Papers

1.              D. Pierce: Diffraction of sound around corners and over wide barriers. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 55 (1974) 941-955.

2.              D. Pierce: Acoustics. American Institute of Physics, New York, 1981.

3.              J. W. Hadden, A. D. Pierce: Sound diffraction around screens and wedges for arbitrary point source locations. J. Acoust. Soc.Am. 69 (1981) 1266-1276. Erratum (1982), J. Acoust. Soc.Am. 71, 1290.

4.              Chu, T. K. Stanton, and A. D. Pierce, “Higher-order acoustic diffraction by edges of finite thickness,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, 3177–3193 (2007).

5.              Salomons EM. Sound propagation in complex outdoor situations with a non-refracting atmosphere: Model based on analytical solutions for diffraction and reflection. Acustica — Acta Acustica 1997;83:436–54.

6.              T. Isei, T. F. W. Embleton, J. E. Piercy: Noise reduction by barriers on finite impedance ground. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 67 (1980) 46-58.

7.              S. Kim, J. S. Kim, H. J. Kang, B. K. Kim, and S. R. Kim, “Sound diffraction by multiple wedges and thin screens,” Appl. Acoust. 66, 1102–1119 (2005).

8.              Min H, Qiu X: Multiple acoustic diffraction around rigid parallel wide barriers. J Acoust Soc Am; 2009 Jul;126(1):179-86.

9.              C.I. Chessell: Propagation of noise along a finite impedance boundary, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 62, 825-834 (1977).

10.          E. Delany, E. N. Bazley: Acoustical properties of fibrous absorbent materials. Appl. Acoustics 3 (1970) 105-116.

11.          T. F. W.Embleton, J. E. Piercy, and G. A. Daigle, ‘‘Effective flow resistively of ground surfaces determined by acoustical measurements,’’ J.Acoust. Soc. Am. 74, 1239–1244 ~1983.

12.          Rindel, J. H., Acoustic design of reflectors in auditoria. Proc. IOA (UK), 14(2) (1992) 119-28.

13.          ISO 9613-1: 1993(E): Acoustics - attenuation of sound during propagation outdoors - Part I: Calculation of the absorption of sound by the atmosphere. International Standards Organisation,1993.

14.          Nota et al., Engineering method for road traffic and railway noise after validation and fine tuning, EU-FP5 project “HARMONOISE” deliverable report n°D18 (HAR32TR-040922-DGMR20), DGMR, 2005.

15.          B. Plovsing, J. Kragh, Nord2000. Comprehensive Outdoor Sound Propagation Model. Part 1:Propagation in an Atmosphere without Significant Refraction, Report for the Nordic Group AV 1849/00, Delta, 2001.

16.          B. A. De Jong, A. Moerkerken & J. D. Van Der Toorn, 1983 Journal of Sound and Vibration,  86(l), 23-46, 'Propagation of Sound over Grassland and over an Earth Barrier'

17.          Robert P. Kendig & Sabih I Hayek, 1981 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 70(4), 1156-1165, 'Diffraction by a hard-soft barrier'

18.          H. Medwin, 1981 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 69(4), 1060-1064, 'Shadowing by finite noise barriers'

19.          Mutsushige Yuzawa & Toshio Sone, 1981 Applied Acoustics, 14, 65-73, 'Noise Reduction by various shapes of barrier'

20.          T. Kawai, 1981 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 79(2), 229-242, 'Sound Diffraction by a Many-Sided Barrier or Pillar'

21.          Ronald L. Dicus, 1982 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 72(2), 494-504, 'Boundary reflection/diffraction effects and the parabolic-equation split-step algorithm'

22.          G. A. Daigle, 1982 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 71(4), 847-854, 'Diffraction of Sound by a Noise Barrier in the presence of Atmospheric Turbulence'

23.          T. Kawai, T. Hidaka & T. Nakajima, 1982 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 83(1), 125-138, 'Sound Propagation above an Impedance Boundary'

24.          K. J. Marsh, 1982 Applied Acoustics, 15, 411-428, 'The Concave Model for Calculating the Propagation of Noise from Open-Air Industrial Plants'

25.          Herman Medwin, Emily Childs & Gary M. Jebsen, 1982 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 72(3), 1005-1013, 'Impulse studies of Double Diffraction: A discrete Huygens Interpretation'

