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EPSRC Reference:	GR/L20894/01
Title:	DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS PREDICTION OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SOUND FIELDS
Principal Investigator:	Shield, Professor BM
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Project Partners:	Health and Safety Executive
Department:	Sch of Engineering Systems & Design
Organisation:	London South Bank University
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 1996	Ends:	30 September 1999	Value (£):	129,669
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Building Ops & Management
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Construction
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The main aim of this project is to produce a computer model which can accurately predict the behaviour of sound simultaneously inside and outside a building or semi-enclosed space. Previously, two separate models have been necessary to predict internal and external sound field by predicting both spatials and temporal acoustic characteristics in diffuse and non-diffuse spaces.The second aim of the project is the establishment of a database of absorption coefficients suitable for use in all sound prediction models. At present absorption data is based upon the assuption that the sound field is diffuse. This is not the case in large of open spaces, hence the absorption data can be a cause of error in noise prediction packages.
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