PREDICTION OF TRAFFIC NOISE FROM EXPRESSWAYS - PART I: BUILDINGS FLANKING ONE SIDE OF EXPRESSWAYS

Prediction models have been derived using a semi-empirical approach for traffic noise propagation in open space as well as the facade effect from buildings flanking one side of the expressways. The models are able to predict the l10 (a statistical index of noise exposure when noise levels are exceeded by 10%) to within 2 db(a). The phenomenon of experiencing higher l10 as one goes up in the building is easily explained by the ground effect. The models are useful for the planning of land use in order to achieve desirable noise levels in residential buildings.(a)

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  Elsevier Science Publishers

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• Authors:
  • Chew, C H
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 203-212
• Serial:
  • Applied Acoustics
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0003-682X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0003682X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeways; Mathematical models; Measurement; Sound; Sound level; Structures; Traffic
• ITRD Terms: 3352: Building (structure); 6473: Mathematical model; 6136: Measurement; 2752: Motorway; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498861
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM