DESIGNING A NATIONAL STUDY OF RAILWAY NOISE IN GREAT BRITAIN

Phase I of a two-phase project to investigate railway noise in Great Britain is now in the data collection stage. Two major problems, subjects of this paper, have been site selection procedure and noise measurement methodology. Using a statistically drawn sample, a map-based noise level prediction method and an efficient noise measurement strategy, it has been possible to simultaneously estimate the proportion of residences in such proximity to rail lines that they may be annoyed by train noise, test all reasonable hypotheses about the causes and correlations of railway noise annoyance, and derive a mathematical model of physical characteristics of railway noise annoyance.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 1976 International Conference on Noise Control Engineering, Washington, D.C., 5-7 April 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Noise Control Engineering

  Iowa State University, 210 Marston Hall
  Ames, IA  United States  50011-2153
• Authors:
  • FIELDS, J M
  • WALKER, J G
  • LARGE, J B
• Conference:
  • Presented at the 1976 International Conference on Noise Control Engineering, Washington, D.C., 5-7 April 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 203-208

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Analysis; Environmental impacts; Mathematical models; Noise sources
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Analytical techniques
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152436
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute of Noise Control Engineering
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM