Acoustic performance of a noise barrier coated with an absorptive material
A noise barrier design of the absorptive type, incorporating LECA®, a well know material used in civil engineering because of its above-average sound absorption characteristics, as a coating material, is presented. The performance of the barrier
was tested experimentally, using in situ measurements at Highway A2 in Portugal, and theoretically with MicroBruit a computer program for traffic noise prediction. In general, results indicate that absorptive noise barriers
made from concrete and coated with LECA® yield results similar to those obtained with uncoated reflective barriers.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: July 1, 2006
NCEJ is the pre-eminent academic journal of noise control. It is the Journal of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA. Since 1973 NCEJ has served as the primary source for noise control researchers, students, and consultants.
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