N2 - In this work we present the design and the manufacturing processes, as well as the acoustics standardization tests, of an acoustic barrier formed by a set of multi-phenomena cylindrical scatterers. Periodic arrangements of acoustic scatterers embedded in a fluid medium with different physical properties are usually called Sonic Crystals. The multiple scattering of waves inside these structures leads to attenuation bands related to the periodicity of the structure by means of Bragg scattering. In order to design the acoustic barrier, two strategies have been used: First, the arrangement of scatterers is based on fractal geometries to maximize the Bragg scattering; second, multi-phenomena scatterers with several noise control mechanisms, as resonances or absorption, are designed and used to construct the periodic array. The acoustic barrier reported in this work provides a high technological solution in the field of noise control. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/101619/PDF/06_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/101619 PY - 2012 IS - No 4 EP - 462 DO - 10.2478/v10168-012-0057-9 KW - acoustic arrays KW - acoustic attenuation KW - acoustic wave absorption KW - acoustic wave scattering KW - phononic crystals KW - acoustic barrier KW - physical effect of sound A1 - Castiñeira-Ibáñez, Sergio A1 - Rubio, Constanza A1 - Romero-García, Vicent A1 - Sánchez-Pérez, Juan Vicente A1 - García-Raffi, Luís Miguel PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Committee on Acoustics VL - vol. 37 DA - 2012 T1 - Design, Manufacture and Characterization of an Acoustic Barrier Made of Multi-Phenomena Cylindrical Scatterers Arranged in a Fractal-Based Geometry SP - 455 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/101619 T2 - Archives of Acoustics