Overview of Long-Term, Multiple Pavement Type, Tire/Road Noise Study

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• Alternative Title:
  NOISE-CON 2001
• Creators:
  Rochat, Judith L
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.). Acoustics Facility
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic noise
  • Tire/pavement noise
  • Effective sound pressure
  • Sound level
  • Noise control
  • Acoustic measuring instruments
  • Measurement
  • Field tests
  • Acoustic measurement
• Resource Type:
  Presentations
• Geographical Coverage:
  California ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The Volpe Center Acoustics Facility, in support of the California Department of ; Transportation (Caltrans), has begun a five-year study to assess several types of pavement for ; the purpose of noise abatement. On Highway 138 in Southern California (a desert area about ; 20 miles west of Lancaster), a 6.4-kilometer (4-mi) stretch of roadway has been chosen as the ; site for pavement overlays. A preliminary measurement program determined that the existing ; pavement on this roadway was highly irregular and in need of repair. As such, this stretch of ; Highway 138 will first be treated with a leveling course in order to have uniform base ; pavement, after which 4 or 5 different types of pavement will be overlaid in long sections, the ; shortest being 0.4 km (0.25 mi). The leveling course will be dense-graded asphalt concrete ; (DGAC), and the pavement types for the overlays are expected to include open-graded ; asphalt concrete (OGAC) with varying depths, rubberized asphalt concrete (RAC), and ; bonded wearing course (BWC). The overlay sections are referred to as the test sections. ; Two sections of the uniform base will remain untouched without any overlays; these sections ; are referred to as the reference sections.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9824/dot_9824_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 49.90 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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