Highway noise prediction on route 007
| dc.contributor.advisor | Innes, David | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jay, Cunningham | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chaisson, Terry G. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-07T22:06:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-07T22:06:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
| dc.description.abstract | T r a f f i c noise i s sound t h a t s e r v e s no u s e f u l purpose. E x c e s s i v e t r a f f ic n o i s e r e s u l t s i n a lower q u a l i t y of l i f e f o r nearby r e s i d e n t s . P r e d i c t i o n of t r a f f i c n o i s e i s t h e r e f o r e important to t h e highway engineer. T h i s document r e p o r t s on t h e f i n d i n g s of a study of t h e a c c u r a c y of t h r ee highway n o i s e p r e d i c t i o n methods, the CMHC/RTAC method, the O n t a r i o method, and a computer package c a l l e d STAMSON. The v a l u e s given by the t h r e e methods a r e compared w i t h sound l e v e l measurements f o r t h e t r a f f i c c o n d i t i o n s on r o u t e 007. Sound l e v e l s were taken i n February, 1991 o v e r e i g h t hours between F e b r u a r y 18 and February 28. A recommendation of the s u i t a b i l i t y of each method f o r New Brunswick c o n d i t i o n s was made , w i t h p a r t i c u l a r emphasis on t h e s u i t a b i l i t y of t h e STAMSON computer package. | |
| dc.description.copyright | Not available for use outside of the University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.description.note | Chaisson, Terry (1991). Highway noise prediction on route 007 . (Engineering Senior Report no. T-1496 1991). Fredericton : University of New Brunswick, Dept. of Civil Engineering T-1496 1991 1882/14585 | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/36585 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_CA | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Civil Engineering | |
| dc.title | Highway noise prediction on route 007 | |
| dc.type | senior report | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Civil Engineering | |
| thesis.degree.fullname | Bachelor of Science in Engineering | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | undergraduate | |
| thesis.degree.name | B.Sc.E. |