Title
Noise barriers and the harmonoise sound propagation model
Author
Salomons, E.M.
van Maercke, D.
Randrianoelina, A.
TNO Bouw en Ondergrond
Publication year
2009
Abstract
The Harmonoise sound propagation model ('the Harmonoise engineering model') was developed in the European project Harmonoise (2001-2004) for road and rail traffic noise. In 2008, CSTB Grenoble and TNO Delft have prepared a detailed description of the various steps involved in a calculation with the Harmonoise model. In the course of this joint project, some elements of the model were further improved. In 2009, test calculations were performed with the model, and results were compared to results of other models. In this paper calculation results are presented for situations with noise barriers. A basic approximation of the Harmonoise model is the linearization of the sound speed profile in the atmosphere. The effect of linearizing the complex wind profile near a noise barrier is investigated by comparison with numerical calculations with a parabolic-equation wave propagation model. Comparisons with the Nord2000 model are also presented.
Subject
Urban Development
Environment
Built Environment
Engineering models
European project
Grenoble
Harmonoise models
Joint projects
Noise barriers
Numerical calculation
Rail traffic
Sound propagation
Sound speed profiles
Wave propagation models
Wind profiles
Acoustic variables control
Acoustic wave propagation
Noise pollution
Acoustic noise measurement
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TNO identifier
463765
ISBN
9781615676804
Source
8th European Conference on Noise Control, EURONOISE 2009, 26-28 October 2009, Edinburgh, The Netherlands, 31 (PART 3), 1-7
Series
8th European Conference on Noise Control 2009, EURONOISE 2009 - Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics
Document type
conference paper