NOISE IN ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY

SOURCES OF NOISE POLLUTION ARE REVIEWED AND THE CRITERIA WHICH HAVE EVOLVED FOR THEIR ASSESSMENT AND DESCRIPTION ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS STRESSED THAT CRITERIA SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN SIMPLE BASIC UNITS AND DBA VALUES ARE RECOMMENDED. BY FAR THE MOST COMMON SINGLE SOURCE OF ANNOYANCE IS THAT OF ROAD TRANSPORTATION NOISE; THIS ASPECT HAS BEEN COVERED IN SPECIFIC DETAIL. METHODS OF PREDICTING VEHICLE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE DESIGN AND OPERATING PARAMETERS ARE SHOWN AND SOME MEASURES FOR NOISE REDUCTION ARE DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Reprint No. 710061, 22 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096

  Automotive Engineering Congress

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• Authors:
  • Priede, T
• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engines; Forecasting; Noise; Noise control
• Old TRIS Terms: Engine noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223629
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1971 12:00AM