26.          J. Nicolas, T. F.W. Embleton & J. E. Piercy, 1983 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 74(4), 1300-1301, 'Authors' reply to "Comments on 'Precise model measurements versus theoretical prediction of barrier insertion loss in presence of the ground"'

27.          T. F. W. Embleton J. E. Piercy, & G.A. Daigle, 1983 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 74(4), 1239-1244, 'Effective flow resistivity of ground surfaces determined by acoustical measurements'

28.          G.A. Daigle, J. E. Piercy, & T.F.W. Embleton, 1983 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 74(5), 1505-1513, 'Line-of-sight Propagation through Atmospheric Turbulence near the ground'

29.          Steven F. Clifford & Richard J. Lataitis, 1983 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 73(5), 1545-1550, 'Turbulence effects on acoustic wave propagation over a smooth surface'

30.          Rufin Makarewicz, 1983 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 74(2), 543-558, 'Theoretical foundations of urban noise control'

31.          J. Nicolas, T. F.W. Embleton & J. E. Piercy, 1983 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 73(1), 44-54, 'Precise model measurements versus theoretical prediction of barrier insertion loss in presence of the ground'

32.          D.C. Hothersall & S. Simpson, 1983 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 90(3), 399-405, 'The Reflection of Road Traffic Noise'

33.          Pranab Saha & Allan D. Pierce, 1984 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75(1), 46-49, 'Geometrical theory of diffraction by an open rectangular box'

34.          D.A. Hutchins, H.W. Jones, & L.T. Russell, 1984 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75(6), 1807-1816, 'Model studies of barrier performance in the presence of ground surfaces. Part I -Thin, perfectly reflecting barriers'

35.          D.A. Hutchins, H.W. Jones, & L.T. Russell, 1984 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 75(6), 1817-1826, 'Model studies of barrier performance in the presence of ground surfaces. Part II - Different shapes'

36.          Matthew A. Nobile & Sabih I. Hayek, 1985 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 78(4), 1325-1326, 'Acoustic propagation over an impedance plane'

37.          G.A. Daigle, J. Nicolas & J.L. Berry, 1985 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 77(1), 127-138, 'Propagation of noise above ground having an impedance discontinuity'

38.          William Bowlby & Louis F. Cohn, 1986 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 80(3), 855-868, 'A model for insertion loss degradation for parallel highway noise barriers'

39.          G.A. Daigle, T.F.W. Embleton & J. E. Piercy, 1986 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 79(3), 613-627, 'Propagation of sound in the presence of gradients and turbulence near the ground'

40.          M.M. Radwan & D.J. Oldham, 1987 Applied Acoustics, 20, 169-182, 'The Return Wall as a Traffic Noise Barrier'

41.          Keith Attenborough, 1988 Applied Acoustics, 24, 289-319, 'Review of Ground Effects on Outdoor Sound Propagation from Continuous Broadband Sources'

42.          S. Liu & C.S.Clay, 1988 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 84(6), 2135-2143, 'Sound transmission experiments from an impulsive source near rigid wedges.'

43.          H.E.Bass, R.Raspet & J.Noble, 1988 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 84(6), 2275-2277, 'Influence of ground reflection on measurements involving bands of noise'

44.          I.Tolstoy, 1989 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 85(2), 661-669, 'Exact explicit solutions for diffraction by hard sound barriers and seamounts.'

45.          D.Chu, 1989 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 86(5), 1883-1896, 'Impulse response of density contrast wedge using normal coordinates'

46.          L'Espérance, 1989 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 86(1), 179-183, 'The insertion loss of finite length barriers on the ground'

47.          H.M. Hess, K. Attenborough & N.W. Heap, 1990 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 87, 1975-1986, 'Ground characterization by short-range propagation measurements'

48.          S.I. Hayek, 1990 Applied Acoustics, 31, 77-100, 'Mathematical Modeling of Absorbent Highway Noise Barriers'

49.          D. Hohenwarter, 1990 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 141(3), 17-41, 'Railway Nnoise Propagation Models'

50.          Y. Kawai & T. Terai, 1990 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 141(1), 83-96, 'A numerical method for the calculation of transient acoustic scattering from thin rigid plates'

51.          R.K. Pirinchieva, 1990 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 87(5), 2109-2113, 'Model study of the sound propagation behind barrier of finite length'

52.          H.E. Bass, L.N. Bolen, R. Raspet, W. McBride & J. Noble, 1991 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 90(6), 3307-3313, 'Acoustic propagation through a turbulent atmosphere: Experimental characterization'

53.          D.C. Hothersall, S.N. Chandler-Wilde & M.N. Hajmirzae, 1991 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 146(2), 303-322, 'Efficiency of single noise barriers'

54.          R.K. Pirinchieva, 1991 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 148(2), 183-192, 'The influence of barrier size on its sound diffraction'

55.          J.H. Rindel, 1991 Applied Acoustics, 34, 42917, 'Design of new ceiling reflectors for improved ensemble in a concert hall.'

