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Last Updated: Thursday, January 5, 2012 12:29 PM

Publications

Noise Technical Advisories

• "Highway Traffic Noise Model Calibration for Various Roadway Surfaces" technical advisory.
• Berm and Wall Options, Coding of Low Barriers, Zero Height Index, Grade Corrections, and Other Issues in Sound32/ Sound 2000 and LeqV2 Traffic Noise Prediction Programs
• Distance Limits for Traffic Noise Prediction Models
• General Guidelines For Studying the Effects of Noise Barriers on Distance Receivers
• Use of California Vehicle Noise Reference Energy Mean Emission Levels in Stamina 2.0 FHWA Highway Traffic Noise Prediction Program

Vibration Technical Advisories

• Transportation - and Construction - Induced Vibration Guidance Manual
• Transportation Related Earthborne Vibrations

Quiet Pavement Information

• IH-80 Davis OGAC Pavement Noise Study 12th Year Report is the longest running quiet pavement study in the nation.
• Caltrans refined the OBSI equipment for measuring tire/pavement noise levels with the second generation, dual probe OBSI. The use of dual sound intensity probes halves the measurement time required to capture the pavement acoustics. Published Jan 2006. "Further Development of the Sound Intensity Method of Measuring Tire noise Performance of In-Situ Pavements".
• "California Tests Show Pavement Selection Influences Noise Levels", Hot Mix Asphalt Technology Magazine, November/December 2005
• "Comparative Measurements of Tire/Pavement Noise in Europe and the United States, The NITE Study" is the first definitive acoustic comparison of quiet pavements in Europe to typical pavements in California and Arizona. Final report published July 2006.

Other Publications

• Traffic Noise Attenuationn As A Function of Ground And Vegetation
• Califonia Vehicle Noise Emission Levels

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