WHO MAKES THE MOST NOISE?

THE AUTHOR REPORTS ON NOISE MEASUREMENTS MADE ON THREE DOZEN CARS RANGING FROM THE SMALL FIAT 500 TO THE LARGE 6.3 LITRE MERCEDES. NOISE EMISSIONS DURING STARTING, IDLING, AT SPEEDS OF 50 KM PER HOUR, AND DURING ACCELERATION IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR WERE MEASURED. RESULTS ARE GIVEN AND DISCUSSED. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  ADAC-Verlag GmbH

  Baumgartnerstrasse 53, Postfach 700086
  Munich 70,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Lotz, H
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 224-8
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Automobiles; Measurement; Noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224650
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 1973 12:00AM