Development of a traffic noise prediction model for an urban environment
| Autor: | G. L. Bodhe, Asheesh Sharma, G Schimak |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Speech and Hearing
lcsh:RC963-969 Statistical analyses Statistics statistical analyses Cities Mathematics Traffic noise Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health traffic noise prediction Models Theoretical Traffic flow lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology Diverse traffic conditions lcsh:RF1-547 Noise honking Otorhinolaryngology Noise Transportation Traffic conditions lcsh:Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene Regression Analysis Automobiles Urban environment Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Noise and Health, Vol 16, Iss 68, Pp 63-67 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 1998-4030 1463-1741 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study is to develop a traffic noise model under diverse traffic conditions in metropolitan cities. The model has been developed to calculate equivalent traffic noise based on four input variables i.e. equivalent traffic flow (Q e ), equivalent vehicle speed (S e ) and distance (d) and honking (h). The traffic data is collected and statistically analyzed in three different cases for 15-min during morning and evening rush hours. Case I represents congested traffic where equivalent vehicle speed is 30 km/h and case III represents calm traffic where no honking is recorded. The noise model showed better results than earlier developed noise model for Indian traffic conditions. A comparative assessment between present and earlier developed noise model has also been presented in the study. The model is validated with measured noise levels and the correlation coefficients between measured and predicted noise levels were found to be 0.75, 0.83 and 0.86 for case I, II and III respectively. The noise model performs reasonably well under different traffic conditions and could be implemented for traffic noise prediction at other region as well. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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