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  • Title: Predicted attenuation of sound in a rigid-porous ground from an airborne source.
    Author: Li KM.
    Journal: J Acoust Soc Am; 2008 Mar; 123(3):1352-63. PubMed ID: 18345824.
    Abstract:
    An approximate analytical formula has been derived for the prediction of sound fields in a semi-infinite rigid-porous ground due to an airborne source. The method starts by expressing the sound fields in an integral form, which can subsequently be evaluated by the method of steepest descents. The concept of effective impedance has been introduced by using a physically plausible assumption. The integral can then be simplified and evaluated analytically. The analytical solution can be expressed in a closed form analogous to the classical Weyl-Van der Pol formula that has been used for predicting sound fields above a rigid-porous ground. Extensive comparisons with the wave-based numerical solutions according to the fast field formulation and the direct evaluation of the integral have been conducted. It has been demonstrated that the analytical formula is sufficiently accurate to predict the penetration of sound into a wide range of outdoor ground surfaces.
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