PURDUE INSTITUTE STUDIES HIGHWAYS

A new institute that merges civil and mechanical engineering in an effort to make the nation's highways quieter and more durable was dedicated at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Institute of Safe, Quiet, and Durable Highways brings together civil engineers, who are experts on roads and paving, and mechanical engineers who specialize in tire design, automobiles, acoustics, and vibration control. The goal is to better understand how noise is created as tires roll across pavement and use that knowledge to develop new paving mixtures, road construction techniques, and tire designs to reduce road noise.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Civil Engineering News, Incorporated

  1255 Roberts Boulevard, Suite 230
  Kennesaw, GA  United States  30144
• Publication Date: 1999-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering News
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Civil Engineering News, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1051-9629

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustics; Civil engineering; Durability; Highway safety; Highways; Laboratories; Mechanical engineering; Noise; Pavement performance; Research and educational facilities; Tires
• Identifier Terms: Purdue University
• Geographic Terms: West Lafayette (Indiana)
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00770350
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 25 1999 12:00AM