Quasi-periodic Geometry for Architectural Acoustics
The discovery of quasi-periodic atomic order in the crystalline state has uncovered an exciting new class of symmetries that has never been explored before.
Rima Ajlouni
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An Evaluation of Room Acoustics in Rooms Used for Turkish Melodic Music
Developing since the early 1920s, the discipline of room acoustics has made important strides in correlating subjective and objective, or measurable, values for music rooms.
Aslı Özçevik, Zerhan Yüksel Can
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The effect of environmental control systems on the interior residential space and its users
Environmental control is currently one of the most important research topics because it has a great effect on the internal space and its residents especially and on the environment, architecture and urban design in general.
Asmaa Elsayed Lotfy Elkalla+2 more
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Advances in architectural acoustics.
Four areas of research in architectural acoustics in which significant advances have been achieved recently are discussed. 1. Reliable determination of subjective preference of concert hall acoustics by means of faithful (three-dimensional) reproduction of music recorded in concert halls with an acoustically realistic dummy head: The main new result ...
Manfred R. Schroeder+1 more
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Using Machine Learning to Predict Indoor Acoustic Indicators of Multi-Functional Activity Centers
In Taiwan, activity centers such as school auditoriums and gymnasiums are common multi-functional spaces that are often used for performances, singing, and speeches.
Chiu-Yu Yeh, Yaw-Shyan Tsay
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Virtual acoustics applied to the restoration of architectural heritage: the Cathedral of Valencia
The Cathedral of Valencia (Spain) is the result of multiple interventions carried out throughout its history. In order to recover the appearance that it had centuries ago, a partial repristination has been made generating a new spatial configuration and ...
Elena Díaz Rubio+1 more
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On The Acoustics of Süleymaniye Mosque: From Past to Present [PDF]
Süleymaniye Mosque, the central structure of one of the largest mosque complexes of the Ottoman Empire, has been and remains an inspirational edifice for many fields, including architectural acoustics and material science.
Zühre Sü GÜL+2 more
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Sound Reflections in Indian Stepwells: Modelling Acoustically Retroreflective Architecture
Retroreflection is rarely used as a surface treatment in architectural acoustics but is found incidentally with building surfaces that have many simultaneously visible concave right-angle trihedral corners.
Densil Cabrera+3 more
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Acoustic architecture before science. The case of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw
Concert halls are designed for attentively listening to music. To guarantee that the listening experience mediated by these buildings is acoustically correct, architects rely upon math- ematical formulas to measure and predict how a building will sound ...
Darryl Cressmann
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Higher Sound Levels in K-12 Classrooms Correlate to Lower Math Achievement Scores
Sound levels from occupied classrooms have been gathered from 220 classrooms across four grade levels (3, 5, 8 and 11) over six school days each and processed with k-means clustering into speech and non-speech clusters.
Laura C. Brill+2 more
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