Research on noise and environmental issues. Transportation Research Record

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5608813

Weiss, M; Creasey, F T; Agent, K R; Slutsky, S; Bertoni, H L

The 12 papers in the report deal with the following areas: Summary of highway noise barrier construction in the United States; Effectiveness of traffic noise barrier on I-74 in Campbell County, Kentucky; Analysis and programs for assessment of absorptive and tilted parallel barriers; Tilted Parallel Barrier Program: application and verification; Construction noise: I-78 through the Watchung Reservation; Highway traffic noise prediction for microcomputers: modeling of Ontario simplified program; Noise barriers and the community involvement process; Overview of NJDOT's mitigation program; Acoustical insulation design for existing schools and residences near San Francisco International Airport; Development and verification of the California line source dispersion model; Dispersion characteristics of flows in asymmetric street canyons and sensitivity to block shape; Corrections to hot- and cold-start vehicle fractions for microscale air-quality modeling.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA). Transportation Research Board
• OSTI ID: 5608813
• Report Number(s): PB-89-204697/XAB; TRB/TRR--1176
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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