Meet the editors

Daniela Siano was born in Naples - Italy, and graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Naples "Federico II", Italy in 1994. Until 2001, she was a researcher in the Acoustic and Vibration Department at C.I.R.A. (Italian Aerospace Research Center). From 2001 until now, she has been a researcher at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) in the field of acoustic and vibration in the transport field. She is responsible

for the Acoustic and Vibration Laboratory. She is qualified to University Associate Professor – Sector Machines and Systems for Energy and Environment, and is also qualified in the Engineer Profession. She had a scholarship granted by M.A.R.S.- Microgravity Advanced Research and Support - Dornier GmbH (Friedrichshafen - Germany), Euromaster in "Total Quality Management" at DIMP – Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering – University of Naples Federico II – Italy, as well as assistant in "Fluid Machines I", "Fluid Machines II", and "Applied Mechanics". She is the tutor of more than 30 Master's students and 7 Ph.D. students. She is an expert evaluator within the EU 6th and 7th Framework Research Programme, in Transport-Aeronautics in 2006 and 2007. She is a project expert evaluator in the Ministry of Economic Development, Italy. She is a referee for different international journals and session organizers collaborating with SAE conferences. She is the author of more than 100 scientific papers published in international journals and conferences proceedings and editor of two scientific books: 'Noise Control, Reduction and Cancellation Solutions in Engineering', ISBN 978-953-307-918-9, 308 pages, DOI: 10.5772/1375, and 'Fuel Injection', ISBN 978-953-307-116-9, 262 pages, DOI: 10.5772/55402.

Alice Elizabeth González is a full-time Professor at the Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de la República (UdelaR, Uruguay). She currently teaches undergraduate and postgraduate programs and oversees graduate and postgraduate students. She also leads research, development, and applied research projects. She is a Researcher of the National Researchers System of the National Research and

Innovation Agency. Her main research topic is noise pollution, including environmental and urban acoustics, noise and vibration control, environment and health. She has thirty years of teaching and professional experience, and has authored/ co-authored more than two hundred technical publications, including ten books and a dozen book chapters. Prior to becoming full-time at UdelaR, she worked for 19 years as a freelance Environmental and Sanitary Engineer.

Contents

**Section 1**

*by Jiho Lee*

Traffic Noise

**Section 2**

Neighborhood Noise

*by Juan Ríos and Celedonio Aguilar*

*by Mia Suhanek and Sanja Grubesa*

*by Sanja Grubesa and Mia Suhanek*

Thermo-Fluid Insulation Panels

*by Mohamed Abdelsabour Fahmy*

Underwater Ambient Noise

*by Himanshu Dehra*

Innovative Approaches to Noise Reduction

Noise Transmission Losses in Integrated Acoustic and

A New BEM for Modeling of Acoustic Wave Propagation in

ISMFGA Structures Using Laser Ultrasonics

*by Vijaya Baskar Veeriayan and Rajendran V.*

Three-Temperature Nonlinear Generalized Magneto-Thermoelastic

**Preface XI**

Noise Pollution **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 75**

Numerical and Experimental Application for Noise Reduction **97**

**Chapter 6 99**

**Chapter 7 129**

**Chapter 8 153**

Influence of Noise in Ambulance Vehicles on Emergency Service Personnel

Attenuation of Environmental Noise through Digital Filtering

*by Jānis Indulis Dundurs and Inka Janna Janssen*
