Noise Evaluation for Pavement Maintenance in Metropolitan Highway Bridges
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 23, Issue 3
Abstract
Dynamic response of a bridge under traffic load induces acoustic energy at the bridge surface. The acoustic energy change generates an additional coupled noise component caused by vibration of a bridge deck associated with the pavement conditions and moving velocity of the vehicle. This paper presents a three-dimensional finite-element method developed for the dynamic response and noise propagation model, and analyzes the coupled effect induced by traffic loading based on different pavement conditions. Even though vibration-induced noise at the bridge is below the audible frequency range of , it amplifies the traffic noise source to the highly annoyed level of noise in the metropolitan area. Among several factors that contribute to the traffic noise, interaction between pavement and vehicle is considered according to the different surface roughness and vehicle velocity. The result shows that poor pavement condition contributes to the increase of traffic noise at a high traveling speed of the vehicle. In the pavement maintenance stage, the coupled effect as an additional noise source should be considered to mitigate the traffic noise for its added value in conjunction with regulation of engine emission noise and construction of a noise barrier.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD Grant No. UNSPECIFIEDKRF-2006-352-D00181).
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 23 • Issue 3 • June 2009
Pages: 181 - 189
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© 2009 ASCE.
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Received: Apr 11, 2008
Accepted: Aug 20, 2008
Published online: May 15, 2009
Published in print: Jun 2009
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