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1 Introduction
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... These issues included a review of community noise and As discussed in Appendix A, a common measure of noise metrics for measuring community noise; new technologies is the sound pressure level in decibels. This level is almost for a quieter America; engineering controls and common always weighted according to the A-frequency weighting descriptors for hazardous noise; the impact of noise on the curve.
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... The came into service. Schultz curve, which describes the results, essentially illus- In the past 50 years, considerable progress has been made trates the percentage of the population predicted to be highly in reducing noise emissions from aircraft -- mainly through annoyed as a function of noise level (see Chapter 2 for further the introduction of high bypass ratio engines, which were discussions of community and building noise criteria)
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... a source of annoyance. Outdoors, noise from lawnmowers, Efforts to control community noise frequently depend on leaf blowers, and other lawn and yard care equipment is per controlling emissions of offensive noise from noise sources.
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... , has undertaken the following projects: it may mean deciding to invest public resources to mitigate development of metrics to improve understanding of human the undesirable effects of others' activities (e.g., installing response to aircraft noise; studies of land use around airports; pavements that reduce traffic noise)
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... Because noise control engineering is inherently a mul- Reports from the International Institute of Noise Control tidisciplinary field, noise control engineers must be knowl- Engineering are available on its website, http://www.i-ince. edgeable in several subjects, including acoustics, aerody - org.
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... International Institute of Noise Control Engineering. Dishwasher Usage Trends.
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