A Review On R&D Efforts In Assessing The Traffic Generated Noise In Spatial Temporal Aspects On Highways

G. S. Vij*, Shraddha Garg**
* Associate Professor, CSIT, Durg.
** Lecturer, CSIT, Durg.
Periodicity:June - August'2011
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.1.3.1686

Abstract

In rapidly urbanizing country like India, the transportation sector is growing in a fast pace and the number of vehicles on Indian roads is increasing at a rate of more than 7% per annum. This has led to over crowded roads and pollution.  Transportation sector is one of the major contributors to noise in urban area, which contributes 55% of total noise on highway. In view of this, it is essential to study highway noise with respect to various causative factors. Hence, various noise prediction models have been developed, throughout the world to assess its impact on to the society and the human beings. These traffic noise prediction models differ in some respects, but the overall methodology is similar. All the noise prediction models consists of evaluating basic noise levels and making series of adjustments to take into account geometric, traffic flow, barrier data etc.  In this paper, noise prediction models of U.S.A. and U.K. (FHWA and CORTON) along with the research efforts on noise in Indian context has been studied and discussed.

Keywords

Traffic Noise, Noise Prediction Model, CORTON, FHWA, Noise Pollution.

How to Cite this Article?

Vij, G. S. and Garg, S. (2011). A Review On R&D Efforts In Assessing The Traffic Generated Noise In Spatial Temporal Aspects On Highways. i-manager’s Journal on Civil Engineering, 1(3), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.1.3.1686

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