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Title:

Relationship Between Tire-Pavement Interaction Noise and Surface Characteristics in 2009 Pavement Test Track Cycle
Cover of Relationship Between Tire-Pavement Interaction Noise and Surface Characteristics in 2009 Pavement Test Track Cycle

Accession Number:

01474872

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The interest in quieter pavements has been driven largely by public awareness that altering the surface can affect traffic noise levels. The objective of this research was to utilize two methods for measuring tire-pavement noise to assess which pavement surface characteristics have the greatest influence on noise generation. The National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) test road, with four different pavement surface family groups, was used to test and analyze noise from tire-pavement interaction. The tire-pavement noise was measured in a novel test approach using a surface microphone from different types of sections in the Test Track. Testing was conducted on four major family groups of superpave fine and coarse graded, open-graded friction course (OGFC) and stone matrix asphalt (SMA) mixes from 2009 NCAT Test Track research cycle to evaluate changes over time. The results show that the noise levels vary widely according to pavement surface type. The effects of pavement properties including the air void content, gradation properties, roughness, texture, pavement stiffness and age have been evaluated on one-third octave band noise levels. The evaluation confirmed that macrotexture increases the low frequency noise and higher air void content reduce the high frequency noise level, while other surface characteristics found to have less influence on noise levels. The content of this study should be of immediate interest to pavement engineers and others concerned with pavement design and construction to determine appropriate quieter pavement surface.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC40 Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-0328

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sakhaeifar, Maryam
Liao, Gong-yun
Waller, Brian

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-0328

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:12PM