56.          R.K. Pirinchieva, 1991 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 90(5), 2678-2682, 'Model study of sound propagation over ground of finite impedance'

57.          Y.M. Lam & C.S. Roberts, 1993 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93(3), 1445-1452, 'A simple method for accurate prediction of finite barrier insertion loss'

58.          L'Espérance, P. Herzog, G.A. Daigle & J.R. Nicolas, 1992 Applied Acoustics, 37, 111-139, 'Heuristic model for outdoor sound propagation based on an extension of the geometrical ray theory in the case of a linear sound speed profile'

59.          T. Cox & Y.W. Lam, 1993 Applied Acoustics, 40, 123-140, 'Evaluation of methods for predicting the scattering from simple rigid panels'

60.          C.S. Clay, D. Chu & S. Li, 1993 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 94(4), 2279-2286, 'Secular reflections of transient pressures from finite width plane facets'

61.          X. Di & K.E. Gilbert, 1993 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93(2), 714-720, 'An exact Laplace transform formulation for a point source above a ground surface'

62.          W.L. Li, W. Wu & F. Seybert, 1994 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 171(2), 173-187, 'A half-space boundary element method for acoustic problems with a reflecting plane of arbitrary impedance'

63.          K. Attenborough, 1994 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95, 3103-3108, 'A note on short-range ground characterization'

64.          E. Salomons, 1994 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95(6), 3109-3117, 'Diffraction by a screen in downwind sound propagation: A parabolic-equation approach'

65.          E. Salomons, 1994 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95(5), 2425-2437, 'Downwind propagation of sound in an atmosphere with a realistic sound-speed profile: A semianalytical ray model'

66.          S. Liu, D. Chu & C.S.Clay, 1994 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 96(6), 3715-3720, 'Time domain reflections and diffractions from facet-wedge constructions: Acoustic experiments including double diffractions'

67.          Y.W Lam, 1994 Applied Acoustics, 42, 99-123, 'On the modelling of the effect of ground terrain profile in environmental noise calculations'

68.          Y.W Lam, 1994 Applied Acoustics, 42, 29-40, 'Using Maekawa's chart to calculate finite length barrier insertion loss'

69.          D.K. Wilson & D.W. Thomson, 1994 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 96(2), 1080-1095, 'Acoustics propagation through anisotropic, surface -layer turbulence'

70.          K. Attenborough & S. Taherzadeh, H.E. Bass & R.Raspet, G.R. Becker & A. Güdesen, A. Chrestman, G.A> Daigle & A. L'Espérance, Y. Gabillet, K.E. Gilbert, Y.L.Li & M.J. White, P. Naz, J.M. Noble, H.A.J.M van Hoof, 1995 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97(1), 173-191, 'Benchmark cases for outdoor sound propagation models'

71.          R.Raspet & W.Wu, 1995 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97(1), 147-153, 'Calculation of average turbulence effects on sound propagation based on the fast field program formulation'

72.          L'Espérance, Y. Gabillet & G.Daigle, 1995 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 98(1), 570-579, 'Outdoor sound propagation in the presence of atmospheric turbulence: Experiments and theoretical analysis with the fast field program algorithm'

73.          D.C. Hothersall & J.N.B Harriott, 1995 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97(2), 918-926, 'Approximate models for sound propagation above multi-impedance plane boundaries'

74.          P.Chevre, Ph. Blanc-Benon & D. Juvé, 1996 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 100(6), 3587-3599, 'A numerical model for sound propagation through a turbulent atmosphere near the ground'

75.          D. Duhamel, 1996 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 197(5), 547-571, 'Efficient calculation of the three-dimensional sound pressure field around a noise barrier'

76.          T. W. Embleton, 1996 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 100(1), 31-48, 'Tutorial on sound propagation outdoors'

77.          E. Salomons, 1997 ACTA ACUSTICA, 83, 436-454, 'Sound propagation in complex outdoor situations with a non-refracting atmosphere: Model based on analytical solutions for diffraction and reflection'

