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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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340 13. Criteria and Regulations for Noise ControlTable 13.4. Typical Octave Band Sound Pressure Levels of Automobiles and HeavyTrucks, Measured at 1.2 m Above the Ground at a Distance of 15.2 m.Octave-band center frequency, HzA-weighted sound125 250 500 1000 2000 4000 level, dB(A)Automobile speed56 km/h (35 mph) 65 61 62 61 57 53 6588 km/h (55 mph) 71 68 66 68 66 60 72Heavy truck speed56 km/h (35 mph) 87 84.5 81.5 78 74.5 70.5 83.588 km/h (55 mph) 87.5 85 87.5 82.5 77 73.5 87.53. Heavy Trucks (HT): All vehicles having three or more axles, including threeaxlebuses and three-axle tractors with and without trailers. Generally GVW >12,000 kg (26,000 lb).Table 13.4 shows the octave-band sound pressure levels typical of automobilesand trucks at two different speeds.Measurements are made by vehicle type for each selected speed ±5 km/h. Fora given category of vehicles at a given speed, the reference energy emission levelis given byL 0 = L 0mean + 0.115L 2 0SDwhere L 0mean is the arithmetic average emission level for the specific categoryand speed and L 0SD is the standard deviation of that emission level.Vehicle Noise Prediction According to the FHWA ModelOn the basis of many measurements, FHWA developed a model for predictinghighway noise (Barry and Reagan, 1978). We first compute the reference meanlevel [(L 0 ) E ] i for each vehicle type i. This level represents a speed-dependent valueof the average (energywise) of the maximum passby levels measured at a referencedistance of 15.2 m (50 ft) for a given vehicle type. The U.S. Federal reference meanemission levels are computed from:Automobile: (L 0 ) E = 38.1 log(S) − 2.4 dB(A)Medium trucks: (L 0 ) E = 33.9 log(S) + 16.4 dB(A)Heavy trucks: (L 0 ) E = 24.6 log(S) + 38.5 dB(A)where S is the average operating speed in km/h.Adjustments for Traffic Conditions(13.14a)(13.14b)(13.14c)A number of adjustments have to be made to the reference mean emission levelscomputed through the use of Equations (13.14). These adjustments are for (a) the

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