TRUCK NOISE I-B. SPECTRAL AND DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NOISE GENERATED BY TRUCK TIRES

The report is the third in a series published as a result of Department of Transportation sponsored truck tire noise research conducted by the National Bureau of Standards. The previous reports (OST-ONA-71-9 and OST/TST-72-1) contained details of the test design, test procedures, and an inventory of maximum A-weighted sound level data for typical rib, cross-bar, and retread type truck tires. A test sample of nine tread designs, estimated to represent 70-80% (based on discussions with fleet owners) of the truck tire population on the road today, was investigated considering noise levels as a function of the following variables: wear, loading, speed, pavement surface, and tire location. Test vehicles included both single-chassis vehicles and tractor trailers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated Feb 74, PB-234 348.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

  14th Between E Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20234

  Office of Noise Abatement

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Leasure, WAJ
  • Corley, D M
• Publication Date: 1974-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 189 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; City planning; Effective sound pressure; Highway transportation; Loads; Noise; Noise control; Pavements; Power spectra; Rolling contact; Sound level; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Tire treads; Tires; Tractor trailer combinations; Traffic noise; Truck tractors; Trucks; Wear
• Uncontrolled Terms: Loading; Noise reduction
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Truck noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090653
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-AS-10004
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 10 2002 12:00AM