78.          E. Salomons, 1996 Applied Acoustics, 47, 217-238, 'Noise barriers in a refracting atmosphere'

79.          K. Rasmussen, 1996 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 100, 3583-3588, 'Sound propagation over screened ground under upwind conditions'

80.          P. Boulanger, T Water-Fuller, K. Attenborough & K.M. Li, 1997 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102(3), 1432-1442, 'Models and measurements of sound propagation from point source over mixed impedance ground'

81.          V.E. Ostashev & V. Mellert, R. Wandelt & F. Gerdes, 1997 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102(5), 2561-2570, 'Propagation of sound in a turbulent medium. I.Plane waves'

82.          A.M.J.Davis & R.W. Scharstein, 1997 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 101(4), 1821-1835, 'The complete extension of the Biot-Tolstoy solution to the density contrast wedge with sample calculations'

83.          J.Defrance & Y. Gabillet, 1999 Applied Acoustics, 57, 109-127, 'A new analytical method for the calculation of outdoor noise propagation'

84.          Muradali & K.R Fyfe, 1998 Applied Acoustics, 53, 49-75, 'A study of 2D and 3D barrier insertion loss using improved diffraction-based methods'

85.          D.I Havelock, M. R. Stinson and G.A. Daigle, 1998 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104(1), 91-99, 'Measurements of the two-frequency mutual coherence function for sound propagation through a turbulent atmosphere'

86.          K.M. Li, S. Taherzadeh & K. Attenborough, 1998 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104(4), 2077-2083, 'An improved ray-tracing algorithm for predicting sound propagation outdoors'

87.          V.E. Ostashev , B. Brähler & V. Mellert, & G.H. Goedecke, 1998 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104(2), 727-737, 'Coherence functions of plane and spherical waves in a turbulent medium with the von Karman spectrum of medium inhomogeneities'

88.          E. Salomons, 1999 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106(5), 3036, 'Erratum: "Caustic diffraction fields in a downward refracting atmosphere" [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 104, 3259-3272 (1998)]'

89.          E. Salomons, 2000 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 108(4), 1582-1588, 'Fluctuations of spherical waves in a turbulent atmosphere: effect of the axisymmetric approximation in computational methods'

90.          D.Duhamel & P. Sergent, 1998 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 218(5), 799-823, 'Sound propagation over noise barriers with absorbing ground'

91.          K.B. Rasmussen & M.G. Arranz, 1998 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104(5), 2692-2698, 'The insertion loss of screens under the influence of wind'

92.          N.J. de Lautour, 1999 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106(6), 3072-3080, 'A Galerkin method for the numerical analysis of diffraction by a rectangular screen'

93.          Muradali & K.R Fyfe, 1999 Applied Acoustics, 56, 157-182, 'Accurate Barrier modeling in the presence of atmospheric effects'

94.          J.S. Robertson, 1999 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106(1), 113-119, 'Sound propagation over a large wedge: A comparison between the geometrical theory of diffraction and the parabolic equation'

95.          E. Salomons, 1999 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105(2), 652-657, 'A coherent line source in a turbulent atmosphere'

96.          E. Salomons, 1999 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105(4), 2287-2293, 'Reduction of the performance of a noise screen due to screen-induced wind-speed gradients. Numerical computations and wind-tunnel experiments'

97.          U. P. Svensson & R.I. Fred, J. Vanderkooy, 1999 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 106(5), 2331-2344, 'An analytic secondary source model of edge diffraction impulse responses'

98.          P.Jean, J. Fefrance & Y. Gabillet, 1999 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 226(2), 201-216, 'The importance of source type on the assessment of noise barriers'

99.          F.P. Mechel, 1999 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 219(1), 105-132, 'Scattering at rigid building corners'

100.       I.A. Drumm & Y.W. Lam, 2000 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(3), 1405-1412, 'The adapative bean-tracing algorithm'

101.       G.J. Wadsworth & J.P. Chambers, 2000 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(5), 2344-2350, 'Scale model experiments on the insertion loss of wide and double barriers'

102.       P. Menounou, I.J. Busch-Vishniac & D.T. Blackstock, 2000 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(6), 2973-2986, 'Directive line source model: A new model for sound diffraction by half planes and wedges'

103.       E. Salomons & K.B. Rasmussen, 2000 Applied Acoustics, 60, 327-341, 'Numercial computation of sound propagation over a noise screen based on an analytic approximation of the wind speed field'

104.       P. Menounou, 2001 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 110(4), 1828-1838, 'A correction to Maaekawa's curve for the insertion loss behind barriers'

105.       B.J. Jin, H.S. Kim, H.J. Kang & J.S. Kim, 2001 Applied Acoustics, 62, 1107-1121, 'Sound diffraction by a partially inclined noise barrier'

106.       C. Steele, 2001 Applied Acoustics, 62, 271-287, 'A critical review of some traffic noise prediction models'

107.       E. Salomons, V.E. Ostashev, S.F Clifford & R.J. Lataitis, 2001 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109, 1881-1893, 'Sound propagation in a turbulent atmosphere near the ground: An approach based on the spectral representation of reflective-index fluctuations'

108.       V.E. Ostashev, E. Salomons, S.F Clifford & R.J. Lataitis, Ph. Blanc-Benon & D. Juvé, 2001 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109(5), 1894-1908, 'Sound propagation in a turbulent atmosphere near the ground: A parabolic equation approach'

109.       R.R. Torres, U. P. Svensson & M. Kleiner, 2001 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109(2), 600-610, 'Computation of edge diffraction for more accurate room acoustics auralization'

110.       J. Forssén, 2002 ACTA ACUSTICA, 88, 181-189, 'Calculation of noise barrier performance using the substitute-sources method for a three-dimensional turbulent atmosphere'

111.       D. Ouis, 2003 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 262, 347-364, 'Noise attenuation by a hard wedge-shaped barrier'

112.       T.V Renterghem & D. Botteldooren & W.m. Cornelis & D. Gabriels, 2002 ACTA ACUSTICA, 88, 231-238, 'Reducing screen-induced refraction of noise barriers in wind by vegetative screens'

113.       J. Forssén & M. Ögren, 2002 Applied Acoustics, 63, 173-187, 'Thick barrier noise-reduction in the presence of atmospheric turbulence: measurements and numerical modelling'

114.       K.M. Li & S.H. Tang, 2003 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114(2), 821-832, 'The predicted barrier effects in the proximity of tall buildings'

115.       K.M. Li, W.K. Lui, K.K. Lau, K.S. Chan, 2003 Applied Acoustics, 64, 633-653, 'A simple formula for evaluating the acoustic effect of balconies in protecting dwellings against road traffic noise'

116.       J. Defrance & P. Jean, 2003 Applied Acoustics, 64, 765-780, 'Integration of the efficiency of noise barrier caps in a 3D ray tracing method. Case of a T-shaped diffracting device'

117.       T. Ishizuka & K. Fujiwara, 2004 Applied Acoustics, 65, 125-141, 'Performance of noise barriers with various edge shapes and acoustical conditions'

118.       T. Busch & M.Hodgson, 2003 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114(4), 1947-1954, 'Scale-model study of the effectiveness of highway noise barriers'

119.       D. Heimann & R. Blumrich, 2004 Applied Acoustics, 65, 561-582, 'Time-domain simulations of sound propagation through screen-induced turbulence'

120.       Tunick, 2003 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114(4), 1796-1806, 'Calculating the micrometeorological influences on the speed of sound through the atmosphere in forests'

121.       M. Ögren & J. Forssén, 2004 Applied Acoustics, 65, 629-642, 'Modelling of a city canyon problem in a turbulent atmosphere using an equivalent sources approach'

122.       D.S. Cho, J.H. Kim, T.M. Choi, B.H. Kim, D.Manvell, 2004 Applied Acoustics, 65, 883-892, 'Highway traffic noise prediction using method fully complaint with ISO 9613: comparison with measurements'

123.       M.R. Monazzam, Y.W. Lam, 2005 Applied Acoustics, 66, 709-730, 'Performance of profiles single noise barriers covered with quadratic residue diffusers'

124.       Y.W. Lam, 2004 Applied Acoustics, 65, 583-603, 'A boundary element method for the calculation of noise barrier insertion loss in the presence of atmospheric turbulence'

125.       P. Menounou & J.H. You, 2004 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116(5), 2843-2854, 'Experimental study of the diffracted sound field around jagged edge noise barriers'

126.       T.K. Stanton & D. Chu, 2004 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116(1), 239-244, 'On the acoustic diffraction by the edges of benthic shells'

127.       D.K. Wilson & V.E. Ostashev, G.H. Goedecke, H.J. Auvermann, 2004 Applied Acoustics, 65, 605-627, 'Quasi-wavelet calculations of sound scattering behind barrier'

128.       C. Feuillade, D. Chu, C.S. Clay, 2004 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116(2), 777-789, 'Space-time variations of the acoustic field scattered from a penetrable isovelocity wedge'.

