METHOD OF PREDICTING LEQ (TIME-AVERAGED MEAN-SQUARE SOUND PRESSURE) CREATED BY URBAN TRAFFIC

The time-averaged overall mean-square sound pressure created by statistically stationary traffic travelling a finite, straight road segment is determined explicitly. This result is extended to a system of roads by using digital simulation. Theoretical predictions for a typical urban conurbation show encouraging agreement with measured values. Therefore the technique appears to offer a practical means of evaluating community plans before the introduction of road systems and changes in trunk routes and traffic controls, etc, are realized.(a) /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Yeow, K W
  • Popplewell, N
  • MacKay, JFW
• Publication Date: 1977-7-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 103-109
• Serial:
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Volume: 53
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-460X
  • EISSN: 1095-8568
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0022460X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel fuels; Forecasting; Highway design; Mean (Statistics); Public participation; Simulation; Sound; Sound; Sound level; Statistical analysis; Traffic; Traffic control; Traffic noise; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Mean (Math)
• ITRD Terms: 6549: Average; 132: Forecast; 9103: Simulation; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 755: Traffic; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165664
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM