A SCALE MODEL TECHNIQUE FOR INVESTIGATING TRAFFIC NOISE PROPAGATION

A 30:1 scale model technique has been developed for investigating the propagation of noise from traffic on major roads and motorways. Validation studies have been carried out for a range of different road/housing configurations by comparing relative noise levels obtained using the model with field data obtained specifically for the purpose. This model has been used to obtain systematic prediction data and examples are shown for noise propagating from a road in a natural cut, noise penetration through a gap between adjacent blocks of houses, and containment effects associated with unbroken parallel building facades on opposite sides of the road.(a) /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Delany, M E
  • Rennie, A J
  • Collins, K M
• Publication Date: 1978-2-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 325-340
• Serial:
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • Volume: 56
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-460X
  • EISSN: 1095-8568
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0022460X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Arterial highways; Depressed highways; Forecasting; Freeways; Highways; Mathematical models; Simulation; Sound; Sound level; Structures; Traffic; Traffic noise
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• ITRD Terms: 3352: Building (structure); 132: Forecast; 2755: Highway; 2748: Main road; 6205: Model (not math); 2752: Motorway; 9103: Simulation; 6748: Sound; 6747: Sound level; 2725: Sunken road; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00178663
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1978 12:00AM