Noise Barrier Design Handbook [1976]

Details

• Creators:
  Simpson, Myles A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Noise
  • Noise barriers
  • Noise control
  • Traffic noise
  • Sound attenuation
  • Highway design
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-76-58
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Abstract:
  This handbook is intended to be a tool for use by the highway designer to aid in the design of noise abatement barriers. It provides a means of defining the geometric configuration of a barrier to produce a desired noise reduction, and also provides a design evaluation and selection procedure in which specific barriers are detailed, and then evaluated in terms of cost, acoustical characteristics, and non-acoustical characteristics (such as durability, ease of maintenance, safety, aesthetics and community acceptance). This handbook guides the designer in the preparation of a design which he believes will be accepted by the community and perform as desired both acoustically and non-acoustically, for reasonable cost.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-FH-11-8287
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30600/dot_30600_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.43 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a15e32a4af90c10a9d00c06e15af474356a1fe7c6c0070bad211e843cb9215d9695d33dc8a5fb73d3043bf0f68ef394d34c93829883ad2dc81f40b8cbd05a62