Abstract
In our industrial society the number of sources of sound are steadily increasing and when these sounds become unwanted they may be classed as noises. Sound is propagated as a pressure wave and so an obvious measure of sound levels is the pressure fluctuation imposed above the ambient pressure.
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Salter, R.J. (1974). The environmental effects of highway traffic noise. In: Highway Traffic Analysis and Design. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02093-5_25
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