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The sound tube in Melbourne, Australia, designed to reduce roadway noise without detracting from the area's aesthetics.. A noise barrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants of sensitive land use areas from noise pollution.
A sound baffle is a construction or device which reduces the strength (level) of airborne sound. Sound baffles are a fundamental tool of noise mitigation, the practice of minimizing noise pollution or reverberation. An important type of sound baffle is the noise barrier constructed along highways to
The sound barrier or sonic barrier is the large increase in aerodynamic drag and other undesirable effects experienced by an aircraft or other object when it approaches the speed of sound. When aircraft first approached the speed of sound, these effects were seen as constituting a barrier, making faster speeds very difficult or impossible.
A pair of headphones being tested inside an anechoic chamber for soundproofing. Soundproofing is any means of impeding sound propagation.There are several methods employed including increasing the distance between the source and receiver, decoupling, using noise barriers to reflect or absorb the energy of the sound waves, using damping structures such as sound baffles for absorption, or using ...
Non-metallic inclusions that arise because of different reactions during metal production are called natural or indigenous. They include oxides , sulfides , nitrides and phosphides . Apart from natural inclusions there are also parts of slag , refractories , material of a casting mould (the material the metal contacts during production) in the ...
The legislation prohibits the California Geologic Energy Management Division from approving a new oil well within 3,200 feet of a "sensitive receptor," defined as a residence, education resource ...
Using a combination of sound absorption materials, arrays of microphones and speakers, and a digital processor, a restaurant operator can use a tablet computer to selectively control noise levels at different places in the restaurant: the microphone arrays pick up sound and send it to the digital processor, which controls the speakers to output ...
The California water board is proposing a ban on watering 'non-functional' grass in some areas. Above, water droplets on grass from a sprinkler in Pasadena. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)