NOISE BARRIERS - 'A NEW DIMENSION'

This article examines efforts to make noise barrier walls that are attractive as well as functional. Noise walls, hard and vertical, less than 250 mm thick and often up to 6.1 meters high, have a dual effect. They reflect sound back towards a highway, thus preventing it from reaching nearby residences, and studies have shown there is a visual perception of sound (seeing the source of the noise can be almost as distracting as hearing it).

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Road Federation

  525 School Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20024
• Authors:
  • Grob, J W
• Publication Date: 1999-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 54-55
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic impedance; Noise barriers; Residential areas; Sound barrier; Traffic noise; Walls
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Environment; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768247
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1999 12:00AM