Relationship Between Tire-Pavement Interaction Noise and Surface Characteristics in 2009 Pavement Test Track Cycle

The interest in quieter pavements has been driven largely by public awareness that altering the surface can affect traffic noise levels. The objective of this research was to utilize two methods for measuring tire-pavement noise to assess which pavement surface characteristics have the greatest influence on noise generation. The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) test road, with four different pavement surface family groups, was used to test and analyze noise from tire-pavement interaction. The tire-pavement noise was measured in a novel test approach using a surface microphone from different types of sections in the Test Track. Testing was conducted on four major family groups of superpave fine and coarse graded, open-graded friction course (OGFC) and stone matrix asphalt (SMA) mixes from 2009 NCAT Test Track research cycle to evaluate changes over time. The results show that the noise levels vary widely according to pavement surface type. The effects of pavement properties including the air void content, gradation properties, roughness, texture, pavement stiffness and age have been evaluated on one-third octave band noise levels. The evaluation confirmed that macrotexture increases the low frequency noise and higher air void content reduce the high frequency noise level, while other surface characteristics found to have less influence on noise levels. The content of this study should be of immediate interest to pavement engineers and others concerned with pavement design and construction to determine appropriate quieter pavement surface.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC40 Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Sakhaeifar, Maryam
  • Liao, Gong-yun
  • Waller, Brian
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
• Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Measurement; Properties of materials; Surface course (Pavements); Test tracks; Tire/pavement noise
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01474872
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 13-0328
• Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 7 2013 8:55AM