TRUCK NOISE III-D. THE ECONOMICS OF QUIETING THE FREIGHTLINER CAB-OVER-ENGINE DIESEL TRUCK

This report presents the results of a study of the costs of quieting a heavy cabover-engine diesel tractor. The first four sections deal with the effects of possible noise control treatments on the fuel consumption, maintenance requirement, and cargo capacity of a truck engaged in general cargo haulage. The remainder of the report describes the development and use of an optimization technique for determining, for a desired truck noise level, the combination of treatments that has the least adverse cost impact. Cost impact is expressed in terms of a discounted cash flow index. A similar analysis is performed in Appendix A for trucks engaged in bulk haulage and for trucks engaged in general cargo haulage operations under the condition of a rise in fuel price from $0.30 to $0.60 per gallon.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-235 393. Prepared in cooperation with Freightliner Corp., Portland, Oreg.
• Corporate Authors:

  Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Incorporated

  50 Moulton Street
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02138

  Office of Noise Abatement

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Freightliner Corporation

  2525 SW Third Avenue
  Portland, OR  United States  97201
• Authors:
  • Fax, G E
  • Kaye, M C
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 112 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Costs; Damping (Physics); Diesel engines; Diesel trucks; Engines; Fuel consumption; Mufflers; Noise; Noise control; Sound level; Traffic noise; Trucks; Vibration isolation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Noise reduction
• Old TRIS Terms: Cab over engine truck; Truck engines; Truck noise; Vibration isolators
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090416
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: BBN-2563
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM