bullervågor
Bullervågor is a Swedish term commonly used in acoustics and environmental noise literature to describe noise waves—random or irregular sound-pressure fluctuations in air. The word buller means noise, vågor means waves. Unlike pure tonal waves, bullervågor typically have broad frequency content and variable amplitude, resulting from complex source motion or multiple sources acting together, such as traffic, industrial equipment, or crowd noise. They can be continuous, intermittent, or impulsive.
Physical properties involve pressure variations that propagate as sound waves through air at the speed of
Propagation and attenuation describe how bullervågor spread from the source, typically diminishing with distance and interacting
Health and mitigation address the impacts and management of bullervågor. Prolonged exposure to elevated bullervågor can
Note: The term is largely descriptive in Swedish and not a formal physics category; in English, such