129.       K.M. Li & H.Y Wong, 2005 Applied Acoustics, 66, 45-76, 'A review of commonly used analytical and empirical formulae for predicting sounddiffracted by a thin screen.'

130.       M.R. Ismail & D.J. Oldham, 2005 Applied Acoustics, 66, 123-147, 'A scale model investigation of sound reflection from building façades.'

131.       P. De Vos, M. Beuving & E. Verheijen, 2005 HARMONOISE, , , 'Harmonised Accurate and Reliable Methods for the EU Directive on the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise.'

132.       "R Nota, R. Barelds, & D van Maercke, 2005 HARMONOISE, WP3, , 'Harmonoise WP 3 Engineering method for road

133.       traffic and railway noise after validation and fine-tuning.'"

134.       H.S Kim, J.S. Kim, H.J. Kang, B.K. Kim, S.R. Kim, 2005 Applied Acoustics, 66, 1102-1119, 'Sound diffraction by multiple wedges and thin screens.'

135.       M.Buret & K.M. Li, & K. Attenborough, 2006 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(3), 1274-1283, 'Diffraction of Sound due to moving sources by barriers and ground discontinuities.'

136.       M. Buret, K.M.Li, K. Attenborough, 2006 Applied Acoustics, 67, 135-156, 'Optimisation of ground attenuation for moving sound sources.'

137.       U.P. Svensson & P.T. Calamia, 2006 ACTA ACUSTICA, 92, 501-512, 'Edge-diffraction impulse responses near specular-zone and shadow-zone boundaries.'

138.       Y.W. Lam & M.R. Monazzam, 2006 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(2), 686-698, 'On the modelling of sound propagation over muli-impedance discontinuities using a semiempirical diffraction formulation.'

139.       R. Lanoye, G. Vermeir & W. Lauriks, R Kruse & V. Mellert, 2006 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119(5), 2826-2831, 'Measuring the free field acoustic impedance and absorption coefficient of sound absorbing materials with a combined particle velocity-pressure sensor.'

140.       L. Liu & D.G. Albert, 2006 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119(4), 2073-2083, 'Acoustic pulse propagation near a right-angled wall.'

141.       A.T. Peplow, 2006 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 298, 982-1000, 'On the efficiency of screens near roadside cuttings.'

142.       D. Duhamel, 2006 Journal of Sound and Vibration, 297, 432-443, 'Shape optimization of noise barriers using genetic algorithms.'

143.       A.D Pierce, 1974 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 55(5), 947-955, 'Diffraction of sound around corners and over wide barriers.'

144.       W.J Hadden & A.D. Pierce, 1981 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 69(5), 1266-1276, 'Sound diffraction around screens and wedges for arbitary point source locations.'

145.       T.K. Stanton & D. Chu, 2007 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(6), 3167-3176, 'Acoustics diffraction by deformed edges of finite length: Theory and experiment.'

146.       D.Chu & T.K. Stanton & A.D. Pierce, 2007 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(6), 3177-3194, 'High-order acoustic diffraction by edges of finite thickness.'

147.       M.R. Monazzam, Y.W. Lam, 2008 Applied Acoustics, 69, 93-109, 'Performance of T-shape barrier with top surface covered with absorptive quadratic residue diffusers'

148.       M. Dittrich, 2007 ACTA ACUSTICA, 93, 185-200, 'The IMAGINE source model for railway noise prediction.'

149.       W.C. K. Alberts II, J.M. Noble, & M.A. Coleman, 2008 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(2), 733-742, 'Sound propagation in the vicinity of an isolated building: An experimental investigation.'

150.       W.C. K. Alberts II, J.M. Noble, & M.A. Coleman, 2009 Applied Acoustics, 70, 1128-1130, 'On the application of well-known diffraction models to the sound field in the shadow zone of an isolated building.'

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152.       C.Hopkins & Y.Lam, 2009 Applied Acoustics, 70, 300-308, 'Sound fields near building facades - comparison of finite and semi-infinite reflectors on a rigid ground plane.'

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