoen

Design of a super-quiet hush-house noise suppression system for Korean Airline's maintenance facility at Kimae International Airport, Pusan, Korea

An efficient adaptation structure for high speed tracking in tonal cancellation systems

Measuring the relative strengths of a set of partially coherent sources

M J Fisher & K R Holland

Super-compact microphone/receiver for noisy environments

S Aoki, K Mitsuhashi & Y Nishino

An evaluation of noise effect in pitch determination: use of multiresolution analysis to improve the results

J Romero & S Cerda

An energetic mobility for structures assembling

G Orefice, C Cacciolati & J L Guyader

Experimental statistical energy analysis: internal and coupling loss factor matrix validation

L Hermans (1), K Wyckaert (1) & N Lalor (2)

Damping and coupling loss factors estimation in SEA method; what is really measured?

M Rosen & G Borello

Study of sound quality improvement for car audio sytem

UK policy and strategy to reduce risk to health from hand-arm vibration

European Machinery Directive 89/392 ÁClauses on noise in safety standards

Basics and use of Din 45681 'detection of tonal components and determination of a tone adjustment for the noise assessment

T Beckenbauer (1), I Stemplinger (2) & A Seiter (2)

Investigation in the interralation between stationary noise emission and running noise emission from road vehicles

R Wentang, Xiaoping Li & Xiaokuan Li

ICAO future trends in noise certification. What's happening between CAEP/3 and CAEP/4.

Noise controls on construction works - government's efforts in Hong Kong

K K Lau, S W H Wong & A S W Lui

Typical driving patterns of cars and trucks and how they coincide with driving according to noise meauring standards