Chapter 8
Stadiums and Outdoor Venues
by Eugene T. Patronis, Jr.
8.2 Sound Projection Distances
8.5 Techniques for Achieving High Acoustic Pressures
8.1 Overview
Stadiums and outdoor venues present designers with a set of challenges which are not usually encountered in interior spaces. The leading challenge is the immense distance over which sound of an appreciable level must be projected. This is followed by the fact that the sound is not propagating in a stable medium—i.e., outdoors the air temperature and relative humidity are erratic variables and the air is hardly ...
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