REVERBERATION IN TOWN STREETS

An interesting problem concerning traffic noise measurements in town streets is how much the measured sound levels and more generally, the statistical noise distributions, are influenced by reflections from street buildings. These reflections build up a reverberant sound field in addition to the direct field from the vehicle sources. The amount of reverberation in a street depends on its size, the nature of the facades, the vegetation etc. In order to evaluate this an attempt is made to measure the reverberation times of town streets. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap

  Postbus 162
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Steenackers, P
  • Myncke, H
  • Cops, A
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 92-102
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Genootschap voor Automatisering
  • Publisher: Genootschap voor Automatisering

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Evaluation and assessment; Forecasting; Location; Measurement; Reflection; Reflectivity; Reverberation; Sound; Sound level; Streets; Structures; Traffic; Traffic noise; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 3352: Building (structure); 8525: Conference; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 132: Forecast; 9061: Location; 6136: Measurement; 5926: Reflectivity; 6748: Sound; 755: Traffic; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163956
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report No. 38 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 8 1977 12:00AM