What is it about?
In many countries, stands of trees are used as noise barriers along highways and near other "noisy" places. Acousticians all around the world have been trying to predict noise attenuation in forests. However, despite substantial previous efforts, there are no fully satisfactory theories or numerical methods for efficiently and accurately calculating sound attenuation in forests.
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Why is it important?
The rigorous theory presented in the paper is computationally tractable and enables acousticians to predict sound attenuation in forests.
Perspectives
This paper can be used for designing tree stands near highways and other “noise” places which serve as noise barriers.
Vladimir Ostashev
University of Colorado Boulder
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This page is a summary of: Radiative transfer formulation for forest acoustics, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, December 2017, Acoustical Society of America (ASA),
DOI: 10.1121/1.5018430.
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