CAN NOISE RADIATION FROM HIGHWAYS BE REDUCED BY DESIGN?
A STUDY IS DISCUSSED TO DETERMINE A DESIRABLE LIMIT FOR EXTERNAL NOISE AT RESIDENCES NEAREST TO A HIGHWAY AND THE NOISE RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF CONVENTIONAL HIGHWAY DESIGNS. IT PRESENTS SOME POSSIBLE METHODS OF REDUCING NOISE RADIATION BY MODIFYING THESE DESIGNS AND SOME GOOD AND BAD EXAMPLES FROM PRACTICE. THE CHARTS PERMIT A RESONABLE PREDICTION OF FUTURE TRUCK NOISE AT VARIOUS DISTANCES FROM A HIGHWAY BEFORE THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. ALL OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGNS THAT ARE CONSIDERED IN THIS REPORT ARE CHARTED. THE VALUES ARE BASED ON FIELD MEASUREMENTS MADE ADJACENT TO EXISTING EXEMPLARY DESIGNS IN NORMAL OPERATION AT FULL HIGHWAY VEHICLE SPEEDS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
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Authors:
- Beaton, John L
- Bourget, Louis
- Publication Date: 1968
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 1-8
- Monograph Title: Geometric design: photogrammetry and aerial surveys
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 232
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Field tests; Highway design; Reduction (Chemistry); Testing; Traffic noise; Traffic speed; Trucks; Vehicles
- Uncontrolled Terms: Field measurements
- Old TRIS Terms: Reduction; Truck noise
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00203353
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 14 1994 12:00AM